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Predicting and managing fuel consumption in the interior west

Equations for predicting duff and large woody fuel (7.6+ cm) consumption are summarized. Dependent variables are duff depth reduction, percentage duff depth reduction, percentage mineral soil, large fuel diameter reduction, and percentage large fuel reduction. Opportunities to…
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Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: Abies grandis, Artemisia tridentata, coniferous forests, conifers, duff, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fuel management, fuel models, grasses, mineral soils, pine forests, Pinus contorta, Pinus monticola, Pinus ponderosa, Pseudotsuga menziesii, wildfires, woody fuels

Social impact of computers in urban fire fighting

Computers are rapidly expanding into the urban fire safety area. This paper presents some social implications caused by the use of computers for fire safety databases, arson prediction programs, and fire simulation programs. In regards to the new technological advances this…
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Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Models, Planning, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: Arizona, computer programs, fire control, fire danger rating, fire equipment, fire management, fire suppression, human caused fires, incendiary fires, Massachusetts, rate of spread, wildfires

Legal implications associated with use and control of fire as a management practice

Despite its destructive capabilities, fire plays a vital role in the ecology of wildland habitats. Legal implications associated with the use or control of fire as a management practice include potential liability for damages caused by escaped fires and creation of smoke hazards…
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Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Hazard and Risk, Regulations and Legislation, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: coastal plain, conservation, education, fire exclusion, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, Florida, forest management, Georgia, Piedmont, plant communities, succession, threatened and endangered species (animals), threatened and endangered species (plants), wilderness fire management, wildlife habitat management

High intensity prescribed fire to maintain Spartina marsh at the urban-wildland interface

The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) is using high intensity fire to perpetuate fresh-water marsh on Sanibel Island. Shrubs are invading the marsh because of the decreased hydroperiod. A policy of fire conclusion was followed until 1971 when a destructive wildfire…
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Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Aquatic, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Casuarina equisetifolia, catastrophic fires, competition, conservation, disturbance, droughts, education, fine fuels, fire exclusion, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, firebreaks, Florida, fuel accumulation, introduced species, invasive species, litter, marshes, nutrient cycling, plant communities, public information, shrubs, smoke management, species diversity (animals), wildfires

Ecosystem responses to prescribed burning the in the Southern Appalachians [abstract]

We used a replicated watershed experiment to determine the effects of site preparation burning on mixed hardwood ecosystems. Response measurements included nutrient cycling proecesses and site productivity, soil erosion and water quality, chemistry and quantity of smoke…
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Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Appalachian Mountains, biomass, calcium, C - carbon, chemistry, ecosystem dynamics, erosion, fire hazard reduction, fuel accumulation, hardwood forests, herbaceous vegetation, magnesium, N - nitrogen, nutrient cycling, plant growth, population ecology, post fire recovery, K - potassium, resprouting, seedlings, soil erosion, species diversity (plants), water, water quality, watershed management, watersheds, woody plants