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Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: air quality, biomass, Brazil, carbon dioxide, chemistry, elevation, gases, grasslands, humidity, ozone, pollution, precipitation, savannas, scrub, seasonal activities, smoke behavior, smoke effects, South America, statistical analysis, temperature
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Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Weather, Economics, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Southern
Keywords: Abies spp., air quality, arthropods, bark, catastrophic fires, climax vegetation, community ecology, conservation, crown fires, decay, dominance (ecology), ecosystem dynamics, fire adaptations (plants), fire control, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, forest management, fuel accumulation, grasses, grasslands, hardwoods, human caused fires, Idaho, ignition, insects, land management, light, lightning caused fires, litter, logging, low intensity burns, Montana, mortality, mosaic, national forests, national parks, natural resource legislation, old growth forests, organic matter, Picea, pine forests, pine, Pinus banksiana, Pinus contorta, Pinus ponderosa, pioneer species, plant communities, plant diseases, plant growth, post fire recovery, prescribed fires (chance ignition), public information, rate of spread, regeneration, second growth forests, Sequoiadendron giganteum , species diversity (plants), succession, surface fires, understory vegetation, wilderness areas, wildfires
[no description entered]
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: prescribed fires (chance ignition), smoke management, wilderness fire management
[no description entered]
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, smoke behavior, smoke management
The legal aspects of prescribed forestry burning in the South fall within two major areas. These are: (1) statutory and regulatory constraints imposed by the states and local government, and (2) liability for property damage and personal injury resulting from escaping fire and…
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, liability, smoke management
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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
[no description entered]
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Alabama, burning permits, Florida, Georgia, liability, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, smoke management, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia
[no description entered]
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Intelligence, Planning
Region(s): Rocky Mountain
Keywords: fire case histories, national parks, prescribed fires (chance ignition), smoke management, wilderness fire management
[no description entered]
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, fire management, smoke management, wilderness fire management
[no description entered]
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire, Social Science
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, fire management, national parks, natural resource legislation, public information, smoke management, wilderness fire management
[no description entered]
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: fire control, Florida, north Florida, wildfires
[no description entered]
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Models, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: computer networks, fire suppression, smoke management, weather observations
[no description entered]
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: air quality, Brazil, ozone, remote sensing, savannas, South America, tropical forests
[no description entered]
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: ignition, nuclear winter, smoke effects, wildfires, wildland fuels
[no description entered]
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: air quality, duff, fuel moisture, Oregon, slash, smoke management, Washington
[no description entered]
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: mountainous terrain, smoke behavior, wind
[no description entered]
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire danger rating, fire suppression, land management, national forests, smoke management, state forests, weather observations
From the text ... 'There are many stories about the Big Blowup of August 20-21, 1910, when a massive million-acre firestorm charred vast areas of national forest and remote towns in western Montana and northern Idaho.'
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Safety
Region(s): Great Basin, Northern Rockies
Keywords: blowups, catastrophic fires, fire case histories, fire management, firefighting personnel, histories, Idaho, Montana, national forests, rural communities, Washington, wildfires
From the text ... 'It was the first time I ever heard a DNR pilot state that nothing could be done about a fire.... When the wind began to change, I saw something I had never seen before except on television. The smoke column started twisting like a tornado.... The fire behavior…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: Abies lasiocarpa, catastrophic fires, cones, coniferous forests, droughts, fire case histories, fire intensity, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, firebreaks, flame length, forest management, fuel accumulation, Larix occidentalis, lightning caused fires, litter, national forests, Pinus contorta, rate of spread, regeneration, spot fires, Washington, wildfires, wind
From the text ... 'A new definition of the wildland/ruban interface is needed, along with a commitment to protect and preserve all neighborhood and community at-risk values.'
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Planning, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin, Southwest
Keywords: aesthetics, Arizona, catastrophic fires, coniferous forests, education, erosion, fire case histories, fire damage (property), fire exclusion, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire protection, fire regimes, fire suppression, fuel appraisal, fuel loading, fuel management, grazing, health factors, land management, liability, logging, National Fire Plan, plant communities, public information, recreation, rural communities, smoke behavior, threatened and endangered species (animals), threatened and endangered species (plants), urban habitats, Washington, watersheds
From the text ... 'On July 6, 1994, 14 firefighters died in a wildfire on Storm King Mountain in western Colorado. Their deaths made the South Canyon Fire a landmark event in the annals of wildland firefighting, next to such major firefighting tragedies as the Big Blowup of 1910…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Rocky Mountain
Keywords: blowups, catastrophic fires, Colorado, crown fires, droughts, fire case histories, fire control, fire injuries (humans), fire management, fire suppression, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, fuel management, fuel moisture, hardwood forests, health factors, herbaceous vegetation, pine forests, pine hardwood forests, Pinus edulis, Pinus ponderosa, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Quercus gambelii, rate of spread, smoke behavior, smoke management, spot fires, topography, vegetation surveys, Washington, wildfires
From the text ... 'The Haines Index is the first attempt to construct a formal fire-weather index based upon features of the lower atmosphere.Does it work?... This index uses the environmental lapse rate (temperature difference) within a layer of air coupled with its moisture…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Models, Planning, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: catastrophic fires, Colorado, crown fires, fire case histories, fire intensity, fire management, fire size, fuel models, fuel moisture, fuel types, humidity, Idaho, lightning caused fires, moisture, Montana, national forests, Oregon, rate of spread, rural communities, smoke behavior, spot fires, statistical analysis, temperature, topography, Washington, water, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wind
From the text ... 'Prescribed fire is an important forestry tool in the states of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. It is used primarily for hazard reduction, site preparation and other types of silvicultural purposes. Burning in all three states is done under permit…
Person:
Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire size, forest management, North Carolina, pollution, smoke effects, smoke management, South Carolina, Virginia