TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Agency records of wildfires caused by firearms use in the United States
JO  - Fire safety journal
A1  - Short, Karen C.
A1  - Finney, Mark A.
SP  - e103622
EP  - e103622
VL  - 131
IS  - 
N2  - While previously disputed as a plausible ignition source, civilian firearms use has emerged as a wildfire cause of concern in the United States (US). The National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) included it as a newly recognized fire cause in the wildfire-reporting data standard approved in 2020. Here we report on shooting-caused wildfire ignitions using data mapped over to the new NWCG cause standard from historical wildfire records spanning 1992-2018. This is the first time that data on shooting-related fires have been assembled and summarized for the US, with the intention of raising awareness concerning this relatively small but impactful cause of preventable wildfires.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0379-7112
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2022.103622
ID  - ref1
ER  -