ISO/TS TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 19677 First edition 2019-02 Guidelines for assessing the adverse impact of wildland fires on the environment and to people through environmental exposure Lignes directrices pourI'évaluationde I'impact negatif des feux d'espaces naturels surl'environnementet lespersonnesparexposition environnementale Referencenumber IS0/TS19677:2019(E) Tso @IS02019 IS0/TS19677:2019(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @IS02019 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, or required in the context of its implementation, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting beloworIso'smemberbodyinthecountryoftherequester. ISO copyright office CP 401 : Ch.de Blandonnet 8 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva Phone: +4122749 0111 Fax: +41 22 749 09 47 Email: copyright@iso.org Website:www.iso.org Published in Switzerland ii IS02019-Allrightsreserved IS0/TS19677:2019(E) Contents Page Foreword .V Introduction. .vi 1 Scope. .1 2 Normative references .1 3 Terms and definitions .2 4 Wildland fire variables .2 5 Environmental impactof wildland fires .3 5.1 General 3 5.2 Fire testing and data collection. 3 5.3 Impact of wildland fire on air. 4 5.3.1 Nature of impact 4 5.3.2 Quantification of impact 4 5.3.3 Mitigation of impact. 4 5.4 Impact of wildland fire on water. 5 5.4.1 Nature of impact. 5 5.4.2 Quantification of impact. 5 5.4.3 Mitigation of impact 5 5.5 Impact of wildland fire on soil 6 5.5.1 Nature of impact. 6 5.5.2 Quantificationof impact 6 5.5.3 Mitigation of impact. 6 5.6 Impact of wildland fire on vegetation 7 5.6.1 Nature of impact. 7 5.6.2 Quantification of impact. 7 5.6.3 Mitigation of impact. 7 5.7 Impact of wildland fire on wildlife 7 5.7.1 Nature of impact. 7 5.7.2 Quantificationofimpact 7 5.7.3 Mitigation of impact 7 5.8 Impactofwildlandfireonexposedhumanpopulations 8 5.8.1 Nature of impact 8 5.8.2 Quantification ofimpact. 8 5.8.3 Minimisinghealththreatstoexposed humanpopulations 8 5.9 Impact of wildland fire on firefighters. 9 5.9.1 Nature of impact 9 5.9.2 Quantification ofimpact. .9 5.9.3 Mitigation of impact. 10 5.10 Impactofwildlandfireonfoodproduction 10 5.10.1 Nature of impact 10 5.10.2 Quantification of impact 10 5.10.3 Mitigation of impact. 10 5.11 Impact of wildland fire on land, sea and air traffic 10 5.11.1 Nature of impact 10 5.11.2 Quantification of impact. 10 5.11.3 Mitigation of impact. 10 5.12 Impactofwildlandfireonthebuiltenvironment 11 5.12.1 Nature of impact .11 5.12.2 Quantification ofimpact. 11 5.12.3 Mitigation of impact. 11 6 The impact of firefighting activities 11 6.1 Nature of impact 11 6.2 Quantification of impact .11 @ IS0 2019- All rights reserved ili