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, 2006...
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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...
Women have left marks on everything from entertainment and music to space exploration, athletics, and technology. Each passing year and new milestone makes it clear both how recent this history-making is in relation to the rest of the country, as well as how far we still need to go. The...
Visualize and manage impacts Manage an incident with location-based technology and easily request, assign, manage, and track resources. Use maps to provide incident managers, elected officials, and the public with critical information during a fire. Stabilize and restore landscapes Quickly assess damage...
The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) posts annual fire season information in its Esri Community group and makes that required reading for all members. What the NIFC team wanted was a platform where important communication could be shared with the whole ArcGIS Online organization at once and...
A suite of projects is addressing landowner risk assessment, post-fire assessment, structure and flammability of native plants and options for fuel management in the interface. A website (www.interfacesouth.org) was created and a fact sheet series initiated to facilitate technology transfer to end...
We used simulation modeling to map and characterize the composition of the source landscapes (firesheds) and recipient communities in terms of fuels, fire behavior and forest management suitability. The information was used to build a prototype investment prioritization framework that targets highly ...
Fire managers coordinate firefighter actions through shared maps created by geographic information system (GIS) technology. These maps allow each firefighter to see common reference points and each other’s actions. Effective wildfire suppression is about the orchestration of a team of experts. It’s...
Wildland firefighters, due to the nature of their work, are likely to see significantly increased environmental health risks as both hazards and their exposure increase due to the increased frequency and intensity of wildfires (Podur & Wotton 2010). Thus, wild- land firefighter environmental health...