@article{ref1,
title="Potential COVID-19 outbreak in fire camp: modeling scenarios and interventions",
journal="Fire (Basel, Switzerland)",
year="2020",
author="Thompson, Matthew P. and Bayham, Jude and Belval, Erin",
volume="3",
number="3",
pages="e38-e38",
abstract="The global COVID-19 pandemic will pose unique challenges to the management of wildland fire in 2020. Fire camps may provide an ideal setting for the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. However, intervention strategies can help minimize disease spread and reduce the risk to the firefighting community. We developed a COVID-19 epidemic model to highlight the risks posed by the disease during wildland fire incidents. Our model accounts for the transient nature of the population on a wildland fire incident, which poses unique risks to the management of communicable diseases in fire camps. We used the model to assess the impact of two types of interventions: the screening of a firefighter arriving on an incident, and social distancing measures. Our results suggest that both interventions are important to mitigate the risks posed by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. However, screening is relatively more effective on short incidents, whereas social distancing is relatively more effective during extended campaigns. We conclude with a discussion of model limitations and potential extensions to the model.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2571-6255",
doi="10.3390/fire3030038",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fire3030038"
}