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In Canada about 1.3 million hectares (M ha) of forests are destroyed by wildfires each year, and about 63% of all these fires are man-caused. During the 1980 and 1981 fire seasons, however, about 10 M ha were damaged; estimated annual emissions from forest fires were 224 million…
Person:
Year: 1984
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: air quality, Alberta, ash, biomass, Canada, C - carbon, CO2 - carbon dioxide, cellulose, combustion, environmental impact analysis, experimental fires, fire injuries (plants), fire management, human caused fires, hydrocarbons, lightning caused fires, Manitoba, Newfoundland, N - nitrogen, Northwest Territories, Ontario, ozone, particulates, photosynthesis, sampling, Saskatchewan, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, wildfires

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Person:
Year: 1984
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Communications, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory, Planning, Economics
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: agriculture, Borneo, catastrophic fires, clearcutting, droughts, ENSO, fire case histories, fire injuries (plants), Idaho, ignition, Indonesia, litter, logging, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, mortality, Oregon, partial cutting, rainforests, rate of spread, remote sensing, slash, slash and burn, smoke effects, topography, tropical forests, Washington, wildlife food plants

To sum up, policy, strategy, personnel and equipment employed to suppress forest and range fires has changed dramatically over the past 70-year history of the Forest Service. Most of this change has come during the past 25 years, with the establishment of research laboratories…
Person:
Year: 1984
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire control, fire danger rating, fire equipment, fire suppression, histories, lightning, wildfires