The paper presents an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), consisting of several aerial vehicles and a central station, for forest fire monitoring. Fire monitoring is defined as the computation in real-time of the evolution of the fire front shape and potentially other parameters related to the fire propagation, and is very important for forest fire fighting. The paper shows how an UAS can automatic...

9 In: Vance, Regina K.; Edminster, Carleton B.; Covington, W. Wallace; Blake, Julie A. comps. 2001. Ponderosa pine ecosystems restoration and conservation: steps toward stewardship; 2000 April 25–27; Flagstaff, AZ. Proceedings RMRS-P-22. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Merrill R. Kaufmann is a Research Forest Ecologist, Paula J. Fornwa...

Multiple noise measurements were taken on 6 types of fire station equipment and 15 types of emergency response vehicle-related equipment used by firefighters during routine and emergency operations at 10 fire stations. Five of the six types of fire station equipment, when measured at a distance of one meter and ear level, emitted noise equal to or greater than 85 dBA, including lawn maintenance...

The effects of fire and human host density on Chrysops silacea and C. dimidiata abundance and age structure was evaluated at sites of Loa loa filariasis transmission in the Congo rain forest. Fire increased the catch of C. silacea 8.5-fold at ground level and 5-fold in the canopy, but did not modify the catch size of C. dimidiata. Catch size increased 2-fold when a pygmy camp located near the c...

35 * Based on a report by the author under the title, “Improving Fire Hazard Assessment at the UrbanWildland Interface: Case Study in South Lake Tahoe, CA.” For the full report, see the Website of the Center for Urban Forest Research at . Lisa de Jong is a research forester, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Center for Urban Forest Research, Davi...

Donald McKenzie and David L. Peterson are research biologists at the USDA Forest Servi Station, Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Lab; Amy E. Hessl is an assistant professor, Departm Geography, West Virginia University; James K. Agee is a professor, College of Forest Reso Washington; John F. Lehmkuhl is a research wildlife biologist, USDA Forest Service, Paci Station, Wenatchee Forestry Sciences L...

A sensitivity analysis was conducted of the National Fire Management Analysis System (NFMAS) to better understand the relationship between data input and model output. After consultations with fire managers and researchers, five input variables were selected for sensitization: unit mission costs, average acre costs, net value change, production rates, and escaped fire limits. A random sample of...