The Chemistry of Fires at the Wildland-Urban Interface (2022)

Chapter: Appendix D: Public Workshop Agenda

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Public Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. The Chemistry of Fires at the Wildland-Urban Interface. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26460.

Appendix D

Public Workshop Agenda

JUNE 8, 2021
VIRTUAL (All times in EDT)

10:00 Opening Remarks and Goals of the Workshop
David Allen, Committee Chair

I. COMPOSITION OF URBAN MATERIALS AND THEIR COMBUSTION PRODUCTS

Session Chairs: Marilyn Black and Anna Stec

10:10 The Fuel of Our Homes - from Building Materials to Content
Birgitte Messerschmidt, National Fire Protection Association
10:35 Combustion Product Yields: Basic Principles and Examples from Large Fire Tests
Per Blomqvist, Research Institutes of Sweden
11:00 Behavior of Flame Retardants and Other Chemicals of Concern in Fires and Their Degradation Processes
Richard Hull, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom
11:25 Flame Retardants in Building Materials and Consumer Products: Concerns for Exposure
Heather Stapleton, Duke University
11:50 Break

II. EMISSION SOURCES AND POTENTIAL EXPOSURES

Session Chairs: Jeff Burgess and Fernando Rosario-Ortiz

12:30 Exploring the Complexity of Gas and Particle Phase Organic Chemistry and Indoor Infiltration Rates When Wildfire Smoke Arrives in Highly Populated Regions of California
Allen Goldstein, University of California Berkeley
Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Public Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. The Chemistry of Fires at the Wildland-Urban Interface. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26460.
12:55 Residential Indoor Exposure Downwind of Fires
Shelly Miller, University of Colorado Boulder
1:20 Soil and Combustion Debris as Specific Emission Source Vectors for Water
Bruce Macler, US Environmental Protection Agency (retired)
1:45 Exposure Routes as a Function of Chemical Types and Target Population: Who Are the Sensitive Populations and What Are Their Major Risks?
John Balmes, University of California San Francisco & University of California Berkeley
2:10 Break

III. CHEMICAL PROCESSES

Session Chairs: Barbara Turpin and Fred Dryer

2:20 Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fires: Perhaps the Greatest Challenge for Fire Safety Science?
Samuel Manzello, National Institute of Standards and Technology
2:45 How Do Fire Conditions and Synthetic Materials Affect Near Field Chemistry in Urban Wildfires?
Eric Guillaume, Efectis
3:10 How Does Regional Chemistry in Urban Wildfire Plumes Differ from Wildland Fires? Halogens and Plastics
Steven Brown, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
3:35 How Does Regional Chemistry in Urban Wildfire Plumes Differ from Wildland Fires? Insights from Chemical Transport Modeling
Christine Wiedinmyer, University of Colorado Boulder

IV. DATA GAPS AND RESEARCH NEEDS

Session Chairs: David Allen and Amara Holder

4:00 A Panel Discussion on Research Needs and Data Gaps
Per Blomqvist, Research Institutes of Sweden
Samuel Manzello, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Steven Brown, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
Kathleen Navarro, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Peter Lahm, United States Forest Service
Potential Discussion Questions:
  • How do the structures and materials in the built environment impact the chemistry of urban wildfire emissions?
  • How does the fire behavior in an urban wildfire affect the quantity and composition of emissions from burning structures and their contents?
  • How might the composition/chemistry of urban wildfire emissions change once released into the environment?
  • What unique factors of urban wildfires may impact acute and chronic health effects of exposed populations? How do the exposures change for urban wildfires compared to vegetative wildfires? What populations may be most vulnerable to these exposures?
  • How does the incident response of an urban wildfire differ from a vegetative wildfire? What information would be needed, on what time scales, to enable public health communication/interventions for urban wildfires? How might the communication/interventions change for occupational exposures?
5:00 Adjourn
Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Public Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. The Chemistry of Fires at the Wildland-Urban Interface. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26460.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Public Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. The Chemistry of Fires at the Wildland-Urban Interface. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26460.
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