Twitter Google Share on Facebook wildland Wikipedia (ˈwaɪldˌlænd) n (Environmental Science) (usually plural)chieflyUSwild, uncultivated, and uninhabited land Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003...
Alaska Wildland Fire Information akfireinfo.com Public Notice: Washington Creek fuel break project mobilization ByAlaska Division of Forestry & Fire ProtectiononDecember 9, 2024 The Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection (DOF) is preparing to begin construction of the Washington Creek Fuel Brea...
Purpose of ReviewPrevention effectiveness relies on knowledge about the spatio-temporal likelihood of fire occurrence and whether fires are a result of natural processes or human influence. Such knowledge can be used to develop more effective tools and strategies to reduce both the likelihood of and ...
A GIS based operational system for wildland fire crisis management I. Mathematical modelling and simulation Operational crisis systems are widely known to aid management decisions by providing rational and quantitative information based on the site-specific circu... D Vakalis,H Sarimveis,C Kiranoudis...
The prevention policy promotes the major role of forestlayout, for which it is necessary to build appropriate facilities such asreducing ignition and fire propagation risks near the borders of roads andtracks, creating forest tracks to allow firefighters to move safely through theforest during a ...
Location, timing and extent of wildfire vary by cause of ignition International Journal of Wildland Fire publishes papers on the principles of fire as a process, on its ecological impact at the stand level and the landscape level, modelling fire and its effects, or presenting information on how...
et al. Mapping wildland–urban interfaces at large scales integrating housing density and vegetation aggregation for fire prevention in the South of France. J. Environ. Manage. 91, 732–741 (2010). Article Google Scholar Bento-Gonçalves, A. & Vieira, A. Wildfires in the wildland–urban ...
Support the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy goals: to restore and maintain resilient landscapes; create fire adapted communities; and respond to wildfires safely and effectively. Establish information technology capability requirements for wildland fire. Ensure that all NWCG activities contr...
such job categories as operational wildland firefighters (e.g., engine crews, hand crews, hotshot crews, smokejumpers, rappelers), fire prevention, fuel management specialists, fire ecologists, fire planners, wildland fire dispatchers, fire cache managers, fire equipment operators, and fire aviation...
WindNinja is routinely used by fire managers in the US and around the world and can drive operational fire spread models such as FlamMap and Prometheus. These uses take wind speed and direction predictions from WindNinja, however, the research notes that WindNinja can also generate information about...