Analysis of the resourcing and containment of multiple remote fires: The great divide complex of fires, Victoria, December 2006

Australian Forestry

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-63

  McCarthy, G J ^a,c   Plucinski, M P ^b,c   Gould, J S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c BUSHFIRE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fire suppression; Fire weather; Planning; Prediction; Productivity; Resource management

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; FORECASTING; HAZARDS; PLANNING; PRODUCTIVITY;

FIRE AREAS; FIRE SIZE; FIRE SUPPRESSION; FIRE WEATHER; LIGHTNING STRIKES; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESOURCING;

FIRES;

EID: 84859262839     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2012.10676385     Document Type: Article

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