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Type: Book
Author(s): A. J. Simard
Publication Date: 1977

Some basic concepts from the general theory of systems are presented. Six characteristics common to all systems (components, structure, resources, process, control, and objectives)are disussed and related to a fire management context. Wildland fire mangement is examined from a sysems point of view. A high-level overview of fire management and the environment within which its functions is discribed in terms of an eight-component model.The components external to fire management are subdivided once to provide a more detailed book at the overall system. Two levels of fire management are exmined with the aid of four and nine-component models.

Citation: Simard, A. J. 1977. Wildland fire management: a systems approach. Forestry Technical Report No. 17. Ottawa, Department of Fisheries and Environment, Canadian Forestry Service.

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Topics:
Administration    Climate    Economics    Fire Behavior    Fire Prevention    Fuels    Models    Planning
Regions:
Alaska    California    Eastern    Great Basin    Hawaii    Northern Rockies    Northwest    Rocky Mountain    Southern    Southwest    International    National
Keywords:
  • backfires
  • bibliographies
  • Canada
  • computer programs
  • fire control
  • fire management
  • fire suppression
  • fuel management
  • human caused fires
  • ignition
  • incendiary fires
  • lightning caused fires
  • microclimate
  • prescribed fires (chance ignition)
  • rate of spread
  • topography
  • wilderness fire management
  • wildfires
Tall Timbers Record Number: 13703Location Status: In-fileCall Number: CAN Docs DDWAbstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
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FRAMES Record Number: 39075

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