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Historic fire disasters

'...With that impressionistic gallop through history as a backdrop, let me touch upon some of the technical material that has come to light as a result of urban fires and the research devoted to their prevention and cure. Perhaps the dominant area of uncertainty and of study…
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Year: 1971
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Planning
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: coniferous forests, convection, crown fires, fire case histories, fire protection, fire suppression, fire whirls, firebrands, firebreaks, heat, histories, ignition, Illinois, incendiary fires, laboratory fires, light, New York, pine forests, radiation, rate of spread, surface fires, urban habitats, wind

Cooperative management of smoke from slash fires

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Year: 1971
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, Cascades Range, coniferous forests, elevation, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, firing techniques, forest management, fuel management, fuel moisture, logging, mountains, Oregon, pine forests, rural communities, season of fire, slash, smoke effects, smoke management, topography, Washington, wind

Carbon monoxide: a firefighting hazard

Carbon monoxide (CO) is a highly toxic, nonirritating gas. One of the products of combustion, it is invisible, odorless, tasteless, and slightly lighter than air. But smoke, another combustion product, is visible. And when smoke is present, it is highly likely that CO and other…
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Year: 1971
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Safety
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire fighting, CO - carbon monoxide, forest fires, CO poisoning, fire fighting vehicles, fire resistant materials, air quality, C - carbon, fire suppression, wildfires