Hellberg, E. 2004. Historical variability of deciduous trees and deciduous forests in northern Sweden. Effects of forest fires, land-use and climate. Doctor’s dissertation. ISSN 1401-6230, ISBN 91-576-6542-7. The aim of the work underlying this thesis was to study the historical variability of deciduous trees and deciduous forests in northern Sweden. To ascertain the effects of forest fires and...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this research is to evaluate the effectiveness of the US Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) Safety Standard for Cigarette Lighters, which requires that disposable cigarette lighters be resistant to operation by children younger than age 5. METHODS Fire data on children playing with lighters were solicited from selected US fire departments for incidents occurr...

Forest fire sequences can be modelled as a stochastic point process where events are characterized by their spatial locations and occurrence in time. Cluster analysis permits the detection of the space/time pattern distribution of forest fires. These analyses are useful to assist fire-managers in identifying risk areas, implementing preventive measures and conducting strategies for an efficient...

The rewireable fuse or cutout is widely used in Bangladesh and elsewhere, in spite of the very real danger of improper replacement of fuse wires. To assess the problem, a preliminary survey of buildings, electrical shops, and electricians were conducted. The majority of buildings and retail establishments were found to use fuse wires. Electricians were found to use copper of arbitrary thickness...

OBJECTIVE To identify the predictors of residential fire deaths in the Ontario pediatric population using systematically collected data from the Office of the Chief Coroner. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING Ontario. PARTICIPANTS Children younger than 16 years of age who died in accidental residential fires in Ontario between January 1, 2001, and December 31, 2006. MAIN OUTCOME...

Although forest fires are commonly accepted as a natural part of the ecosystem, frequent forest fires present great challenges to fire managers. In this research, ‘Fire Area Simulator’ has been used to simulate and study forest fire behaviour. Once the predicted perimeters were generated and compared to those shown in postmortem aerial infrared images, partial agreement was observed for the dir...

Eight different fire datasets for Indonesia were compared with each other and to fine spatial resolution burnscar maps. Results show that each dataset detects different fires. More than two-thirds of the fires detected by one dataset are not detected by any other dataset. None of the datasets detect fires in all test areas. Fire regime, satellite sensor characteristics and fire detection algori...

The algorithm to calculate Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from savanna fires relies upon a number of variables from the classification of satellite based optical imagery. The algorithm variables require continued refinement. Fire severity mapping will increase the accuracy of the spatial distribution of fuel consumed. Fire severity is the post-fire effect of fire on the vegetation. The fire sev...

I assess the population health effects in Malaysia of air pollution from a widespread series of fires that occurred in Indonesia between April and November of 1997. I describe how the fires occurred and why the associated air pollution was so widespread and long lasting. The main objective is to uncover any mortality effects and to assess how large and important they were. I also investigate wh...