"Wildfire activity in the western United States has been on the rise since the mid-1980s, with longer, higher-risk fire seasons …
Wildfire Safety Evaluator (WiSE) App
The Wildfire Safety Evaluator (WiSE) App is a tool designed for wildland firefighters that calculates safe separation distance …
The Role of Fuel Treatments During Incident Management
This paper looks into how Firefighters and Incident Management teams utilize fuel treatments during fires, overall adding to the …
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Misconceptions Around Strategy: Managing Fire Response and Public Communication to Support Risk-Based Decision making
Rocky Mountain Research StationScience you can use: Wildfire management is often clouded by myths, but this paper from the …
CSU research shows increase in carcinogen exposure, cancer risk among firefighters
Firefighters face hidden dangers beyond the flames—new CSU research reveals that exposure to fires leads to higher levels of …
Snag Hazards to Firefighters
From the Rocky Mountain Research Station:Snags continue to pose an ever-present hazard to responders, and recent increases in fire …
Preparing for wildfires during a pandemic
From Headwaters Economics:“The wildfire season coupled with the COVID-19 crisis will test the capacity and resolve of our disaster …
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A Case Study of a Community Affected by the Waldo Fire – Event Timeline and Defensive Actions
NIST Technical Note 1910: A Case Study of a Community Affected by the Waldo Fire Authors: Alexander Maranghides, Fire …