"Linear fuel breaks (LFBs)—strips of land where vegetative fuels are removed or modified—are intended to reduce flame lengths, …
A Year of Rebuilding and Reflection Since the 2025 LA Fires
"In the winter of 2025, a year ago this week, the Los Angeles area experienced a cascade of fires — among them the Palisades Fire …
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Fire-Retardant Coatings Used in Exterior Applications
"In buildings where combustible siding has been installed, fire-retardant coatings could be used to reduce their vulnerability to …
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Using terrestrial laser scanning to estimate mass of hand-built slash piles following hazardous fuels treatments
" A total of 16 pile masses were measured across Colorado, United States, using a previously developed pile measurement …
A historical analysis of factors driving the daily prioritization of wildland fires in California
"In this study, we first examine wildfire reporting and ranking processes across different regions of the United States to provide …
Fighting fire with power: Willingness to pay for microgrids for wildfire mitigation in the Southwestern United States
"This analysis provides the first nonmarket valuation of microgrids in the context of wildfire prevention and adds to the …
Predictive Understanding of Wildfire Ignitions Across the Western United States
"We used over 500,000 wildfire ignition records from 2000 to 2020 to develop machine learning models that predict daily ignition …
The national Fire and Fire Surrogate study: Effects of fuel treatments in the Western and Eastern United States after 20 years
"The national Fire and Fire Surrogate (FFS) study was initiated more than two decades ago with the goal of evaluating the …