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Let's Clear the Air: The Danger of Forest Fire Smoke to Firefighters


This article is from Issue Wildland Fire - Vol. 4 No. 1.

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Smoke from wildland fires contains hundreds of chemicals. These chemicals can be gases, liquids, or solid forms. The effects of breathing wildland fire smoke include eye and throat irritation, shortness of breath, headaches, dizziness, and nausea. The scientists in this study wanted to measure the danger smoke poses to firefighters. 

Welcome to the Wildland Fire edition

Note to Educators

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Education Standards Correlations

 

Meet the scientists that contributed to this article:

"Science Topics" covered in this article:
  • Life Science
  • People and Science

"Environmental Topics" covered in this article:
  • Atmosphere (Educators)
  • Protecting Trees and Other Plants (Students)
  • Vegetation Protection (Fire, Insects, Endangered Species) (Educators)

Regions covered in this article:
  • Southern

"Thinking About Science Themes" covered in this article:
Specific 'Thinking About Science'Themes:
  »  Uses and Benefits of Science

"Thinking About the Environment Themes" covered in this article:

Specific 'Thinking About the Environment'Themes:
  »  Effect of natural disaster on living things
  »  Food for fire

Specific "Thinking About Science" Themes:
  • Uses and Benefits of Science

"Thinking About Environmental Themes" covered in this article:
Specific 'Thinking About the Environment'Themes:
  »  Effect of natural disaster on living things
  »  Food for fire

Specific "Thinking About the Environment" Themes:
  • Effect of natural disaster on living things
  • Food for fire

NSE Standards covered in this article:
  • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry (A)
  • Natural hazards (F)
  • Nature of science (G)
  • Personal health (F)
  • Properties and changes of properties in matter (B)
  • Risks and benefits (F)
  • Science and technology in society (F)
  • Science as a human endeavor (G)
  • Understandings about science and technology (E)
  • Understandings about scientific inquiry (A)

Science Benchmarks covered in this article:
  • Habits of Mind: Critical-Response Skills
  • Historic Perspectives: Understanding Fire
  • The Designed World: Health Technology
  • The Human Organism: Physical Health
  • The Nature of Science: Scientific Inquiry
  • The Nature of Science: The Scientific Enterprise