A fire management assessment of Operation FuGo

Document

Title

Document Type: Journal Article

Author(s): Jameson Karns

Publication Year: 2017

Cataloging Information

Keyword(s):

incendiary device
World War II

Topic(s):

Fire Occurrence
Fire Prevention
Hazard and Risk

Region(s):

California
Great Basin
Northern Rockies
Northwest

Record Maintained By:

FRAMES Staff; https://www.frames.gov/contact

Record Last Modified: May 30, 2019

FRAMES Record Number: 25973

Description

[from the text] The Japanese sent more than 9,000 explosives-laden balloons over the Pacific to cause wildfires and destruction in the Western United States.

Online Link(s):

Link to the full Fire Management Today issue (1.8 MB; pdf)

Citation:

Karns, Jameson. 2017. A fire management assessment of Operation FuGo. Fire Management Today 75(1):53-57.