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Type: Journal Article
Publication Date: 2004
Prescribed fires are increasingly being used to reduce hazardous fuels, a major objective of the National Fire Plan. Despite advancing technology and ever-improving models, fire managers still find it challenging to determine the right time for a prescribed burn.
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Link to the full Fire Management Today issue (1.4 MB; pdf)
Citation: Robichaud, Peter R.; Bilskie, Jim. 2004. A new tool for fire managers--an electronic duff moisture meter. Fire Management Today 64(2):15-18.
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Keywords:
- burning prescription
- DMM600 - Duff Moisture Meter 600
- duff
- duff moisture
- fine fuels
- fire equipment
- fire hazard reduction
- fire management
- forecasts
- fuel management
- fuel moisture
- fuel types
- mineral soil
- moisture
- NFP - National Fire Plan
- overstory
- precipitation
- soils
- surface fuels
- understory vegetation
- woody fuels
Tall Timbers Record Number: 17497 • Location Status: In-file • Call Number: A13.32:64/2 • Abstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
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