Fire climbing in the forest: A semiqualitative, semiquantitative approach to assessing ladder fuel hazards

Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 88-93

  Menning, Kurt M ^a   Stephens, Scott L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire behavior; Fire ecology; Fire hazard; Ladder fuels

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRE PROTECTION;

LADDER FUEL HAZARD ASSESSMENT (LAFHA); LADDER FUELS;

FORESTRY;

CALIFORNIA; DECISION MAKING; FIRE PROTECTION; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; HAZARDS;

EID: 34247515290     PISSN: 08856095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wjaf/22.2.88     Document Type: Article

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