Skip to main content

Displaying 1 - 6 of 6

[no description entered]
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Aviation, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aerial ignition, bibliographies, diseases, ecosystem dynamics, fire danger rating, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, forage, forest management, fuel accumulation, grazing, plant growth, post fire recovery, regeneration, smoke management, soils, water quality, wildfires, wildlife habitat management

Aerial ignition using plastic spheres (similar to ping-pong balls) charged with potassium permanganate activated by ethylene glycol and dropped from a low flying helicopter is a proven system to safely prescribe burn large areas in a short time for rough reduction and site…
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aviation, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Logistics, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aerial ignition, firing techniques, ignition, mortality, K - potassium, smoke management, wildlife, aerial ignition device, dispenser, spotting, Pacific Forest Research Center, site preparation burn

Aerial drip torch devices have potential for dramatically increasing acreage burned annually. Aerial burning requires different and broader concepts than hand burrning, more advance planning, more attention to detail, and at least a basic understanding of helicopter operations.
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aviation, Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Logistics, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aerial ignition, firing techniques, ignition, smoke management, preparation, coordination

Fire Science Research Work Unit accomplishments 1980-1984 are summarized and publications listed. Current fire behavior and fire effects investigations are briefly described.
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aviation, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: adaptation, aerial ignition, artificial regeneration, dead fuels, fire danger rating, fire exclusion, fire hazard reduction, fire management, firing techniques, flame length, Florida, forest management, fuel moisture, fuel types, Georgia, heavy fuels, loblolly pine, longleaf pine, North Carolina, organic soils, pine forests, Pinus elliottii, Pinus palustris, Pinus taeda, plant growth, plantations, research, slash pine, smoke management, spot fires, understory vegetation, vegetation surveys, wildfires

State-of-the-art applications of weather, fire danger rating, and fire behavior in smoke management and prescribed burning by southern fire managers are addressed. Validations of fire predictive systems versus observed fire conditions are stressed as a prime need in the south.
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aviation, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Models, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aerial ignition, air temperature, fire danger rating, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fuel models, humidity, North Carolina, overstory, scorch, smoke management, wind, smoke management, fire danger rating

Prescribed burning is a vital tool in the management of industrial pine plantations. New techniques and tools such as the use of helicopters in aerial ignition have facilitated the use of fire in younger stands, while permitting more acreage to be treated in a given time period…
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aviation, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aerial ignition, age classes, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire size, firing techniques, forest management, ignition, pine forests, plantations, smoke management, South Carolina, understory vegetation, wildfires