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Type: Conference Proceedings
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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- 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: 21398 • Location Status: In-file • Call Number: A13.32/2:F54 1971 • Abstract Status: Okay, Fair use, Reproduced by permission
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