Between 2002 and 2012, the U.S. Forest Service and the Department of the Interior spent on average $3.13 billion per year on wildland fire protection [1]. Nearly $1 billion of that funding was devoted solely to fire suppression efforts. Currently, allocating resources for fire suppression is a subjective process, relying in many cases on individual commanders’ decisions that are based on insuff...

The first ever comprehensive study on wildland fires in Bangladesh is carried out to develop a fire prevention and prediction method. major causes of huge (88%) the subtropical Chittagong Hill forest (43% total) southern are reported as shifting cultivation, grazing unauthorized settlement. We used satellite hotspot (HS) data from 2003 2021 (a total 54,669 HSs) clarify spatio-temporal structure...

The onset of the global pandemic in 2020 significantly increased complexity and uncertainty wildfire incident response United States, there was a clear role for decision support to inform enhance coordination communication efforts. Epidemiological modeling suggested risk COVID-19 outbreak at traditional large fire camp could be substantial supported broadscale implementation mitigations, manage...

Since the 9/11 terrorist incident, homeland security efforts and the readiness of local emergency management agencies have become focal points in the war on terrorism. A significant issue faced by front line responders has been the significant increase in the number and type of potential incidents they must be prepared to handle. This paper describes a simulation-based approach that allows loca...

Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 crashed following takeoff from Reno-Cannon International Airport on 21 Jan. 1985. Sixty-eight persons on board the aircraft perished in the initial crash and resultant fire which followed. Two victims expired as a result of crash injuries within subsequent days and one passenger survived. A community disaster response plan was in place and had been practiced by local ...

Public safety organizations include emergency and law enforcement agencies, fire departments, rescue squads, and Emergency Medical Services (EMS). In response to increasing threats of terrorism and natural disasters, safety and security personnel must overcome technology barriers to enhance their efficiency, especially in the neuralgic section of information exchange. Limited availability of in...

24 A cornerstone of effective institutional learning and accountability is the development, tracking, and analysis of informative performance measures. In a previous issue of Fire Management Today (“A New Look at Risk Management,” Winter 2011), a series of articles highlighted the importance of organizational safety and risk management and the challenges of balancing safety, efficiency, and eff...

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of applying methods andamount of ammonium polyphosphate (0, 2 and 4 wt%) on fire retardancy andmechanical properties of wood flour/polypropylene composites. The resultsshowed that addition of fire retardant improved the mechanical properties such astensile and flexural strengths and fire retardancy of composites. But by increasingof fire retar...

We have seen many persons who had travelled from *s Dan to Beersheba"?nay, who had circumvolved the greater part of this globe, without meeting a single incident that could elicit a remark?a single object that could excite a sensation beyond what would have been felt at their own fire-sides at home. So in the medical world, we daily observe men who have been, year after year, in full practice, ...