Fighting flames and forging firelines: Wildfire suppression effectiveness at the fire edge

MP Plucinski - Current Forestry Reports, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The effectiveness of wildfire suppression is difficult to define as
it can be assessed against different objectives and at a range of scales. The influence of …

Contain and control: wildfire suppression effectiveness at incidents and across landscapes

MP Plucinski - Current Forestry Reports, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Containing and controlling wildfire incidents is one of the main
functions of fire management. Understanding how this can be done effectively and efficiently …

Paradigm shifts and current challenges in wastewater management

MC Villarín, S Merel - Journal of hazardous materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Wastewater is a significant environmental and public health concern which management is
a constant challenge since antiquity. Wastewater research has increased exponentially over …

Research on the fire extinguishing performance of new gel foam for preventing and controlling the spontaneous combustion of coal gangue

C Liu, R Zhang, Z Wang, X Zhang - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Coal gangue, as an associated product of coal mining, can cause a large number of piles to
undergo slow oxidation and spontaneous combustion, resulting in the production of toxic …

Effect of woody debris on the rate of spread of surface fires in forest fuels in a combustion wind tunnel

AL Sullivan, NC Surawski, D Crawford… - Forest ecology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The treatment of the contribution of woody debris (WD, such as branches or small logs> 6–
50 mm diameter) to the rate of forward spread of a fire in current operational forest fire …

Physicochemical features of the effect of special water-based fire retardants on forest materials

GV Kuznetsov, AG Islamova, EG Orlova, PA Strizhak… - Fire safety journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Specialists in forest fire extinguishing consider special fire retardants (solutions,
suspensions, and emulsions), in addition to water, to be the promising. When discharged …

Power System Wildfire Risks and Potential Solutions: A Literature Review & Proposed Metric

N Panossian, T Elgindy - 2023 - osti.gov
Several fire risk evaluation, fire tracking, and fire response resources are available. The risk
metrics and fire response programs are sometimes modified to include a power system …

Study on preparation and thermal insulation properties of curing foam

Y Lu, Q Zhou, W Kang, Y Xing, Y Wang - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2024 - Elsevier
The thermal insulation performance of curing foam is a critical factor affecting fire
extinguishing efficiency. In this study, sodium dodecyl sulfate was used as the foaming …

[HTML][HTML] Towards early forest fire detection and prevention using AI-powered drones and the IoT

MNA Ramadan, T Basmaji, A Gad, H Hamdan… - Internet of Things, 2024 - Elsevier
Wildfires are a significant natural hazard, resulting in financial losses, human deaths, and
environmental damage. Due to the rising severity and frequency of wildfires, wildfire …

[HTML][HTML] Methodologies for quantitatively comparing the effectiveness of chemical retardants for direct and indirect wildfire suppression using a combustion wind tunnel

MP Plucinski, AL Sullivan - Fire Safety Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Retardant chemicals are often used during wildfire fighting operations where they are
primarily dropped from an aircraft onto unburned fuels in a fire's path. While there are …