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After the flames: fighting the health effects of forest fires

August 9, 2024 sarah JonasExpert Pitch

Wildfires are getting worse with each passing season, and they have a devastating effect on communities. In addition to the fires themselves, wildfire smoke is a major health issue across Canada and North America, but the chronic health problems associated…

REBURN: A new tool to model wildfires in the Pacific Northwest and beyond

August 21, 2023 sarah JonasResearch Results

A new tool, REBURN, can simulate large forest landscapes and wildfire dynamics over decades or centuries under different wildfire management strategies.

GW Experts Available: Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Remains Hazardous, Expands Reach

June 8, 2023 sarah JonasExpert Pitch

WASHINGTON (June 8, 2023)–The U.S. east coast continues to face hazardous and unhealthy air quality levels from Canada’s wildfires with many cities including New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. experiencing the worst air quality in years. The National Oceanic and…

NAU leading NSF grant that looks at the potential for drones in responding to forest fires

March 2, 2021 sarah JonasAnnouncement

The grant, led by SICCS professors Fatemeh Afghah and Abolfazi Razi and Regents’ professor Peter Fulé, will give firefighters a better situational awareness about the fire environment; provide up-to-date information on where the fire is; and help fire responders form reliable predictions about the fire activity.