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Year: 1965
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Florida, north Florida, photography, wildfires
From the text... 'An ideal forest fire detection system would detect fires the instant they start, day or night, under any condition of visibility. Additionally, it could distinguish potentially dangerous fires from those that would not concern fire suppression forces. Although…
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Year: 1964
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: conservation, fire danger rating, fire equipment, fire management, fire suppression, remote sensing, smoke behavior, wildfires
'The corn harvest on Salisbury Plain is gathered mainly by combine harvesters. Much more straw than is required by the farmer is produced, consequently it is not uncommon for some to be burnt where it lies, evenly distributed in the field. The meteorological office roof at…
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Year: 1965
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior
Region(s): International
Keywords: air temperature, convection, decay, England, Europe, field experimental fires, fire whirls, human caused fires, ignition, photography, remote sensing, temperature, wind
The feasibility of open burning under selected meteorological conditions is discussed. Meteorological provisos and nonmeteorological factors are enumerated. Topics discussed include: combustion, fuel mositure, fire hazard, forecasting, fallout and odor, and air pollution…
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Year: 1965
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Weather
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, ash, biomass, brush, combustion, environmental impact analysis, fuel accumulation, fuel moisture, gases, ignition, litter, particulates, pollution, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, weather observations, wind
Mass fires are being investigated through a series of large-scale test fires. Preliminary results indicate: (a) air flow patterns that create eddies can result in fire vortices when fires is present; (b) the lower part of the convection column consists of a series of small…
Person:
Year: 1964
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Planning, Social Science, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: catastrophic fires, chaparral, combustion, convection, field experimental fires, fire size, fire suppression, fire whirls, fuel moisture, gases, heat effects, heavy fuels, humidity, ignition, Juniperus, laboratory fires, Pinus edulis, statistical analysis, temperature, topography, vortices, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wind
Five meshes (1/8 to 1 inch) of 16-gauge steel wire fences, 3 feet high, were tested as possible ground fire barriers in 4 fuel types. The 1/8-inch mesh stopped only 1 test fire but retarded others; 1/4-inch mesh retarded some. The results suggest that further trials may be…
Person:
Year: 1965
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): California
Keywords: fire spread, ground fires, radiant heat, gas flow, annual plant, Arctostaphylos viscida, backfire, Chamaebatia foliolosa, field experimental fires, fire danger rating, fire suppression, firebreak, firing techniques, forest management, fuel types, gases, grasses, heat, ignition, national forests, needles, pine, rate of spread, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management
Asphalts and wax emulsions have been recommended as protective coatings to help obtain clean, safe burns in slash disposal work. Fuel value determinations in the laboratory indicate that such coatings add little to the fuel value of slash.
Person:
Year: 1965
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Unknown
Keywords: fuel moisture, Pinus ponderosa, ponderosa pine, laboratory experiments, asphalt, wax, rate of burn
A cinematographic film of a tornado which formed over a severe bushfire in 1962 in Victoria has been analysed. Notable findings are that a flame rose in the core to a height of 260 feet, that the core velocities were up to 205 m.p.h. vertically, at least 20-30 m.p.h.…
Person:
Year: 1964
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fuels, Intelligence, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory, Weather
Region(s): International
Keywords: flame height, flame length, wind, Australia, fire whirls, blowup fires, tornadoes, blowup, climatology, fire management, fire weather, gases, ignition, overstory, photography, remote sensing, topography, trees, Victoria, weather observations, wildfires
The control of large fires is a problem of continuing concern to the Forest Service, other public agencies, and private owners of forest and rangeland. A few large fires each year account for all but a small share of the Nation's forest fire losses. In time of war, this problem…
Person:
Year: 1964
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: conflagration, convection column, fire spread, fire storm, fuel, mass fire, fuel bed, fatalities, air flow
Post-harvest burning of straw and stubble in grass fields is the most valuable cultural practice in grass-seed production in Oregon. Unfortunately, smoke from burning fields sometimes creates a nuisance to others who understandably question the idea. This discussion is presented…
Person:
Year: 1964
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Prescribed Fire, Economics, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: agriculture, annual plants, chemistry, fertilization, fire hazard reduction, fungi, grasses, grasslands, herbicides, nutrient cycling, Oregon, perennial plants, plant diseases, plant nutrients, rangelands, reproduction, season of fire, seeds, site treatments, smoke management, soil nutrients, temperature, weed control