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Firewise Landscaping For Utah

Utah State University offers the booklet, Firewise Landscaping in Utah: https://extension.usu.edu/forestry/files/resources/firewise-landscaping-updated-2018.pdf
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A state of the science review of wildfire-specific fine particulate matter data sources, methods, and models

“Despite progress in reducing industrial air pollution, rising wildfire frequency and intensity, driven in part by climate change, pose significant health risks. Accurate estimates of wildfire-generated fine particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter <2.5μm (PM2.5) are needed for advancing health research, policymaking, and environmental protection”. Read HERE
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The price of doing business: Severe injuries in wildland firefighters in the United States by activity performed and hazard encountered

“Wildland firefighters are exposed to hazards when working which can, and do, result in serious injury or death. Understanding the activities in which firefighters are engaged when they are injured, the hazards to which they were exposed during that activity and the resulting injury severity is critical to manage the risk of serious injury to…
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Wildfires drive multi-year water quality degradation over the western United States

Read about the impacts wildfires have on water quality in watersheds across the western U.S. HERE
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Changing Wildfires – Policy Options for a Fire-literate and Fire-adapted Europe

“Elaborated by 23 scientists nominated by their respective national science academies, the new EASAC report highlights the complex drivers behind the surge in wildfire risk. They include climate change, rural depopulation, and land-use changes. Droughts and declining summer precipitation are predicted to double fire risk by 2100. Meanwhile, the abandonment of farmland and unmanaged vegetation…
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Temporal and spatial pattern analysis of escaped prescribed fires in California from 1991 to 2020

Read HERE “The most direct way of understanding this trade-off between wildfire risk reduction and prescribed fire escapes is to explore patterns in the historical prescribed fire records”.
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Multifactor Change in Western U.S. Nighttime Fire Weather

“The results of this study show that dry summer nights have become more frequent over most of the western United States within the career spans of many wildland fire managers.” Windy nights and those with deeper planetary boundary layers—which would also increase fire behavior—have increased in that time frame”. Read HERE
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TREX Activity Workbook

The Ember Alliance has completed three resources that support Prescribed Fire Training Exchanges or similar experiential training events. The TREX Activity Workbook is a collection of activities that support a range of training goals, each with instructions, materials needed and time required. The TREX Medical Risk Management Guide provides tools and training materials to prepare for medical…
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Landowners’ options for prescribed burning

OSU Extension Fire Program | Prescribed fire basics Carrie Berger and Christopher Adlam Read HERE
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Planning & Preparedness in the Headwaters of the Rio Grande

Written by Christi Bode “Lines on a map are one way of describing a place — Who owns what. The length of a fence line. Jurisdictional boundaries. Perceived red tape”. Read HERE
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Firewise Landscaping For Utah

A state of the science review of wildfire-specific fine particulate matter data sources, methods, and models

The price of doing business: Severe injuries in wildland firefighters in the United States by activity performed and hazard encountered

Wildfires drive multi-year water quality degradation over the western United States

Changing Wildfires – Policy Options for a Fire-literate and Fire-adapted Europe

Temporal and spatial pattern analysis of escaped prescribed fires in California from 1991 to 2020

Multifactor Change in Western U.S. Nighttime Fire Weather

TREX Activity Workbook

Landowners’ options for prescribed burning

Planning & Preparedness in the Headwaters of the Rio Grande

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