human dimensions
Insights into how Community Wildfire Protection Plans act as drivers of wildfire preparedness
Wildfire poses an increasing threat to communities in the Western US, driven by climate change and rising human settlement in the wildland-urban interface (WUI). It is imperative that communities in fire-prone areas become “fire-adapted” to safely manage their risk.
Fatigue in wildland firefighting: relationships between sleep, shift characteristics, and cognitive function
Background
Wildland firefighting requires exposure to long shifts and poor sleep, which may pose a risk to worker safety due to impaired cognitive function.
Aims
We investigated the associations between sleep, shift characteristics, and cognitive function in wildland firefighters.
Methods
Exploring Wildfire Preparedness, Perceptions, and Responses in Western Canada: Insights from Valemount, British Columbia
Climate change and decades of fire suppression are increasing the risk of wildfire in many rural and remote communities across Canada. Yet limited research has been done to better understand how these communities experience wildfire risk.
Housing and Economic Recovery as Interdependent Pathways in the Wake of Wildfires
Highlights
- Introduced an integrated housing-economic recovery framework that links post-wildfire housing stability to local employment conditions and economic diversity.
- Demonstrated how traditional vulnerability tools like SoVI overlook hidden and dynamic vulnerabilities, especially among renters, seasonal workers, and undocumented residents.
Long-range PM2.5 pollution and health impacts from the 2023 Canadian wildfires
Mapping Community Capacity to Reduce Vulnerability to Wildfire in Colorado, USA
Communities can face significant risk from wildfire, often compounded by climate change and legacies of industrial forest management.
Preventing Human-Caused Wildfire Ignitions on Public Lands: A Review of Best Practices
Effective interventions to prevent human-caused ignitions on public lands play a critical role in social and ecological adaption to wildfire. While wildfire prevention spending generates a high return on investment, funding and capacity to support such programing within federal, state, and local land and fire management agencies remains limited.
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