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Understanding the drivers and impacts of Appalachian fire regimes

In the East, wildfire depends not just on drought and fuel conditions, but on erratic fire starts from both accidental and deliberate (arson) activity. While ...

New Timeline of Deadliest California Wildfire Could Guide ...

Insights Into Behavior During Chimney Tops 2 Fire Could Improve Evacuation Planning · (https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2020/09/insights ...

Digital forestry can help mitigate and prevent wildfires - News

The National Interagency Fire Center reports that, as of this writing, 19,444 fires have burned 2,161,787 acres in the United States alone.

Chimney Tops 2 Fire - Great Smoky Mountains National Park (U.S. ...

Fire Damage in the Park · The wildfire did not cause significant damage to any buildings (including historic buildings!) in the park. · We ...

Analyzing Risk Perception, Evacuation Decision and Delay Time

Additionally, having previous experience with fire damage, owning their home, having a larger household size and being alerted later in the fire event reduced ...

Digital forestry can help mitigate and prevent wildfires

The 2016 Chimney Tops 2 Fire that burned nearly 18 square miles in ... should change or implement to reduce likelihood of fire starting and fire ...

Wildland Fire Smoke in the United States - USDA Forest Service

on those tools that can provide insight into improving the representation of wildland ... Coen J (2018) Some requirements for simulating wildland fire behavior ...

Chimney Tops 2 Fire Sometimes referred to as 2016 Great Smoky Mou

These winds also caused down powerlines which ignited other fires in Sevier County, including Gatlinburg. All the fire behavior factors—fuels, weather and ...

Evaluating driving behavior patterns during wildfire evacuations in ...

Understanding the driving behavior of in- dividuals to evacuate fire-affected WUI areas is important as the evacuees may encounter low ...

Women's Resilience to Disasters Knowledge Hub Library ...

2 September 2020. Insights into behavior during Chimney Tops 2 Fire could improve evacuation planning. NIST surveyed residents of the 2016 Chimney Tops 2 Fire ...

Ecological Effects of Severe Fire

Wildfires may burn with lower severity when they burn where prior fires have burned recently. For more information, see our Effects of Repeated Fires hot topic.

The Latest Data Confirms: Forest Fires Are Getting Worse

Using data from researchers at the University of Maryland, recently updated to cover the years 2001 to 2023, we calculated that the area burned ...

Fireplace & Chimney Fire Damage: Causes, Liability, Recalls & Safety

A spark, burning ember, or flame that raises the liquid creosote temperature to 165 degrees F can ignite the creosote in a chimney. The auto-ignition ...

Home Structure Fires | NFPA Research

In 2016–2020, 46 percent of the home structure fires and 55 percent of the home structure fire deaths occurred in the five-month span from ...

Fire suppression makes wildfires more severe and accentuates ...

Area burned under the Progressive suppression scenario also doubled much slower in response to climate change, compared to regressive ...

Help protect your home against common causes of house fires

All fireplaces should have a sturdy cover or screen. Never use flammable liquids to start a fire in a fireplace. Allow ashes to cool completely and use a metal ...

Homeowner's Firewise Guide for Arizona

Fire behavior will vary as wind, slope, and moisture change. FLAME LENGTH 8 FEET. 3,000 ACRES CAN BURN IN ONE HOUR. TRAVELS AT 4 1/2 MPH. FLAME LENGTH 55 FEET.

Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission - USDA

... Fire in California, and the 2016 Chimney Tops 2 Fire in. Tennessee all ... Congress should increase the provision of housing for a range of employees working in ...

Effects of canopy midstory management and fuel moisture on ...

Increasing trends in wildfire severity can partly be attributed to fire exclusion in the past century which led to higher fuel accumulation.

New Ways To Combat Wildfires

It will not happen overnight, but making changes to the way property is set up would make the entire area safer against fire. For a tourist, watching a video in ...