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Publisher : FEMA
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Total Pages : 35 pages
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Download or read book Wildland Fires: Florida-1998 written by and published by FEMA. This book was released on with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Emergency Management
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Total Pages : 402 pages
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Download or read book Field Hearing on 1998 Florida Wildfires written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Emergency Management and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : J. Gordon Routley
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (549 download)
Download or read book Wildland Fires written by J. Gordon Routley and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The entire state of Florida was ravaged by an unprecedented series of wildland and urban interface fires during the period from late-May to mid-July, 1998. Almost 500,000 acres were burned, along with more than 150 structures and 86 vehicles, in more than 2200 individual fires. The total direct and indirect economical impact of these fires will probably exceed one billion dollars. The damage to timber alone was estimated at over $300 million. The total response to these fires, combining local, state and federal resources, may be the largest ever assembled in the United States. An estimated total of more than 10,000 fire fighters from across the United States were ultimately involved in the battle to contain the flames. This massive response was required due to the number of fires that were burning simultaneously and the direct threat to dozen of populated communities along the eastern coast of the state. The magnitude and complexity of the operations seriously challenged the capacity of existing incident management systems ... These factors once again demonstrate that a change in climatic conditions can create overwhelming fire conditions, in spite of past experience. The situation is also similar to other major wildland fires in the sense that two different fire fighting components, wildland and structural, had to work together to save lives and property. When a massive fire is moving into a populated area, the only feasible strategy is to identify defensible positions and allocate resources to save the areas than can be safely protected.
Author : Kenneth W. Outcalt
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Total Pages : 638 pages
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Download or read book Proceedings of the Eleventh Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference written by Kenneth W. Outcalt and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States Fire Administration
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Total Pages : 28 pages
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Download or read book USFA Publications Catalog written by United States Fire Administration and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 634 pages
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Download or read book Proceedings of the ... Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 820 pages
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Download or read book Fire Management Notes written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Susan W. Vince
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0203484460
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Forests at the Wildland-Urban Interface written by Susan W. Vince and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2004-11-29 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forests at the wildland-urban interface are at increasing risk due to the impacts of urbanization. Conserving and managing these forestlands for continued ecological and social benefits is a critical and complex challenge facing natural resource managers, land-use planners, and policymakers. Forests at the Wildland-Urban Interface: Conservat
Author : Naim Kapucu
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136239960
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (362 download)
Download or read book Disaster Resiliency written by Naim Kapucu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natural disasters in recent years have brought the study of disaster resiliency to the forefront. The importance of community preparedness and sustainability has been underscored by such calamities as Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the Japanese tsunami in 2011. Natural disasters will inevitably continue to occur, but by understanding the concept of resiliency as well as the factors that lead to it, communities can minimize their vulnerabilities and increase their resilience. In this volume, editors Naim Kapucu, Christopher V. Hawkins, and Fernando I. Rivera gather an impressive array of scholars to provide a much needed re-think to the topic disaster resiliency. Previous research on the subject has mainly focused on case studies, but this book offers a more systematic and empirical assessment of resiliency, while at the same time delving into new areas of exploration, including vulnerabilities of mobile home parks, the importance of asset mapping, and the differences between rural and urban locations. Employing a variety of statistical techniques and applying these to disasters in the United States and worldwide, this book examines resiliency through comparative methods which examine public management and policy, community planning and development, and, on the individual level, the ways in which culture, socio-economic status, and social networks contribute to resiliency. The analyses drawn will lead to the development of strategies for community preparation, response, and recovery to natural disasters. Combining the concept of resiliency, the factors that most account for the resiliency of communities, and the various policies and government operations that can be developed to increase the sustainability of communities in face of disasters, the editors and contributors have assembled an essential resource to scholars in emergency planning, management, and policy, as well as upper-level students studying disaster management and policy.
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Publisher : FEMA
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Total Pages : 197 pages
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Download or read book Fire in the United States 1992-2001 written by and published by FEMA. This book was released on with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David V. Sandberg
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1437915574
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (379 download)
Download or read book Wildland Fire in Ecosystems written by David V. Sandberg and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wildland fire is an integral part of ecosystem mgmt. and is essential in maintaining functional ecosystems, but air pollutants emitted from those fires can be harmful to human health and welfare. This review of what is known about the effects of fire on air quality will assist those in the fire and air quality mgmt. communities. Contents: (1) Intro.; Scope; Framework; Prior Work; Changes in Fire Policy; (2) Air Quality Regulations and Fire; (3) Overview of Air Pollution from Fire; (4) Characterization of Emissions from Fires; (5) Transport, Dispersion, and Modeling of Fire Emissions; (6) Atmospheric and Plume Chemistry; (7) Estimating the Air Quality Impacts of Fire; (8) Consequences of Fire on Air Quality; (9) Recommend. for Future Research. Illus.
Author : Edward A. Macie
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Total Pages : 174 pages
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Download or read book Human Influences on Forest Ecosystems written by Edward A. Macie and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Philip Nori Omi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1851094431
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Forest Fires written by Philip Nori Omi and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-05-23 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From killer fires to ecosystem rehabilitation, an exhaustive survey exploring the ecological, social, and economic consequences of managing fires in U.S. wildland areas. Fire management involves protecting natural resources from fire but also using controlled burning for land management purposes. Who are the stewards of land management and the researchers who devote their entire careers studying fire? How are ecosystems restored after major fires? What are the economic ramifications and what assessment tools are available? Forest Fires: A Reference Handbook explores the historical, ecological, economic, and social dimensions of wildland combustion and their impacts in North America. Explaining how legislation and public perception have been shaped by historic fires and fire seasons, particular emphasis is placed on the summer of 2000 as a way of understanding and managing future fires.
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Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)
Download or read book Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edward A. Keller
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351673718
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)
Download or read book Natural Hazards written by Edward A. Keller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-29 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new revised fifth edition of Natural Hazards remains the go-to introductory-level survey intended for university and college courses that are concerned with earth processes that have direct, and often sudden and violent, impacts on human society. The text integrates principles of geology, hydrology, meteorology, climatology, oceanography, soil science, ecology, and solar system astronomy. The textbook explains the earth processes that drive hazardous events in an understandable way, illustrates how these processes interact with our civilization, and describes how we can better adjust to their effects. Written by leading scholars in the area, the new edition of this book takes advantage of the greatly expanding amount of information regarding natural hazards, disasters, and catastrophes. The text is designed for learning, with chapters broken into small consumable chunks of content for students. Each chapter opens with a list of learning objectives and ends with revision as well as high-level critical thinking questions. A Concepts in Review feature provides an innovative end-of-chapter section that breaks down the chapter content by parts: reviewing the learning objectives, summary points, important visuals, and key terms. New case studies of hazardous events have been integrated into the text, and students are invited to actively apply their understanding of the five fundamental concepts that serve as a conceptual framework for the text. Figures, illustrations, and photos have been updated throughout. The book is designed for a course in natural hazards for nonscience majors, and a primary goal of the text is to assist instructors in guiding students who may have little background in science to understand physical earth processes as natural hazards and their consequences to society.
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Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.U/5 (183 download)
Download or read book Fire Management Today written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Forest Service
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Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Wildland Fire in Ecosystems written by and published by Forest Service. This book was released on 2008 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This state-of-knowledge review of information on relationships between wildland fire and nonnative invasive plants can assist fire managers and other land managers concerned with prevention, detection, and eradication or control of nonnative invasive plants. The 16 chapters in this volume synthesize ecological and botanical principles regarding relationships between wildland fire and nonnative invasive plants, identify the nonnative invasive species currently of greatest concern in major bioregions of the United States, and describe emerging fire-invasive issues in each bioregion and throughout the nation. This volume can help increase understanding of plant invasions and fire and can be used in fire management and ecosystem-based management planning. The volume's first part summarizes fundamental concepts regarding fire effects on invasions by nonnative plants, effects of plant invasions on fuels and fire regimes, and use of fire to control plant invasions. The second part identifies the nonnative invasive species of greatest concern and synthesizes information on the three topics covered in part one for nonnative invasives in seven major bioregions of the United States: Northeast, Southeast, Central, Interior West, Southwest Coastal, Northwest Coastal (including Alaska), and Hawaiian Islands. The third part analyzes knowledge gaps regarding fire and nonnative invasive plants, synthesizes information on management questions (nonfire fuel treatments, postfire rehabilitation, and postfire monitoring), summarizes key concepts described throughout the volume, and discusses urgent management issues and research questions.
