Fire Services Resources
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Articles of Interest - Fire Science
Ahmad, K., Khan, M. S., Ahmed, F., Driss, M., Boulila, W., Alazeb, A., & Alsulami, M. (2023). FireXnet: an explainable AI-based tailored deep learning model for wildfire detection on resource-constrained devices. Fire Ecology, 19(1), NA. https://link-gale-com.ezproxy.ctcd.edu/apps/doc/A765949499/AONE?u=txshracd2491&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=061c448f
Forests cover nearly one-third of the Earth's land and are some of our most biodiverse ecosystems. Due to climate change, these essential habitats are endangered by increasing wildfires. Wildfires are not just a risk to the environment, but they also pose public health risks. Given these issues, there is an indispensable need for efficient and early detection methods. Conventional detection approaches fall short due to spatial limitations and manual feature engineering, which calls for the exploration and development of data-driven deep learning solutions. … Extensive experimentation reveals that in addition to being accurate, FireXnet has reduced computational complexity due to considerably fewer training and non-training parameters and has significantly fewer training and testing times.
Williams, C. L., Ellsworth, L. M., Strand, E. K., Reeves, M. C., Shaff, S. E., Short, K. C., & Chambers, J. C. (2023). Fuel treatments in shrublands experiencing pinyon and juniper expansion result in trade-offs between desired vegetation and increased fire behavior. Fire Ecology, 19(1), NA. https://link-gale-com.ezproxy.ctcd.edu/apps/doc/A759936612/AONE?u=txshracd2491&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=9bb7dfbf
Native pinyon (Pinus spp.) and juniper (Juniperus spp.) trees are expanding into shrubland communities across the Western United States. These trees often outcompete with native sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) associated species, resulting in increased canopy fuels and reduced surface fuels. … Increased herbaceous surface fuel following prescribed fire treatments increased the modeled rate of surface fire spread (ROS) 21-fold and nearly tripled flame length (FL) by year ten post-treatment across all expansion phases. In mechanical treatments, modeled ROS increased 15-fold, FL increased 3.8-fold, and reaction intensity roughly doubled in year ten post-treatment compared to pretreatment and untreated controls. … While prescribed fire and mechanical treatments in shrublands experiencing tree expansion restored understory vegetation and prevented continued juniper and pinyon infilling and growth, these fuel treatments also increased modeled surface fire behavior. Thus, management tradeoffs occur between desired future vegetation and wildfire risk after fuel treatments.
Books of Interest - Fire Science
Fire Ecology of Florida and the Southeastern Coastal Plain by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780813052199Publication Date: 2018-05-15Fire in Florida and the southeastern coastal plain -- History of fire and fire ecology in Florida and the coastal plain -- Adaptation to the fire environment of Florida and the southeastern coastal plain -- Fire in natural communities of Florida and the southeastern coastal plain -- Fire management: can we maintain or mimic the evolutionary environment?
Fire : a brief history by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780295746197Publication Date: 20191. Fire and Earth: 2. Frontiers of Fire (Part1); 3. Aboriginal Fire; 4. Agricultural Fire;: 5. Frontiers of Fire (Part 2); 6. Urban Fire ;7. Pyrotechnics; 8. Frontiers of Fire (Part 3); 10. The Future of Fire; 11. The Pyrocene.
