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From the text ... 'Early and reliable detection of forest fires is the keystone of efficient fire control. It means the discovery of fires while they are small and results in lower suppression costs and damages. Private, State, and Federal fire-protection agencies throughout the…
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Year: 1948
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Logistics, Planning
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire control, fire equipment, fire management, fire protection, light, roads, smoke behavior, wildfires
The resistance of redwood to fire has developed a deeply rooted apathy toward fire protection in the region of its growth. The heavy stands obscure the actual damage done by fire but its extent is great and far reaching in its effects. Already the remaining virgin areas and the…
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Year: 1931
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Economics
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: Abies concolor, aesthetics, age classes, bark, broadcast burning, catastrophic fires, cutting, decay, dendrochronology, education, escape cover, fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire protection, fire regimes, fire suppression, forest management, hunting, light, logging, mortality, old growth forests, openings, plant growth, post fire recovery, Pseudotsuga menziesii, public information, recreation, reproduction, season of fire, seedlings, seeds, Sequoia sempervirens, shrubs, slash, smoke effects, soil nutrients, species diversity (plants), sprouting