Wildland Fire Lessons Learned CenterYarnell Hill Fire
Searching “Smokejumper Accident” on the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center’s website shows an average of four serious jump injuries per year between 2015–2023 in which turbulence potentially played a factor. Wind flow over ridges can create large wake zones with increased turbulence that ...
Lessons of Fire Risk: Awareness and Preparedness at the Boise Wildland Urban InterfaceWuerzer presented current research on wildfires and planning, and the challenges encountered when urban environments are reaching into the wild land urban interface. Elements of his talk were the current wildfire ...
Southern California firestorm 2003: Report for the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center (Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center). Marana, AZ: Mission-Centered Solutions, Inc.Mission-Centered Solutions (2003) Southern California Firestorm 2003: Report for the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center. Ariz...
Fire behaviorFire effectsFire suppressionFuel treatmentLandscapeTopographyTreatment designTreatment placementWindMaximizing the effectiveness of fuel treatments at landscape scales is a key research and management need given the inability to treat all areas at risk from wildfire. We synthesized information from...
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