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Pacific Palisades Fire Threatening Santa Monica, California This is looking like a potential catastrophe. Right now the fire is only about five miles from Santa Monica (a major city) and wind gusts as high as 80 mph are expected. This is being driven by the Santa Ana Winds, which are ...
However, in addition to the superb synthesis of the impacts of fire, and specifically its effects in one region of the United States, there is a wealth of good information here to inspire ecologists and environmental managers more generally. I will use it as a major source book for writing...
(August 16, 2013) – The California Department of Consumer Affairs Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair, Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation is poised to begin a 15-day comment period on final recommended changes in fire safety regulations that would, among other changes, eliminate ...
We demonstrate that the suppression bias is a major driver of fire activity and ecological impacts. While the negative impacts of fuel accumulation are commonly recognized as an indirect consequence of fire suppression, integrating the impacts of the suppression bias would improve our understanding of ...
All Special IssuesAddressing the Role of Wildland Fires in Socio-Ecology of Dry Tropical ForestsAdvance in Fire Safety ScienceAdvanced Approaches to Wildfire Detection, Monitoring and SurveillanceAdvanced Technology in Clean CombustionAdvances in Battery Fires: Experimental and Numerical StudiesAdvances in Fir...
the system extinguished fires in 65 percent of the cases and contained fires until other fire-fighting measures could be taken in 32 percent of the cases. A major problem with sprinkler systems is the potential for water damage, but it has been found that in most cases this threat is minima...
skip to main content matt simon science nov 9, 2018 8:20 pm the terrifying science behind california’s massive camp fire lots of wind along with very dry vegetation turned the northern california wildfire into a high-speed menace that tore through butte county and the town of paradise. it ...
By Wednesday morning, he secured FEMA funding for all three major wildfires in Southern California. Gov. Gavin Newsom activated the California National Guard on Monday to join nearly 2,000 firefighters battling the Line Fire. The order authorized the guard to deploy 80 soldiers as hand crews, ...
After a century of fire suppression, dense forests in California have fueled high-severity fires. We surveyed mixed conifer forest with 995-1178 trees ha-1 (stems >10 cm diameter at breast height), and nearby pine-oak woodland having 175-230 trees ha-1, 51 days after a severe burn, to...