While wildland firefighters may work in emergency manage- ment periodically and some commonalities with struc- tural firefighting do exist, many of the occupational and environmental exposures and hazards that wildland fire- fighters face are distinctly different from other classes of emergency responders ...
Five California municipalities along with three government agencies have filed suit against the beleaguered utility, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), seeking to recoup damages and the costs associated with fighting the Kincade fire in October, 2019. The fire was reportedly the largest wildland...
by combining biophysical and sociodemographic variables to support the evacuation decision, were assessed; (ii) evacuation times in two scenarios, namely walking to nearby shelters/refuges and driving to large shelters, were modelled; and (iii) high and very high fire risk classes at WUI scale an...
In recent years, the world has seen an increase in fire intensity and frequency. Research has been conducted towards the development of dedicated solutions for wildland fire assistance and fighting. Systems were proposed for the remote detection and tracking of fires. These systems have shown ...
The hazard posed by wildland–urban-interface (WUI) fires is recognized by the international fire research community and features as one of nine research need priority threads in the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) Research Roadmap. We posit that the first step in the journey to enh...