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Stokes, Sarah C., Kathleen S. Romanowski, Soman Sen, David G. Greenhalgh, and Tina L. Palmieri. "40 Wildfire Burn Victims: A Unique Population." Journal of Burn Care & Research 42, Supplement_1 (2021): S30—S31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jbcr/irab032.044.

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Abstract Introduction In the past ten years, wildfires have burned an average of 6.8 million acres annually. The frequency of wildfires is expected to increase with climate change. Wildfire burn victims have not been previously well characterized in the literature. As we prepare for more wildfires it is necessary to target populations at risk for sustaining burns with prevention efforts and to prepare hospital systems to meet these patients’ needs. Methods A retrospective review of patients admitted to a burn center between 2016 and 2019 was performed. Patients who were admitted after sustaini

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Dacre, H. F., B. R. Crawford, A. J. Charlton-Perez, G. Lopez-Saldana, G. H. Griffiths, and J. Vicencio Veloso. "Chilean Wildfires: Probabilistic Prediction, Emergency Response, and Public Communication." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 99, no. 11 (2018): 2259–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-17-0111.1.

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AbstractThe 2016/17 wildfire season in Chile was the worst on record, burning more than 600,000 ha. While wildfires are an important natural process in some areas of Chile, supporting its diverse ecosystems, wildfires are also one of the biggest threats to Chile’s unique biodiversity and its timber and wine industries. They also pose a danger to human life and property because of the sharp wildland–urban interface that exists in many Chilean towns and cities. Wildfires are, however, difficult to predict because of the combination of physical (meteorology, vegetation, and fuel condition) and hu

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Wu, Jinjin, and Shoujun Lyu. "Public Participation in Wildfire Rescue and Management: A Case Study from Chongqing, China." Fire 7, no. 9 (2024): 300. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fire7090300.

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In 2019, the Chinese government put forward the concept of social co-governance in the field of emergency management. This paper discusses whether the adjustment in the governance concept promotes public participation in emergency management practices and what the mechanisms are to achieve successful public participation in a wildfire emergency. Taking the Beibei wildfire in Chongqing in 2022 as a study case, this paper establishes the public participation mechanisms for wildfire rescue and management with a qualitative case study method. The result shows that adjustments to emergency manageme

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Parker-Graham, Christine A., June Ang, Eva Marie QuijanoCardé, et al. "Fish evacuation and emergency sheltering during wildfire disasters." Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 260, no. 7 (2022): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.2460/javma.21.05.0258.

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Wildfires are a serious and expanding threat in western North America, and wildfire encroachment on human populations leads to widespread evacuation and emergency housing operations for residents and their companion animals and livestock. Veterinarians are frequently part of wildfire response efforts and are called upon to assist in rescue, evacuation, and emergency housing operations as well as to provide medical care for evacuated animals. Although veterinarians are likely familiar with the principles of transporting and housing terrestrial animals, emergency response for aquatic companion a

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Huang, Yuefang. "Wildfire Health Risks in Relation to Local Senior Population’s CRD Incidence Rate in the Greater Toronto Area." International Journal of Biology and Life Sciences 4, no. 1 (2023): 35–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.54097/ijbls.v4i1.10.

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Wildfires as one of the most common and frequent environmental disasters in North America, Billions of government spending, public funds, resources, and personnel have been placed to cope with this natural disaster directly. The smoke, debris, particulates, ambient ultrafine particles, and other wildfire emissions have increasingly become a public health concern to which senior populations are particularly vulnerable, due to the populations' general behaviour and their physical health conditions. This essay investigates the implications of wildfires on public health by identifying the relation

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Berardi, Davide, Marta Galuppi, Angelo Libertà, and Mara Lombardi. "Forecasting of Wildfire Probability Occurrence: Case Study of a Mediterranean Island of Italy." Land 14, no. 2 (2025): 277. https://doi.org/10.3390/land14020277.

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The growing need to address natural and human-induced disasters while protecting territory remains a key focus for the scientific community. Effective emergency management, especially during wildfires, requires coordinated responses to safeguard lives and assets. This study develops hazard maps to aid emergency planning in Italy and estimate territorial resilience indicators. Focusing on wildfire ignition hazards in Ischia, the study uses a probabilistic model based on fifteen years of wildfire data (2009–2023). By analyzing ignition points and employing a Poisson distribution, it correlates i

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Wilgus, May-Lin, and Maryum Merchant. "Clearing the Air: Understanding the Impact of Wildfire Smoke on Asthma and COPD." Healthcare 12, no. 3 (2024): 307. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12030307.

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Wildfires are a global natural phenomenon. In North America, wildfires have not only become more frequent, but also more severe and longer in duration, a trend ascribed to climate change combined with large fuel stores left from modern fire suppression. The intensification of wildfire activity has significant implications for planetary health and public health, as exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in wildfire smoke is linked to adverse health effects. This review focuses on respiratory morbidity from wildfire smoke exposure. Inhalation of wildfire PM2.5 causes lung injury via oxidati

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Sun, Jingjing, Wenwen Qi, Yuandong Huang, Chong Xu, and Wentao Yang. "Facing the Wildfire Spread Risk Challenge: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going?" Fire 6, no. 6 (2023): 228. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fire6060228.

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Wildfire is a sudden and highly destructive natural disaster that poses significant challenges in terms of response and rescue efforts. Influenced by factors such as climate, combustible materials, and ignition sources, wildfires have been increasingly occurring worldwide on an annual basis. In recent years, researchers have shown growing interest in studying wildfires, leading to a substantial body of related research. These studies encompass various topics, including wildfire prediction and forecasting, the analysis of spatial and temporal patterns, the assessment of ecological impacts, the

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Huang, Yuting, Jianwei Li, and Huiru Zheng. "Modeling of Wildfire Digital Twin: Research Progress in Detection, Simulation, and Prediction Techniques." Fire 7, no. 11 (2024): 412. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fire7110412.

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Wildfires occur frequently in various regions of the world, causing serious damage to natural and human resources. Traditional wildfire prevention and management methods are often hampered by monitoring challenges and low efficiency. Digital twin technology, as a highly integrated virtual simulation model, shows great potential in wildfire management and prevention. At the same time, the virtual–reality combination of digital twin technology can provide new solutions for wildfire management. This paper summarizes the key technologies required to establish a wildfire digital twin system, focusi

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Depicker, Arthur, Bernard De Baets, and Jan Marcel Baetens. "Wildfire ignition probability in Belgium." Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 20, no. 2 (2020): 363–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-363-2020.

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Abstract. In recent decades, large wildfires have inflicted considerable damage on valuable Natura 2000 regions in Belgium. Despite these events and the general perception that global change will exacerbate wildfire prevalence, this has not been studied yet in the Belgian context. Therefore, the national government initiated the national action plan on wildfires in order to evaluate the wildfire risk, on the one hand, and the materials, procedures, and training of fire services, on the other hand. This study focuses on the spatial distribution of the ignition probability, a component of the wi

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Hahn, Micah B., Georgia J. Michlig, Amanda Hansen, Liam Manning, and Jura L. Augustinavicius. "Mental health during wildfires in Southcentral Alaska: An assessment of community-derived mental health categories, interventions, and implementation considerations." PLOS Climate 2, no. 10 (2023): e0000300. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000300.

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Previous studies have linked wildfires to a range of adverse mental health outcomes, but there has been limited research on the mental health impacts of wildfire in Alaska, an area undergoing rapid environmental change. We used a multi-level qualitative approach to identify mental health and psychosocial problems, coping, existing support, and gaps in support among communities who were affected by the Swan Lake and McKinley fires in Alaska in 2019. We recruited 39 community members from Anchorage and the Kenai Peninsula to participate in free list interviews, a community ranking workshop, and

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Gazzard, Rob, Julia McMorrow, and Jonathan Aylen. "Wildfire policy and management in England: an evolving response from Fire and Rescue Services, forestry and cross-sector groups." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 371, no. 1696 (2016): 20150341. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0341.

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Severe wildfires are an intermittent problem in England. The paper presents the first analysis of wildfire policy, showing its halting evolution over two decades. First efforts to coordinate wildfire management came from local fire operation groups, where stakeholders such as fire services, land owners and amenity groups shared knowledge and equipment to tackle the problem. A variety of structures and informal management solutions emerged in response to local needs. Knowledge of wildfire accumulated within regional and national wildfire forums and academic networks. Only later did the need for

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Palmieri, Tina L., Kathleen S. Romanowski, Soman Sen, and David G. Greenhalgh. "102 Wildfire Burns: Implications for Burn Care." Journal of Burn Care & Research 41, Supplement_1 (2020): S67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jbcr/iraa024.105.

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Abstract Introduction Climate change, the encroachment of populations into wilderness, and carelessness have combined to increase the incidence of wildfire injuries. With the increased incidence has come an increase in the number of burn injuries. Prolonged extrication, delays in resuscitation, and the extreme fire and toxic air environment in a wildfire has the potential to cause more severe burn injury. The purpose of this study is to examine the demographics and outcomes of wildfire injuries and compare those outcomes to non-wildfire injuries. Methods Charts of patients admitted to a region

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C. Stanley, Okoro, Lopez Alexander, and Unuriode O. Austine. "Proactive Wildfire Detection and Management using AI, ML, and 5G Technology in the United States." International Journal of Data Mining & Knowledge Management Process 14, no. 1/2 (2024): 01–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.5121/ijdkp.2023.14201.

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Over the past few years, wildfires have become a worldwide environmental emergency, resulting in substantial harm to natural habitats and playing a part in the acceleration of climate change. Wildfire management methods involve prevention, response, and recovery efforts. Despite improvements in detection techniques, the rising occurrence of wildfires demands creative solutions for prompt identification and effective control. This research investigates proactive methods for detecting and handling wildfires in the United States, utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and

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Bohlmann, Stephanie, and Marko Laine. "Statistical calibration of probabilistic medium-range Fire Weather Index forecasts in Europe." Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 24, no. 12 (2024): 4225–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-4225-2024.

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Abstract. Wildfires are increasing in frequency and severity across Europe, which makes accurate wildfire risk estimation crucial for decision-makers and emergency responders. Wildfire risk is usually estimated using meteorological-based fire weather indices such as the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index (FWI). By using weather forecasts, the FWI can be predicted for several days and even weeks ahead. Probabilistic ensemble forecasts require verification and calibration in order to provide reliable and accurate forecasts, which are crucial for informed decision-making and an effective emergenc

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Ali, Asad, Mingwei Guo, Salman Ahmad, Ying Huang, and Pan Lu. "Optimizing Wildfire Evacuations through Scenario-Based Simulations with Autonomous Vehicles." Fire 7, no. 10 (2024): 340. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fire7100340.

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Natural disasters like hurricanes, wildfires, and floods pose immediate hazards. Such events often necessitate prompt emergency evacuations to save lives and reduce fatalities, injuries, and property damage. This study focuses on optimizing wildfire evacuations by analyzing the influence of different transportation infrastructures and the penetration of autonomous vehicles (AVs) on a historical wildfire event. The methodology involves modeling various evacuation scenarios and incorporating different intersection traffic controls such as roundabouts and stop signs and an evacuation strategy lik

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Castro-Melgar, Ignacio, Artemis Tsagkou, Maria Zacharopoulou, et al. "Wildfires During Early Summer in Greece (2024): Burn Severity and Land Use Dynamics Through Sentinel-2 Data." Forests 16, no. 2 (2025): 268. https://doi.org/10.3390/f16020268.

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Wildfires are a recurrent and intensifying natural hazard in Mediterranean regions like Greece, driven by prolonged heatwaves, evolving climatic conditions, and human activities. This study leverages Sentinel-2 satellite imagery and Copernicus geospatial data to assess four early-season wildfire events during May and June 2024, which collectively affected 43.44 km2. Burn severity, land cover, and tree cover density were analyzed to evaluate the spatial and environmental impacts of these fires. Validation against Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) data yielded an overall accuracy of

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Vidal-Silva, Cristian, Roberto Pizarro, Miguel Castillo-Soto, et al. "A Comparative Study of a Deep Reinforcement Learning Solution and Alternative Deep Learning Models for Wildfire Prediction." Applied Sciences 15, no. 7 (2025): 3990. https://doi.org/10.3390/app15073990.

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Wildfires pose an escalating threat to ecosystems and human settlements, making accurate forecasting essential for early mitigation. This study compared three deep learning models for wildfire prediction: Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) with Actor–Critic architecture, Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), and Transformer-based models. The models were trained and evaluated using historical data from Chile (2000–2023), including wildfire occurrences, meteorological variables, topography, and vegetation indices. After preprocessing and class balancing, each model was tested over 100 experimental

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Bihari, Menka, Elisabeth M. Hamin, and Robert L. Ryan. "Understanding the Role of Planners in Wildfire Preparedness and Mitigation." ISRN Forestry 2012 (March 12, 2012): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2012/253028.

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As wildfires affect more residential areas across the United States, the need for collaboration between land managers, federal agencies, neighbours, and local governments has become more pressing especially in the context of the wildland-urban interface. Previous research has not focused much on land-use planners’ role in wildfire mitigation. This paper provides information on how land-use planners can assist communities in learning to live with wildfire risk through planning, preparedness, and mitigation efforts in the wildland-urban interface (WUI). Based on interviews with land-use planners

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Hertelendy, Attila J., Fredrick M. Burkle, and Gregory R. Ciottone. "Canadian Wildfires: A Plague on Societies Well-Being, Inequities and Cohesion." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 37, no. 4 (2022): 429–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x22000978.

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AbstractExtreme heat and wildfires have health implications for everyone; however, minority and low-income populations are disproportionately negatively affected due to generations of social inequities and discriminatory practices. Indigenous people in Canada are at a higher risk of many chronic respiratory diseases, as well as other non-communicable diseases and hospitalization, compared to the general population. These wildfires occurring during the COVID-19 pandemic have demonstrated how disruptive compounding disasters can be, putting minority populations such as First Nations, Metis, and

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Mcmorrow, Julia, A. Kazmierczak, Jonathan Aylen, Andy Moffat, James Morison, and Robert Gazzard. "Developing a risk assessment approach for forest fire at the rural-urban interface: potential of the Wildfire Threat Analysis framework for the UK." Quarterly Journal of Forestry 115, no. 3 (2021): 161–67. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6949093.

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Wildfires in the rural-urban interface harm forest assets and related ecosystem services, damage adjacent housing, social infrastructure and transport links, and pose health risks. We developed a framework for systematically assessing the threat of wildfire in a UK context based on New Zealand’s Wildfire Threat Analysis (WTA). WTA was evaluated for a pilot area in Southern England where urban assets are close to fire-prone forest and heath environments. WTA comprises three modules: Risk of Ignition, Hazard (fire spread and intensity) and Values at Risk (assets). Fire occurrence data were

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Mayner, L., and S. J. Stratton. "(A255) Medication Preparedness during Wildfire Evacuations." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 26, S1 (2011): s70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x11002391.

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IntroductionDuring wildfires, many are evacuated with little time to collect personal items. Evacuees who depend on daily medication for ongoing medical conditions often arrive to evacuation shelters without medication and with little knowledge of what they require. This problem is reported for evacuees in the 2008 Orange County California (USA) Freeway Triangle Wildfires.MethodsData was obtained retrospectively from Orange County Health Care Agency records regarding people who required medication while housed in evacuation shelters. Descriptive data was analysed using SPSS 17 and STATA 11.01.

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Nikolaychuk, Olga, Julia Pestova, and Aleksandr Yurin. "Wildfire Susceptibility Mapping in Baikal Natural Territory Using Random Forest." Forests 15, no. 1 (2024): 170. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f15010170.

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Wildfires are a significant problem in Irkutsk Oblast. They are caused by climate change, thunderstorms, and human factors. In this study, we use the Random Forest machine learning method to map the wildfire susceptibility of Irkutsk Oblast based on data from remote sensing, meteorology, government forestry authorities, and emergency situations. The main contributions of the paper are the following: an improved domain model that describes information about weather conditions, vegetation type, and infrastructure of the region in the context of the possible risk of wildfires; a database of wildf

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Henry, Shelby, Maria B. Ospina, Liz Dennett, and Anne Hicks. "Assessing the Risk of Respiratory-Related Healthcare Visits Associated with Wildfire Smoke Exposure in Children 0–18 Years Old: A Systematic Review." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 16 (2021): 8799. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168799.

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Wildfires are increasing in frequency, size, and intensity, and increasingly affect highly populated areas. Wildfire smoke impacts cardiorespiratory health; children are at increased risk due to smaller airways, a higher metabolic rate and ongoing development. The objective of this systematic review was to describe the risk of pediatric respiratory symptoms and healthcare visits following exposure to wildfire smoke. Medical and scientific databases and the grey literature were searched from inception until December 2020. Included studies evaluated pediatric respiratory-related healthcare visit

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Majlingova, Andrea, Maros Sedliak, and Yvonne Brodrechtova. "Implementation Potential of the SILVANUS Project Outcomes for Wildfire Resilience and Sustainable Forest Management in the Slovak Republic." Forests 16, no. 7 (2025): 1153. https://doi.org/10.3390/f16071153.

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Wildfires are becoming an increasingly severe threat to European forests, driven by climate change, land use changes, and socio-economic factors. Integrated solutions for wildfire prevention, early detection, emergency management, and ecological restoration are urgently needed to enhance forest resilience. The Horizon 2020 SILVANUS project developed a comprehensive multi-sectoral platform combining technological innovation, stakeholder engagement, and sustainable forest management strategies. This report analyses the Slovak Republic’s participation in SILVANUS, applying a seven-criterion fit–g

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Do, Vivian, Heather McBrien, Katharine Teigen, Marissa L. Childs, Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou, and Joan A. Casey. "A National Study on the Impact of Wildfire Smoke on Cause-Specific Hospitalizations Among Medicare Enrollees with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias from 2006 to 2016." Fire 8, no. 3 (2025): 97. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire8030097.

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Older adults may experience worse wildfire fine particulate matter (PM2.5) smoke-related health effects due to conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRDs). We evaluated whether wildfire PM2.5 was associated with acute hospitalizations among older adults with ADRD, linking modeled daily wildfire PM2.5 concentrations and circulatory, respiratory, anxiety, and depression hospitalizations from 2006 to 2016. We employed a case-crossover design and conditional logistic regression to estimate associations between lagged daily wildfire PM2.5 and hospitalizations. Also, we stra

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Cote, Doug W., and Tara K. McGee. "An exploration of residents’ intended wildfire evacuation responses in Mt. Lorne, Yukon, Canada." Forestry Chronicle 90, no. 04 (2014): 498–502. http://dx.doi.org/10.5558/tfc2014-100.

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Wildfire evacuations disrupt people’s lives, create an additional hazard for emergency responders and residents, and are expensive to execute. Alternatives to evacuation are used in Australia and a few jurisdictions in the United States. Numerous studies have examined the “stay and defend” option during a wildfire in Australia, and evacuation alternatives have also been examined in the US. However, evacuation alternatives have not yet received scholarly attention in Canada. This study focused on the community of Mt. Lorne, Yukon, and explored residents’ perceptions of alternatives to evacuatio

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González-Romero, Javier, Borja Manuel Esteban Lucas, ÁLVAREZ PEDRO ANTONIO PLAZA, Javier Sagra, Daniel Moya, and las Heras Jorge De. "Short-term effects of postfire check-dam construction on ephemeral stream vegetation in a semiarid climate of SE Spain." Science of the Total Environment 671 (June 25, 2019): 776–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.366.

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Mediterranean basins and their ecosystems have been traditionally affected by wildfires. After a wildfire, checkdam construction in channels is a widespread practice in semi-arid Mediterranean areas as an emergency actionto avoid soil erosion. The ways that these structures affect channels' geomorphological and edaphic characteristics or vegetation dynamics, have been widely studied. In relation to vegetation however, the majority of studieshave been conducted in mountain torrents. Our approach focuses on how ephemeral streams' vegetation, is affected locally by check-dam construction in the y

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Nunes, Adélia N., Carlos D. Pinto, Albano Figueiredo, and Luciano Lourenço. "Planning Wildfire Evacuation in the Wildland–Urban Interfaces of Central Portugal." Fire 7, no. 6 (2024): 199. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fire7060199.

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In recent decades, wildfires have become common disasters that threaten people’s lives and assets, particularly in wildland–urban interfaces (WUIs). Developing an effective evacuation strategy for a WUI presents challenges to emergency planners because of the spatial variations in biophysical hazards and social vulnerability. The aim of this study was to map priority WUIs in terms of evacuation. The factors considered were the seriousness of the risk of wildfire exposure, and the population centres whose greatest constraints on the evacuation process stemmed from the nature of the exposed popu

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Hobbs, Brent, Alana Hicik, Jeffrey Tochkin, and Andre Bloemink. "Evacuate or shelter-in-place? Applying a risk-informed decision support tool for long-term care facilities threatened by wildfire." Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning 18, no. 3 (2025): 253. https://doi.org/10.69554/ijet9958.

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The summer of 2023 was Canada’s most destructive wildfire season in recorded history. The southern region of the province of British Columbia (BC) is prone to wildfires and flooding, placing infrastructure, communities and human lives at risk. Residents of long-term care (LTC) facilities are especially vulnerable to these events. Healthcare leaders face the challenge of deciding when and under what circumstances to evacuate an LTC facility. This requires careful evaluation of the dangers posed by the event and the risks associated with the sudden displacement of frail residents. This risk asse

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Zhou, Jiahao, Wenyu Jiang, Fei Wang, Yuming Qiao, and Qingxiang Meng. "Comparing Accuracy of Wildfire Spread Prediction Models under Different Data Deficiency Conditions." Fire 7, no. 4 (2024): 141. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fire7040141.

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Wildfire is one of the most severe natural disasters globally, profoundly affecting natural ecology, economy, and health and safety. Precisely predicting the spread of wildfires has become an important research topic. Current fire spread prediction models depend on inputs from a variety of geographical and environmental variables. However, unlike the ideal conditions simulated in the laboratory, data gaps often occur in real wildfire scenarios, posing challenges to the accuracy and robustness of predictions. It is necessary to explore the extent to which different missing items affect predicti

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Badhan, Mukul, Kasra Shamsaei, Hamed Ebrahimian, George Bebis, Neil P. Lareau, and Eric Rowell. "Deep Learning Approach to Improve Spatial Resolution of GOES-17 Wildfire Boundaries Using VIIRS Satellite Data." Remote Sensing 16, no. 4 (2024): 715. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs16040715.

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The rising severity and frequency of wildfires in recent years in the United States have raised numerous concerns regarding the improvement in wildfire emergency response management and decision-making systems, which require operational high temporal and spatial resolution monitoring capabilities. Satellites are one of the tools that can be used for wildfire monitoring. However, none of the currently available satellite systems provide both high temporal and spatial resolution. For example, GOES-17 geostationary satellite fire products have high temporal (1–5 min) but low spatial resolution (≥

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Ciciretti, Rebecca, Francisco Barraza, Francisco De la Barrera, Lorna Urquieta, and Sandra Cortes. "Relationship between Wildfire Smoke and Children’s Respiratory Health in the Metropolitan Cities of Central-Chile." Atmosphere 13, no. 1 (2021): 58. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos13010058.

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Wildfire causes multiple problems for people living in cities. One of them is the deterioration of air quality as a result of wildfire smoke. This smoke can consequently have effects on human health. The present study aims to characterize the relationship between the occurrence of wildfires in central Chile and the effects on children’s respiratory health. Public databases provided the number of emergency care visits, wildfires, and concentration of air pollutants, demographics and meteorological variables for the regions of Santiago and Valparaiso from 2010 to 2013. Time series analysis was u

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Rodríguez-Esparragón, Dionisio, Paolo Gamba, and Javier Marcello. "Automatic Methodology for Forest Fire Mapping with SuperDove Imagery." Sensors 24, no. 16 (2024): 5084. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s24165084.

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The global increase in wildfires due to climate change highlights the need for accurate wildfire mapping. This study performs a proof of concept on the usefulness of SuperDove imagery for wildfire mapping. To address this topic, we present an automatic methodology that combines the use of various vegetation indices with clustering algorithms (bisecting k-means and k-means) to analyze images before and after fires, with the aim of improving the precision of the burned area and severity assessments. The results demonstrate the potential of using this PlanetScope sensor, showing that the methodol

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Schenk, Edward R., Alex Wood, Allen Haden, Gabriel Baca, Jake Fleishman, and Joe Loverich. "Post-wildfire sediment source and transport modeling, empirical observations, and applied mitigation: an Arizona, USA, case study." Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 25, no. 2 (2025): 727–45. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-727-2025.

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Abstract. Post-wildfire floods are receiving greater attention as wildland–urban interfaces become more common and catastrophic wildfires have increased in frequency. Sediment sourcing, transport, and deposition in the post-wildfire environment receive attention due to the severity of risk caused by debris flows and concentrated sediment flood flows. This study compares sediment model predictions based on the Modified Universal Soil Loss Equation (MUSLE), the Watershed Assessment of River Stability and Sediment Analysis (WARSSS) suite of models, and the free internet-based WEPPcloud post-wildf

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Brachman, Micah L., Richard Church, Benjamin Adams, and Danielle Bassett. "Wayfinding during a wildfire evacuation." Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal 29, no. 3 (2019): 249–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/dpm-07-2019-0216.

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Purpose Emergency evacuation plans are often developed under the assumption that evacuees will use wayfinding strategies such as taking the shortest distance route to their nearest exit. The purpose of this paper is to analyze empirical data from a wildfire evacuation analyzed to determine whether evacuees took a shortest distance route to their nearest exit and to identify any alternate wayfinding strategies that they may have used. Design/methodology/approach The wildfire evacuation analysis presented in this paper is the outcome of a natural experiment. A post-fire online survey was conduct

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Moore, Linn E., Andre Oliveira, Raymond Zhang, Laleh Behjat, and Anne Hicks. "Impacts of Wildfire Smoke and Air Pollution on a Pediatric Population with Asthma: A Population-Based Study." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 3 (2023): 1937. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20031937.

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Wildfires are increasing yearly in number and severity as a part of the evolving climate crisis. These fires are a significant source of air pollution, a common driver of flares in cardiorespiratory disease, including asthma, which is the most common chronic disease of childhood. Poorly controlled asthma leads to significant societal costs through morbidity, mortality, lost school and work time and healthcare utilization. This retrospective cohort study set in Calgary, Canada evaluates the relationship between asthma exacerbations during wildfire smoke events and equivalent low-pollution perio

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Niklas, Sarah, Dani Alexander, and Scott Dwyer. "Resilient Buildings and Distributed Energy: A Grassroots Community Response to the Climate Emergency." Sustainability 14, no. 6 (2022): 3186. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14063186.

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The severity and incidence of extreme weather events are increasing with climate change. In particular, wildfires are becoming more frequent, more intense, and longer lasting than before. Fuelled by long periods of dryness and high temperatures, the Australian wildfires of 2019/2020 were record breaking in terms of destruction and chaos. Rural communities were severely affected by power cuts disabling access to essential services. Following the wildfires, a concept for energy resilient public buildings (“Emergency Distributed Energy System”) emerged as a grassroots community idea from the wild

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G, Murugesan. "AI Enabled Fire-Detecting Drone Using Deep Learning Model." International Journal of Innovative Research in Information Security 10, no. 03 (2024): 142–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.26562/ijiris.2024.v1003.04.

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Wildfires pose significant threats to both human lives and the environment, necessitating advanced technological solutions for early detection and rapid response. This project aims to design, develop, and implement an autonomous drone system equipped with cutting-edge fire detection technology leveraging deep learning concepts. The system's primary objective is to swiftly identify and locate wildfires, enabling timely intervention and mitigation efforts to enhance public safety and environmental protection. The proposed drone system integrates state-of-the-art deep learning algorithms, allowin

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Gonçalves, João, Ana Paula Portela, Adrián Regos, et al. "Fostering Post-Fire Research Towards a More Balanced Wildfire Science Agenda to Navigate Global Environmental Change." Fire 8, no. 2 (2025): 51. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire8020051.

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As wildfires become more frequent and severe in the face of global environmental change, it becomes crucial not only to assess, prevent, and suppress them but also to manage the aftermath effectively. Given the temporal interconnections between these issues, we explored the concept of the “wildfire science loop”—a framework categorizing wildfire research into three stages: “before”, “during”, and “after” wildfires. Based on this partition, we performed a systematic review by linking particular topics and keywords to each stage, aiming to describe each one and quantify the volume of published r

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Mohammad, Sohail. "Neuropsychiatric Manifestations of Wildfire Exposure." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 34, s1 (2019): s152. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x19003418.

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Introduction:Wildfires are life threatening incessant fires in thickly vegetated areas that spread extremely rapidly to human habitat and are difficult to control by human force. The impact of wildfires is enormous on population health and causes tremendous financial burden to individuals and communities.Aim:The aim is to understand the potential disease burden secondary to wildfires both at an individual and population level and reflect upon the immediate and delayed neuropsychiatric manifestations of smoke exposure.Methods:Data on wildfires associated direct and indirect costs on individual

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Kalogiannidis, Stavros, Dimitrios Kalfas, Theoxaris Zagkas, and Fotios Chatzitheodoridis. "Assessing the Effect of Community Preparedness on Property Damage Costs during Wildfires: A Case Study of Greece." Fire 7, no. 8 (2024): 279. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fire7080279.

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The current study attempts to assess the effect of community preparedness on property damage costs during wildfires. The focus is primarily on how various aspects of community preparedness, such as early warning systems, early risk assessment, emergency response plans, and fire-resistant landscaping, influence the extent of property damage costs during wildfires. For this purpose, data were collected from 384 Greek residents from different regions of the country using an online questionnaire. In this case, analysis was performed utilizing SPSS version 22.0. According to the findings, survey re

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Abbasi, Jennifer. "Paradise’s Emergency Department Director Recalls California’s Worst Wildfire." JAMA 321, no. 12 (2019): 1144. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2019.0675.

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Batdorf, Brieanna, and Tara K. McGee. "Wildfire Smoke and Protective Actions in Canadian Indigenous Communities." Atmosphere 14, no. 8 (2023): 1204. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos14081204.

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In Canada, Indigenous populations are disproportionately threatened by wildfire smoke and the associated adverse health impacts. This paper presents the results of a narrative review of 51 academic and related resources which explored protective action decision making during wildfire smoke events within Indigenous communities in Canada. A search of scholarly articles and other relevant sources yielded resources which were subject to thematic analysis and described in order to present a narrative review of current knowledge and gaps in research. A small and growing literature provides insights

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Tornevi, Andreas, Camilla Andersson, Ana Carvalho, Joakim Langner, and Bertil Forsberg. "Potential Health Impacts from a Wildfire Smoke Plume over Region Jämtland Härjedalen, Sweden." Atmosphere 14, no. 10 (2023): 1491. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos14101491.

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In the summer of 2018, Sweden experienced widespread wildfires, particularly in the region of Jämtland Härjedalen during the final weeks of July. We previously conducted an epidemiological study and investigated acute respiratory health effects in eight municipalities relation to the wildfire air pollution. In this study, we aimed to estimate the potential health impacts under less favorable conditions with different locations of the major fires. Our scenarios focused on the most intense plume from the 2018 wildfire episode affecting the largest municipality, which is the region’s only city. C

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Bai, Lin-Yuan, Xin-Ya Chen, Hai-Feng Ling, and Yu-Jun Zheng. "Cooperative Drone and Water Supply Truck Scheduling for Wildfire Fighting Using Deep Reinforcement Learning." Drones 9, no. 7 (2025): 464. https://doi.org/10.3390/drones9070464.

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Wildfires often spread rapidly and cause significant casualties and economic losses. Firefighting drones carrying water capsules provide an efficient way for wildfire extinguishing, but their operational capabilities are limited by their payloads. This weakness can be compensated by using ground vehicles to provide mobile water supply. To this end, this paper presents an optimization problem of scheduling multiple drones and water supply trucks for wildfire fighting, which allocates burning subareas to drones, routes drones to perform fire-extinguishing operations in burning subareas and reloa

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Mynard, C. Randall, Gordon N. Keating, PhD, and Paul M. Rich, PhD. "GIS for emergency response: Lessons from the Cerro Grande wildfire." Journal of Emergency Management 3, no. 1 (2005): 19. http://dx.doi.org/10.5055/jem.2005.0005.

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The May 2000 Cerro Grande wildfire swept through Los Alamos, New Mexico, forcing evacuation of Los Alamos National Laboratory and the communities of Los Alamos and White Rock. Use of geographic information system (GIS) technology for emergency response and post-fire mitigation provided valuable lessons about institutional operations, working relationships, and emergency preparedness. These lessons include the importance of: 1) GIS as an integrating framework for hazard assessment; 2) having a strong GIS capability in place; 3) coordinated emergency plans among GIS facilities; 4) reliable metho

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Festa, Natalia, Kaitlin Fender Throgmorton, Kendra Davis-Plourde, et al. "Assessment of Regional Nursing Home Preparedness for and Regulatory Responsiveness to Wildfire Risk in the Western US." JAMA Network Open 6, no. 6 (2023): e2320207. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.20207.

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ImportanceIt is uncertain whether emergency preparedness and regulatory oversight for US nursing homes are aligned with local wildfire risk.ObjectiveTo evaluate the likelihood that nursing homes at elevated risk of wildfire exposure meet US Centers for Medicare &amp;amp; Medicaid Services (CMS) emergency preparedness standards and to compare the time to reinspection by exposure status.Design, Setting, and ParticipantsThis cross-sectional study of nursing homes in the continental western US from January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2019, was conducted using cross-sectional and survival ana

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Rosenthal, Annie, Eric Stover, and Rohini J. Haar. "Health and social impacts of California wildfires and the deficiencies in current recovery resources: An exploratory qualitative study of systems-level issues." PLOS ONE 16, no. 3 (2021): e0248617. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248617.

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Background Wildfires in California have become more deadly and destructive in recent years, and four of the ten most destructive fires occurred in 2017 and 2018. Through interviews with service providers, this article explores how these recent wildfires have impacted surrounding communities and the role various recovery resources have played in responding to the short- and long-term health and social needs of survivors. Methods Using a purposive sampling methodology, we interviewed 21 health and social service personnel who assisted in wildfire recovery efforts in California in 2017 and 2018.

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Stout, EdD, Rebecca A., Samantha Kostamo, BA, and Sheryl West, MS. "Burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma among wildfire responders." Journal of Emergency Management 19, no. 5 (2021): 451–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.5055/jem.0653.

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Firefighting is an essential occupation that is hazardous and stressful. While researchers have established that firefighters are likely to experience burnout, compassion fatigue (CF), and vicarious trauma (VT), no studies to date have focused on these variables in a context specific to wildfire response. As wildfires and their intensity continue to be a growing concern in the Western United States, there is a need to understand the extent of burnout, CF, and VT among firefighters, particularly those who respond to wildfires. This study was conducted at a large metropolitan fire department loc

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