conflagration of forests and rangelands is one of the most frequent events in iran. it is regarded as one of the most important parts of land degradation that occurred due to range destruction and desertification. this study was conducted in boroujerd, lorestan province in west of iran in 2013 to determine the fire risk model. the data prepared for the study area involved the vegetation types, ...

effects of heat-transferring property of silver nanoparticles were evaluated on two solid woods of poplar and fir and in combination with borax. nanosilver and borax were applied in pressure vessel using rueping method. the size range of silver nanoparticles was 20-80 nm. specimens of 150×130×9 mm were prepared and five fire-retarding properties were measured using a newly designed slide fire t...

Fire danger is the resultant of ‘factors affecting the inception, spread and difficulty of control of fires and the damage they cause’ (Chandler et al. 1983). If any of these factors are absent, then there is no fire danger (Cheney and Gould 1995). Fire danger rating is ‘a fire management system that integrates the facets of selected fire danger factors into one or more qualitative or numerical...

OBJECTIVES To reduce fires and fire related injuries by increasing the prevalence of functioning smoke alarms in high risk households. SETTING The programme was delivered in an inner London area with above average material deprivation and below average smoke alarm ownership. The target population included low income and rental households and households with elderly persons or young children. ...

cushions as dominant species of mountainous habitats facilitate surrounding species. the aim of this study is the investigation of fire on onobrychiscornutamicrohabitats in the mountainous grasslands. fire occurredin summer 2013. therefore, in order to study the temperature fluctuations, thermometers were established under burned and unburned patches since 15 march 2016 for 31 days (half hours ...