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Themes and patterns in print media coverage of wildfires in the USA, Canada and Australia: 1986–2016
Background: Media wildfire coverage can shape public knowledge on fire-related issues, and potentially influence management decisions, so understanding the content of its coverage is important. Previous research examining media wildfire coverage has…
Author(s): Sonya Sachdeva, Sarah M. McCaffrey
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Comparing land manager and community perceptions of a Colorado prescribed fire outreach program
Researchers and practitioners often emphasize the importance of effective community engagement around forest management projects to address possible barriers to implementation related to a lack of social acceptance. Using qualitative methods, we…
Author(s): Katie McGrath Novak, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Courtney Schultz
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Counteracting wildfire misinformation
Recent intense fire seasons in Australia, Borneo, South America, Africa, Siberia, and western North America have displaced large numbers of people, burned tens of millions of hectares, and generated societal urgency to address the wildfire problem (…
Author(s): Gavin M. Jones, Emily K. Vraga, Paul F. Hessburg, Matthew D. Hurteau, Craig D. Allen, Robert E. Keane, Thomas A. Spies, Malcolm P. North, Brandon M. Collins, Mark A. Finney, Jamie M. Lydersen, Anthony L. Westerling
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Organisational influence on the co-production of fire science: overcoming challenges and realising opportunities
Addressing the challenges of wildland fire requires that fire science be relevant to management and integrated into management decisions. Co-production is often touted as a process that can increase the utility of science for management, by…
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Tethered UAV with combined multi-rotor and water jet propulsion for forest fire fighting
Numerous research works, numerical simulations and real experiments have been dedicated to the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) before, during and after wildfire occurrences, for multiple purposes including terrain and vegetation mapping for…
Author(s): Carlos Viegas, Babak Chehreh, José Andrade, João Lourenço
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Assessing Potential Safety Zone Suitability Using a New Online Mapping Tool
Safety zones (SZs) are critical tools that can be used by wildland firefighters to avoid injury or fatality when engaging a fire. Effective SZs provide safe separation distance (SSD) from surrounding flames, ensuring that a fire’s heat cannot cause…
Author(s): Michael J. Campbell, Philip E. Dennison, Matthew P. Thompson, Bret W. Butler
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The Use of Swarms of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Mitigating Area Coverage Challenges of Forest-Fire-Extinguishing Activities: A Systematic Literature Review
The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), colloquially known as drones, has grown rapidly over the past two decades and continues to expand at a rapid pace. This has resulted in the production of many research papers addressing the use of UAVs in…
Author(s): Ihab L. Hussein Alsammak, Moamin A. Mahmoud, Hazleen Aris, Muhana AlKilabi, Mohammed Najah Mahdi
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