Managing Fire in the Urban Wildland Interface
Managing Fire in the Urban Wildland Interface

Author: Kenneth S. Blonski

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780923956967

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A unique guide to solutions and strategies for managing fire at the urban edge. Offers analytical tools and comprehensive summaries not found in other manuals dealing with fire mitigation. Designed as a reference, it provides information on codes and laws, and includes case studies, tables, figures, suggested websites, and other source material. Draws on best practices from California, with lessons applicable nationwide. Equally useful to state, federal, and local agency staff and officials, fire agency staff, attorneys, architects, landscape architects, property owners, developers, insurance company managers, and business and community leaders.

The Public and Wildland Fire Management
The Public and Wildland Fire Management

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13:

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Presents key social science findings from three National Fire Plan-sponsored research projects. Articles highlight information of likely interest to individuals working to decrease wildfire hazards on both private and public lands. Three general topic areas are addressed: (1) public views and acceptance of fuels management, (2) working with homeowners and communities, and (3) tools that can help us understand social issues.

Federal Wildland Fire Management
Federal Wildland Fire Management

Author: DIANE Publishing Company

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1997-08

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 0788146793

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Managing wildland fire in the U.S. is a challenge increasing in complexity & magnitude. The goals & actions presented in this report encourage a proactive approach to wildland fire to reduce its threat. Five major topic areas on the subject are addressed: the role of wildland fire in resource management; the use of wildland fire; preparedness & suppression; wildland/urban interface protection; & coordinated program management. Also presented are the guiding principle that are fundamental to wildland fire management & recommendations for fire management policies. Photos, graphs, & references.

Forest Fires
Forest Fires

Author: Edward A. Johnson

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2001-03-01

Total Pages: 617

ISBN-13: 0080506747

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Even before the myth of Prometheus, fire played a crucial ecological role around the world. Numerous plant communities depend on fire to generate species diversity in both time and space. Without fire such ecosystems would become sterile monocultures. Recent efforts to prohibit fire in fire dependent communities have contributed to more intense and more damaging fires. For these reasons, foresters, ecologists, land managers, geographers, and environmental scientists are interested in the behavior and ecological effects of fires. This book will be the first to focus on the chemistry and physics of fire as it relates to the ways in which fire behaves and the impacts it has on ecosystem function. Leading international contributors have been recruited by the editors to prepare a didactic text/reference that will appeal to both advanced students and practicing professionals.

Introduction to Wildland Fire
Introduction to Wildland Fire

Author: Stephen J. Pyne

Publisher: Wiley-Interscience

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13:

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This book covers the fundamental physics and chemistry of fire, fire behavior, wildland fuels, the interactions of fires and weather, ecological effects of fires, the cultural and institutional framework of fire management, planning efforts for fire management, suppression strategies, prescribed fires, and global fire management. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Wildland Fire Incident Management Field Guide
Wildland Fire Incident Management Field Guide

Author: NWCG

Publisher: NWCG Training Branch

Published: 2014-06-06

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13:

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The Wildland Fire Incident Management Field Guide is a revision of what used to be called the Fireline Handbook, PMS 410-1. This guide has been renamed because, over time, the original purpose of the Fireline Handbook had been replaced by the Incident Response Pocket Guide, PMS 461. As a result, this new guide is aimed at a different audience, and it was felt a new name was in order.

The Wildfire Reader
The Wildfire Reader

Author: George Wuerthner

Publisher:

Published: 2006-08-04

Total Pages: 454

ISBN-13:

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The Wildfire Reader presents, in an affordable paperback edition, the essays included in Wildfire, offering a concise overview of fire landscapes and the past century of forest policy that has affected them.

Extreme Wildfire Events and Disasters
Extreme Wildfire Events and Disasters

Author: Fantina Tedim

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2019-11-22

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 0128157224

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Extreme Wildfire Events and Disasters: Root Causes and New Management Strategies highlights the urgent need for new methods to prepare and mitigate the effects of these events. Using a multidisciplinary, socio-ecological approach, the book discusses the roots of the problem, presenting a new, innovative approach to wildfire mitigation based on the operational concept of Fire Smart Territory (FST). Under the guidance of its expert editors, the book highlights new ways to prevent and respond to extreme wildfire events and disasters through sustainable development, thus revealing better management methods and increasing protection of both the natural environment and the vulnerable communities within it. - Reveals the complexity of extreme wildfire events and disasters in an accessible, comprehensive and multidisciplinary way - Reviews the ground-breaking concept of Fire Smart Territory (FST) which offers an opportunity to reduce wildfire occurrence and severity through measures that promote sustainable development - Proposes a new perspective on disaster risk reduction to help researchers, planners and professionals successfully adapt their methods for mitigating current and future issues

Forest Fires
Forest Fires

Author: Margaret Fuller

Publisher:

Published: 1991-04-17

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13:

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An introduction to wildland fire behavior, management, firefighting, and prevention.