[Excerpted from paper] Climate is defined as the sum of weather conditions affecting animal and plant life, and as trees come under the head of plant life, they are affected by climate from whatever point of view the cause and effect of climate in connection with forests may be considered. The integral elements of climate are the general atmospheric conditions, or in other words the weather from day to day, and it is the purpose of this paper to show whether or not advance information about the weather can be used to advantage in reducing the fire losses in forested areas.

[This publication is referenced in the "Synthesis of knowledge of extreme fire behavior: volume I for fire managers" (Werth et al 2011).]