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Outside
June 2003
Douglas Gantenbein |
We're Toast Last summer, U.S. wildfires cost $1.6 billion to stop and claimed the lives of 23 firefighters. The expense and sacrifice did nothing to solve the problems of overgrown forests, misguided policies, and misspent resources. We need to get serious about rethinking the role of flame in the woods.   |
National Defense
December 2009
Stew Magnuson |
Wildland Firefighters Add Robotic Systems to Their Wish List Firefighters throughout the United States revealed that their number one need was a vehicle that could autonomously haul heavy equipment up and down mountains. |
Wired
October 2004
Michael Behar |
Rendering Inferno Fighting forest fires is increasingly being left to computers, with simulations taking wind, air temperature, humidity, altitude, terrain, and vegetation into account and producing 3-D animations that chart the most probable path of a wildfire. |
Fast Company
April 2000
Anna Muoio |
Where There's Smoke It Helps to Have a Smoke Jumper If you spend too much of your time "putting out fires," then take some advice from master smoke jumper Wayne Williams. He'll teach you how to think clearly, to act decisively, to work precisely -- and to solve problems before they burn out of control. |
Science News
November 3, 2007
Julie J. Rehmeyer |
Math Trek: Math on Fire Mathematicians are building a model to predict wildfire movement. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2008
Carl Hoffman |
On the Front Lines With America's Wildfire Pilots (With Video!) Air tankers and spotter planes played a crucial role in fighting the San Diego fires. |
T.H.E. Journal
August 1999
Stephen M. Portz - Space Coast Middle School |
Satellite Technologies in the Classroom ...Though the data is often not in real time, the ease of accessibility, the range and quantity of images, and the archival capabilities of the Internet make the use of satellite imagery a great educational activity... |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2008
John Keller |
Navy seeks IR sensor-based technology to enhance helicopter defenses against ground fire Navy officials also are interested in how the prototype performs in the presence of urban background clutter, through use of pre-recorded airborne data with inserted flash and tracer signatures. |
National Defense
April 2015
Valerie Insinna |
Robot Puts Out Shipboard Fires Another possibility currently under development is sending robots to find and put out fires aboard Navy ships. |
Geotimes
December 2006
Carolyn Gramling |
Small Nuclear War Could Pose Large Climate Consequences New findings suggest that climatic effects from even a small-scale nuclear war between states such as India and Pakistan could match the climate impact once predicted for an all-out attack by a superpower. |
Geotimes
July 2003
Lisa M. Pinsker |
Watching the planet green A new generation of satellites is allowing scientists to, every week, watch the grass grow, literally. Combining data of vegetation density with digital data of global weather observations, they can see Earth's metabolism -- the rate at which plants are absorbing carbon out of the atmosphere. |
Geotimes
November 2006
Megan Sever |
Forest Fires Release Mercury The most familiar source of mercury in the atmosphere is coal plants. But a hidden mercury threat is lurking as Earth warms: peatlands in the boreal forest regions of the Northern Hemisphere. |
Wired
Damon Tabor |
LAFD's One-Man Geek Squad Brings Web 2.0 to Firefighting The Los Angeles Fire Department is bringing it's team into the twenty-first century by using Twitter and BlogTalkRadio to broadcast information to the public quickly. |
| This Old House |
Fire Pit Safety These tips will keep your friendly fire from becoming a raging inferno. |
Wired
June 2005
Joshua Davis |
The Fire Rebels They're taking on the American firefighting establishment with a precision method of dousing flames. The hot new way to save lives and burning buildings: bursts of delicate fog. |
AboutSafety
April 16, 2001 |
Heat Stress & Its Effects On Tenable Conditions for Fire Fighters Firefighters operate in hostile and stressful conditions and, through research, we are gradually understanding the interaction between firefighters and the environment they work in. |
Chemistry World
January 28, 2011
Yuandi Li |
Firefighters need more protection from chemical fumes Researchers are looking to investigate fire fumes from vehicles, such as hybrid and electric cars, and to use new personal monitors that employ whole air sampling principles to collect gases and vapors to measure even more chemicals. |
This Old House
November 2007
Sal Vaglica |
Stovetop Fire Safety The holiday season is a bustling time of year in most kitchens, but also lends itself well to a kitchen fire. |
