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Type: Report
Publication Date: 1970
Building firelines in logging slash or dense brush can be costly and hazardous. A new liquid explosive was tested in these and other forest fuel types. It proved effective in brush, understory vegetation, and light-medium slash, but was not effective in deep, heavy slash. Fireline construction by this technique shows promise, but will require more testing and engineering before it is ready for operational use.
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Citation: Dell, John D.; Ward, Franklin R. 1970. Building firelines with liquid explosive...some preliminary results. Research Note PSW-RN-200. Berkeley, CA: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 6 p.
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Keywords:
- brush
- Ceanothus velutinus
- conifers
- duff
- explosives
- fire control
- fire equipment
- fire management planning
- fire suppression
- firebreak
- fireline construction
- fuel types
- Gifford Pinchot National Forest
- hardwoods
- litter
- logging
- mineral soil
- national forests
- Pseudotsuga menziesii
- site treatments
- slash
- Tsuga
- understory vegetation
- Washington
Tall Timbers Record Number: 757 • Location Status: In-file • Abstract Status: Okay, Fair use, Reproduced by permission
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