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Type: Conference Proceedings
Author(s): Albert L. Comiskey
Editor(s): Charles W. Slaughter; Richard J. Barney; George M. Hansen
Publication Date: 1971

In 1967, the Bureau of Land Management in Alaska began producing isoline maps of buildup index by hand on a daily basis. These maps proved to be operationally valuable. In 1969, it was proposed that the isoline maps and other fire-danger ratings be produced by machine. By the middle of 1970, a complete fire-danger rating package, including isoline maps, was being machine-produced on a daily real-time basis and disseminated to a variety of users within 4 hours of observation time. This paper describes the system by which the data are processed, the form of the output, and the method of dissemination.

Citation: Comiskey, Albert L. 1971. Bureau of Land Management computerized fire-danger rating system. Fire in the Northern Environment - A Symposium. Portland, OR: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. pp. 129-137.

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Topics:
Aviation    Climate    Fire Behavior    Fire Prevention    Hazard and Risk    Logistics    Mapping    Models    Planning    Safety
Regions:
Keywords:
  • aircraft
  • computer program
  • fire danger
  • fire danger rating
  • fire management
  • fire suppression
  • firefighting personnel
  • Interior Alaska
  • land management
  • rating system
  • south-central Alaska
  • storms
  • wildfires
Tall Timbers Record Number: 21398Location Status: In-fileCall Number: A13.32/2:F54 1971Abstract Status: Okay, Fair use, Reproduced by permission
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FRAMES Record Number: 2212

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