Assessing the effectiveness of landscape fuel treatments on fire growth and behavior

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 32-40

  Stratton, Rick D ^a  

^a Systems for Environmental Management   (United States)

Author keywords

FARSITE; Fire behavior; Fire ignition history; Fire modeling; FireFamily Plus; FlamMap; Fuel models; Fuel treatments; Historical weather

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; FIRES; IGNITION; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT (BLM); FUEL TREATMENTS; NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT (NEPA);

FORESTRY;

FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE MANAGEMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE;

EDUCATION; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; IGNITION; LAND USE; PLANNING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

NEPA;

EID: 10244265975     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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