A review of initial attack fire crew productivity and effectiveness

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 199-215

  Hirsch, Kelvin G ^a,b   Martell, David L ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Australia; Canada; Fireline construction; Fireline productivity; Initial attack crews; Suppression effectiveness; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042882345     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF9960199     Document Type: Article

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