Public health 1. Introduction Forest fire smoke is a complex mixture of gases and particulate matter, which is further composed of varying organic and inorganic constituents. Most epidemiologic studies on the health effects of forest fire smoke use fine particulate matter (PM2.5) measurements or esti...
In testing, the body drew air in at the base to feed the fire both at the bottom and along the top lip, functioning as intended to reduce smoke. Aside from when we were initially lighting the fire, we noted nearly no smoke at all. It seemed to radiate a lot of heat out at an ...
Fire Engulfs Swiss Industrial Building, Seven Treated for Smoke Inhalation More Reuters A fire burns at an industrial building outside Zurich, Switzerland May 29, 2022. Fabio Storni/Handout via REUTERS ZURICH (Reuters) -A large fire broke out in an industrial building in Spreitenbach outside ...
The generalization capability of deep learning-based AI models is one of the most important research domains. AI models are expected to perform equally well on unseen data, especially when the data comes from a different distribution. In the context of smoke detection, the input data can be rec...
Forests are invaluable resources, and fire is a natural process that is considered an integral part of the forest ecosystem. Although fire offers several ecological benefits, its frequent occurrence in different parts of the world has raised concerns in
Accentuated by climate change, catastrophic wildfires are a growing, distributed global public health risk from inhalation of smoke and dust. Underrecognized, however, are the health threats arising from fire-altered toxic metals natural to soils and pla
with at least 30 additional days above critical thresholds for fire activity in forest biomes on every continent by 2100 under rising emissions scenarios. Escalating forest fire risk threatens catastrophic carbon losses in the Amazon and major population health impacts from wildfire smoke in south Asia...
Smoke caused by wildfires can be dangerous and spread far beyond the boundaries of the fire itself. Wildfire smoke is a mix of gases and fine particles that can hurt one's eyes, irritate respiratory systems and cause severe health issues in people with lung conditions and other high risk grou...
Map of fire locations by year of occurrence in the Fire and Tree Mortality (FTM) database. If a site burned twice, only the most recent fire is shown. Full size image Methods Soliciting data contributions To construct our FTM database, authors Cansler, Hood, Varner, and van Mantgem conduc...
with re-burns being extremely rare due to the efficacy of fire suppression in this time period. Of the land area burned since 1959, approximately 58% burned in the 7 years (inclusive) between 2017 and 2023. This map does not include prescribed or cultural fires. Gray lines represent major ...