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Type: Book Chapter
Author(s): J. M. Greenlee; C. Wilson
Editor(s): R. E. Martin
Publication Date: 1980

In 1978, a new fire management policy was announced by the Forest Service. This new policy, which overrides policies that have been in effect for decades, was written because of rising fire suppression costs. A pilot study was conducted on the Kern Plateau of the Sequoia National Forest to test the implementation of a new policy. This paper discusses one phase of this study, the revision of the forest's dispatch system.

Citation: Greenlee, J. M., and C. Wilson. 1980. A cost-effective method for fire dispatch, in RE Martin ed., Proceedings Sixth Conference on Fire and Forest Metreorology, 22-24 April 1980, Seattle, WA. Washington, D.C., Society of American Foresters, p. 32-37.

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Topics:
Climate    Economics    Fire Behavior    Fire Ecology    Fuels    Mapping    Models    Planning    Weather
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Keywords:
  • computer programs
  • coniferous forests
  • fire danger rating
  • fire management
  • fire suppression
  • forest management
  • fuel models
  • fuel moisture
  • fuel types
  • moisture
  • multiple resource management
  • national forests
  • pine forests
  • Sequoia
  • shrubs
  • statistical analysis
Tall Timbers Record Number: 8026Location Status: Not in fileCall Number: Fire File DDWAbstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
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FRAMES Record Number: 33847

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