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Occupational and environmental factors influencing morale of United States federal wildland firefighters

Year of Publication

2023

Publication Type

Background Wildland firefighters have physically and psychologically demanding jobs that can result in social, economic and health-related stress.

Potential COVID-19 Outbreak in Fire Camp: Modeling Scenarios and Interventions

Year of Publication

2020

Publication Type

Journal Article

The global COVID-19 pandemic will pose unique challenges to the management of wildlandfire in 2020. Fire camps may provide an ideal setting for the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virusthat causes COVID-19. However, intervention strategies can help minimize disease spread andreduce the risk to the firefighting community.

Enhancing adaptive capacity for restoring fire-dependent ecosystems: the Fire Learning Network’s Prescribed Fire Training Exchanges

Year of Publication

2015

Publication Type

Journal Article

Prescribed fire is a critical tool for promoting restoration and increasing resilience in fire-adapted ecosystems, but there are barriers to its use, including a shortage of personnel with adequate ecological knowledge and operational expertise to implement prescribed fire across multijurisdictional landscapes.

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