Continuing interdisciplinary work is required to promote a deeper understanding of what factors will influence human behavior to make wildfire prevention programs more effective. Although the fire prevention literature pertains predominantly to North America, I have tried to include both studies and ...
Wildland Firefighter Foundation’s One Foot in the BlackThis suicide prevention and resilience program speaks honestly and directly to wildland firefighters and their families about the importance of recognizing the warning signs of suicide, the risk and protective factors, how to talk with someone ...
Over 90 percent of wildfires in Texas are caused by human activity. By working together, Texans can make their property and neighborhood safer from wildfire. Texas A&M Forest Service is committed to implementing programs aimed at wildfire mitigation
African-American landowners were more likely to be aware than White landowners of wildland fire mitigation programs, but less likely than Whites to use such information and less likely to engage in various other actions to reduce wildland fire threats to their property. In terms of constraints, ...
hazards, firefighting response and land resource management (Manzello et al., 2018), oftentimes resulting in policies and programs that emphasize hazard-focused mitigations (e.g., fuel treatments, vegetation management, firefighting technologies, ignition prevention) at national, state and county scales...
Noise exposure among federal wildland fire fighters. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 141: 177–183. Broyles, G., C.A. Kardous, P.B. Shaw, and E.F. Krieg. 2019. Noise exposures and perceptions of hearing conservation programs among wildland firefighters. Journal of ...
“branches” of context and their connection to fire adaptations: 1) local interactions and relationships among residents; 2) kinds of local fire knowledge and experience in the community; 3) access to scientific and technical knowledge (including fire prevention policies); and 4) structural and ...
Despite advancements in risk science, assessment methods, and a myriad of state, federal, and local fire protection activities and programs (Jakes & Sturtevant, 2013), it is widely recognized that further improvements in community wildfire protection strategies are needed to curb escalating losses and...
Report summarizes the results of the workshop and will serve to guide NIST in pursuing a portfolio of programs that are focused on providing the measurement science needed to enable communities that are exposed to WUI fires to become more fire resistant. It can also be used by both the ...
Essentially, a major responsibility of fire management lies within the hands of home owners; therefore, programs such as Fire Adapted Communities, Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network, Firewise Communities USA, and FireSmart Canada need to be implemented rigorously, which is going to require a ...