Assessing the exposure of the built environment to potential ignition sources generated from vegetative fuel

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 299-313

  Beverly, J L ^a   Bothwell, P ^a   Conner, J C R ^a   Herd, E P K ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community; Defensible space; Fire behaviour; Fire management; FireSmart; FireWise; Urban interface; Wildland

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952492443     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF09071     Document Type: Article

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