Contiguous United States wildland fire emission estimates during 2003–2015

Variability of wildland fire emissions across the contiguous United States

This study analyzes spatial and temporal variability of emissions from wildland fires across the contiguous US. The emissions are estimates based on a recently constructed dataset of historical fire records collected by multiple US governlnental agencies. Both wildfire and prescribed fires have the highest emissions over the Pacific coastal states. Prescribed fire emissions are also found to be...

The wildland fire emission inventory: western United States emission estimates and an evaluation of uncertainty

Biomass burning emission inventories serve as critical input for atmospheric chemical transport models that are used to understand the role of biomass fires in the chemical composition of the atmosphere, air quality, and the climate system. Significant progress has been achieved in the development of regional and global biomass burning emission inventories over the past decade using satellite r...

9 Estimates of Wildland Fire Emissions

Wildland fire missions can significantly affect regional and global air quality, radiation, climate, and the carbon cycle. A fundamental and yet challenging prerequisite to understanding the environment.al effects is to accurately estimate fire emissions. This chapter descnbes and analyzes fire emission calculations. Various techniques (field measurements, empirical relations, modeling, and rem...

Fire fighters exposed to electrical hazards during wildland fire operations.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Among the various hazards fire fighters face are electrical hazards during wildland fire suppression activities. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) reports that 10 fire fighters died from contact with electricity during wildland fires between 1980...

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