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Habeck
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Year: 1972
Type: Document
Simard, Forster
'One of the most dramatic technological breakthroughs in forest fire suppression in recent years has been the development and use of airtankers...World War II surplus aircraft were available at a modest cost and many forest fire protection agencies…
Year: 1972
Type: Document
Komarek
From the text (p.502) ... 'There are a few generalities that may be pointed out from a perusal of many of these experiments [on use of fire] that were and are being conducted from East Africa to South Africa. 1) Fire is a controlling agent in the…
Year: 1972
Type: Document
Walker, Stocks
Two wildfires in Ontario in 1971 are analyzed with respect to fire weather, fuel conditions and fire behavior, including rate of spread, fuel consumption and fire intensity. No attempt is made to assess suppression techniques or to discuss fire…
Year: 1972
Type: Document
Dodge
Discusses the problem caused by accumulation of forest fuels in the wild-land forests of the western USA under the policy of total fire protection pursued there for many years, and emphasizes the need to find economical and practical ways of…
Year: 1972
Type: Document
A collection of papers, including: History of fire in North America (G.F. White; 24 ref.); Fire as an ecological factor in boreal forest ecosystems of Canada (G.W. Scotter; 57 ref.); The significance of forest fires in Mexico (J. Vasquez Soto);…
Year: 1972
Type: Document