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Blazing Bush and Forest Fires (Spilsbury, Louise. Awesome Forces of Nature.) by Louise Spilsbury, Richard Spilsbury, 2003-09
How to prevent forest fires (Pennsylvania.Dept. of Forests and Waters.Bulletin 40) by Charles Robert Meek, 1926
Fighting forest fires.: An article from: E by Peter Stekel, 1996-11-01
Tales from the Minnesota forest fires: a personal experience of a rural school teacher by Esther E. Larson, 2010-05-18
Forest Fire (Ranger Readers, Level 2) by Adrian Ross, Trevor Parkin, 1979-06-01
Forests, Fires, and Wild Things by Bob Gray, 1985-07
Forest Fire (Barclay Family Adventure Ser.) by Ed Hanson, 2003-01
Forest Furnace: Wild Fires (Raintree Freestyle: Turbulent Planet) by Carol Baldwin, 2005-03-23
Forest Fires by Arlene Erlbach, 1995-02
Forest Fires; Their Destructive Work, Causes and Prevention by William Willard Ashe, 2010-10-14
Fire in Oregon's Forests: Risks, Effects, and Treatment Options-A synthesis of current issues and scientific literature by Stephen A. Fitzgerald, 2002-01-01
Forest Fires and the Law: A Guide for National Drafters Based on the Fire Management Voluntary Guidelines (Fao Legislative Study) by Elisa Morgera, Maria Teresa Cirelli, 2009-02-06
Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Forest Fires (Wit Transactions on Ecology and the Environment) by J. de las Heras, C. A. Brebbia, et all 2008-08-26
Fire in the Forest: A History of Forest Fire Control on the National Forests in California, 1898 - 1956 by Robert W. Cermak, 2005-06-30

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CT DEP: Daily Forest Fire Danger
Connecticut traditionally experiences high forest fire danger in the Spring from midMarch through May.
http://dep.state.ct.us/updates/forestf/firerpt.asp

Extractions: Daily Forest Fire Danger Report The Forest Fire Danger Level for Wednesday, September 21, 2005 is LOW The DEP's Forest Fire Control Office urges all who enjoy the use of Connecticut's parks, forests and open spaces, to use fires with caution and practice forest fire prevention tips especially during forest fire season. People need to obey local laws regarding open fires carefully dispose of hot charcoal , and completely extinguish smoking materials As Smokey Bear says "Only you can prevent wildfires!" Connecticut traditionally experiences high forest fire danger in the Spring from mid-March through May. DEP's Division of Forestry constantly monitors the danger of forest fire to help protect Connecticut's 1.8 million acres of forested land. Throughout the Spring forest fire season, DEP sends daily advisories on forest fire danger levels to DEP's state park forest field staff, municipalities, fire departments and the media. Forest fire danger levels are classified at low, moderate, high, very high or extreme. In an average year approximately 1,300 acres of Connecticut woodland are scorched by forest fires. If you have received a permit from your local Open Burning Official to burn brush on your property, the permit is not valid if the Forest Fire Danger is rated
Satellite Observations Of Forest Fires
Forests are used to this kind of thing How can fire help forests? The answer depends on the nature of the ecosystem, the weather, and the amount of fuel available, but in general, fires can
http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/avhrr/gallery/fire/fire.html

Extractions: Excellent satellite images of wildfires These observations may be accessed by when they occurred or where they occurred. Unfortunately time did not permit complete examination of all available data, some significant fires are not included, some very small fires are. However this web site will give a good idea of what kind of observations are possible with the NOAA weather satellite AVHRR sensors. Access observations by time
CNN.com - US - Babbitt: Controlled Burns In Forests Necessary - May 19, 2000
http://cnn.com/2000/US/05/19/n.mex.fires.01/index.html
Forest Fire Home Page
Aviation and forest Fire Management Branch Logo. forest Fire Management REPORT A forest FIRE A FireRanger s Five Year Journey. Managing Fire
http://affm.mnr.gov.on.ca/spectrasites/internet/affm/fire.cfm

Extractions: select a link Aviation and Fire Fish and Wildlife Lands and Waters Ontario Parks Ontario's Forests Ontario's Living Legacy Science, Info and Tech Youth Programs Bears Camping Crown Land Fire Fighting Fishing Forests Rabies Rare Species Water Resources Ontario Map Frost Centre MNR Store Renew Outdoors Card Reserve a Campsite Location: MNR Home AFFM Forest Fire Management > Forest Fire Home Page
Wildland Fire In Yellowstone
forest fuels grew progressively drier, and the early summer Across the nation, national parks and forests suspended and updated their fire management
http://www.nps.gov/yell/nature/fire/

Extractions: Also see our Main Wildland Fire Section Landscapes such as those seen in Yellowstone have long been shaped by fire and not just the cool, creeping ground fires often described as "good" for grass production. The natural history of fire in the park includes large-scale conflagrations sweeping across the parks vast volcanic plateaus, hot, wind-driven fires torching up the trunks to the crowns of the pine and fir trees at several hundred-year intervals. Many of Yellowstones plant species are fire-adapted. Some (not all) of the lodgepole pines ( Pinus contorta ), which make up nearly 80% of the parks extensive forests, have cones that are serotinous sealed by resin until the intense heat of fire cracks the bonds and releases the seeds inside. Fires may stimulate regeneration of sagebrush, aspen, and willows, but the interactions between these plants and fire is complicated by other influences such as grazing levels and climate. Though above-ground parts of grasses and forbs are consumed by flames, the below-ground root systems typically remain unharmed, and for a few years after fire these plants commonly increase in productivity. In the first sixteen years of Yellowstones natural fire policy (1972-1987), 235 fires were allowed to burn 33,759 acres. Only 15 of those fires were larger than 100 acres, and all of the fires were extinguished naturally. Public response to the fires was good, and the program was considered a success. The summers of 1982-1987 were wetter than average, which may have contributed to the relatively low fire activity in those years.
The Atlas Of Canada - Forest Fire Hotspots, 2005
The map forest Fire Hotspots, 2005 shows the location of all forest fire hotspots detected to date in 2005. A hotspot is a pixel in an infrared satellite
http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/maps/environment/forestfires/dailyhotspots2005

Extractions: Forest Fire Hotspots, 2005 A hotspot is a mark on an infrared satellite image that gives the appearance of burning vegetation. Fire ... Read more about this map close this text box Map Sources A hotspot is a mark on an infrared satellite image that gives the appearance of burning vegetation. Fire Monitoring, Mapping and Modeling (Fire M3) System is a national fire information system that identifies, monitors and maps large forest fires on a daily basis using the hotspots. It provides an overview of forest fire activity in Canada on a daily basis. This map shows all the fires that were detected in the 2005 forest fire season. Read more about this map Fire Danger Rating, 2005 Read about this map Forest Fire Hotspots, 2004 Read about this map ... Français Modified: 2005-05-13 Important Notices
Welcome To Crest Forest Fire
Located at the top of the San Bernardino Mountains at an elevation of 4000 to 6000 feet. Describes community services, station crews, calendar of events,
http://www.cffd.org/
CNN.com - 11 Killed In Spanish Forest Fire - Jul 18, 2005
A forest fire apparently sparked by a weekend barbecue has killed at least 11 firefighters and continued to burn out of control on Monday in a hilly area
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/17/spain.wildfires/

Extractions: var clickExpire = "-1"; A volunteer tries to fight a forest fire in Mazareta in Spain's Guadalajara province. Spain Fire Drought or Create Your Own Manage Alerts What Is This? MADRID, Spain (CNN) A forest fire apparently sparked by a weekend barbecue has killed at least 11 firefighters and continued to burn out of control on Monday in a hilly area east of Madrid, forcing the evacuation of 400 villagers, a regional government spokeswoman told CNN. The blaze has burned more than 8,000 hectares, or 19,700 acres, in Guadalajara province, just east of Madrid, said Environment Minister Cristina Narbona, in an interview with Radio SER, monitored by CNN. Spain's state news agency EFE reported it was the deadliest forest fire, in terms of the death toll, in the past 13 years. The 11 forest agents, under contract to battle forest fires, were led by Felix Mansilla, a Guadalajara provincial fire fighting coordinator. He was among the dead. They were trapped by the fast-moving fire along with their vehicles, two water tanker trucks and a few all-terrain vehicles, the spokeswoman, Nuria Lozano, said.
Summary Report
Control and suppress fires in forests or vacant public land. Sample of reported job titles Firefighter, Fire Fighter, Forestry Technician (Fire),
http://online.onetcenter.org/link/summary/33-2011.02

Extractions: 33-2011.02 - Forest Fire Fighters Control and suppress fires in forests or vacant public land. Sample of reported job titles: Firefighter, Fire Fighter, Forestry Technician (Fire), Forest Ranger Technician, Wildland Firefighter, Hot Shot, Engine Boss, Fire Technician, Handcrew Foreman, Forestry Crew Chief View report: Summary Details Custom Tasks Knowledge ... Related Occupations Maintain contact with fire dispatchers at all times in order to notify them of the need for additional firefighters and supplies, or to detail any difficulties encountered. Rescue fire victims, and administer emergency medical aid. Collaborate with other firefighters as a member of a firefighting crew. Patrol burned areas after fires to locate and eliminate hot spots that may restart fires. Extinguish flames and embers to suppress fires, using shovels, or engine- or hand-driven water or chemical pumps. Fell trees, cut and clear brush, and dig trenches in order to create firelines, using axes, chainsaws or shovels. Maintain knowledge of current firefighting practices by participating in drills and by attending seminars, conventions, and conferences.
Alberta Forest Protection
http://www3.gov.ab.ca/srd/wildfires/fpd/
Forest Fire Management
forest Protection, a group within the forestry Division of the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources.
http://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/protection/default.htm
B.U. Center For Polymer Studies:JAVA Applets
We are now ready to start a fire in our model forest, and see how far it spreads. The fire starts along the left edge of the forest and spreads from one
http://polymer.bu.edu/java/java/blaze/blaze.html

Extractions: Blaze Applet Imagine a forest in which the trees were planted by scattering seeds randomly all over the ground. The trees are now full-grown, tall and green. Some trees stand alone; others are in clusters. The forest is peaceful on a quiet, windless day. Now imagine that all the trees along one edge of the forest are suddenly set on fire. As each tree burns, the fire spreads rapidly to the trees next to it. Every tree in the same cluster burns, as the fire spreads from each tree to its closest neighbors. But fire does not spread from one cluster to another, because it cannot jump across the space that separates clusters; there is no wind. If the trees are planted sparsely, with just a few trees scattered over a large area, chances are the fire will burn only a small number of trees and then die out; most of the forest will be safe. That's because sparsely planted trees, scattered randomly, tend to stand alone or in small clusters separated from one another. In contrast, suppose that the trees are planted very densely, with lots of trees crowded into a small area. Then the fire is likely to spread through nearly the entire forest. That's because densely planted trees, scattered randomly, tend to form large clusters. There may even be one large cluster that reaches from one side of the forest to the other. The trees in such a large cluster form a connected path that allows the fire to spread from tree to tree across the entire forest.
Province Of Manitoba | Manitoba Conservation | Operations Division Fire Program
Manitoba s forest Fire Program provides forest fire suppression for the Department of Conservation in the Province of Manitoba.
http://www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/fire/

Extractions: Manitoba Conservation Fire Program is responsible for the detection and suppression of wild fires. The program manages all human and equipment resources needed for fighting wild fires in the province. Staff monitor weather patterns, lightning strikes, soil moisture and forest conditions to determine the probability and location of wild fires. Manitoba's Fire Program works in close cooperation with other forest fire fighting agencies and jurisdictions. Equipment and other resources are shared through the Canadian Inter Agency Forest Fire Centre. During forest fire season (April to October) in Manitoba, this Web site offers a great deal of timely information of use to people and businesses, including the Fire Update (outlining the general fire status in the province), the
Program For Simulating The Two-dimensional Forest-fire Model
The forestfire model simulated by this program is defined on a quadratic lattice. A147 (1990) 297-300; P. Grassberger, H. Kantz, On a forest Fire Model
http://www-public.tu-bs.de:8080/~honecker/software/forest2d.html

Extractions: This page intends to explain how to use the software to display a simulation of the two-dimensional forest-fire model on an X11 display. However, the code can also be used to do `real' simulations, and in fact some older versions of it have been used to perform the simulations in . If you intend to make extended use of it in this or a similar way, you might find the information provided here insufficient. In this case, just send me a message and I will give you the necessary information.
Communications New Brunswick - Forest Fire Update 2005
forest Fire Watch 2005. For information on Category 1 Burning Permits within municipalities, forest Fire Weather Index Forecast - (All maps)
http://www.gnb.ca/Public/Fire-Feu/index-e.asp
CTV.ca | Forest Fire Puts B.C. Homeowners On Alert
CTV News on CTV Canadian television s online home for news and entertainment.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1123730773386_37/?hub=TopSto
GIS Application - Environment
forest fire monitoring with SPOT4 satellite imagery (ACRS 2000); The development of forest fire forecasting system using internet GIS and satellite Remote
http://www.gisdevelopment.net/application/environment/ffm/
Fire Rider Alert
Save America s forests forest Fire News and Information. TAKE ACTION - Send a free Instant Now he delivers the facts about the forest fire issue.
http://www.saveamericasforests.org/congress/Fire/Fire-Rider-Alert.htm

Extractions: TAKE ACTION - Send a free Instant Letter to Congress Now 1. Tell Your Senators -Oppose The Healthy Forests Initiative, H.R. 1904 IMPORTANT NEW INFORMATION December 11, 2003 TWO FORMER OREGON CONGRESSMAN, Charles Porter and Jim Weaver, attack the new timber industry "Healthy Forests" Law in the Oregonian, Support passage of the Act to Save America's Forests instead CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY of Dr. Arthur Partridge Dr. Arthur Partridge, Professor Emeritus, University of Idaho, and the nation's leading expert on forests diseases and insects, delivers testimony to United States Senate Agriculture Committe, debunking the so-called forest fire crisis. Dr. Partridge took the lead in exposing the fraudulent salvage rider in 1995. Now he delivers the facts about the forest fire issue. Read his testimony here FOREST GROUPS OPPOSE FIRE BILL IN LETTER TO CONGRESS Save America's Forests and 13 other groups opposed the House fire legislation in a letter to the House Resources Committee disagreeing with the need for a new fire bill that accelerated logging. The letter pointed out the fraudulent nature of this 'healthy forests' bill.
Forest Fire Lookout Association Links
Below are forestry and forest Fire related links. Lookout Links LO Rentals forest Fire Links forestry Links Compacts Misc Other Link Pages
http://www.firelookout.org/links.htm

Extractions: Related Links Below are Forestry and Forest Fire related links. If you find that any of these links are no longer valid, or have changed, please email us and we will gladly update them. Also, if you have a related site and would like your URL added here let us know. Of course, a reciprocal link to the FFLA site would be appreciated. Email the Webmaster Lookout Links LO Rentals Forest Fire Links ... International Links
Forest Fire In The U. S. Northern Rockies - A Primer
forest Fire in the Northern Rockies, USA Primer. Brought to you by the Montana Natural History Center with funding provided by the Environmental Science
http://www.northernrockiesfire.org/default.htm

Extractions: Welcome to the FOREST FIRE IN THE NORTHERN ROCKIES web site. Our goal is to provide a clearinghouse of scientific information regarding the historic role and present place of fire in western Montana and northern Idaho. Why? Because the forests in our neck of the woods are unique. Although they are superficially similar to those of the Southwest and other western lands, the ecological nuts and bolts of these habitats differ considerably. Historic patterns of fire occurrence and present challenges in fire management differ as well. These pages house comprehensive reviews of topics - from fire history, to the ecological effects of fire, to the rationale behind forest restoration and rehabilitation - all based on information specific to forests of this region. We have tried to condense pertinent yet often complicated findings from local studies into a series of summaries accessible to folks at all levels of education and from all walks of life. Fire has long been a fact of life in the Northern Rockies, and our forests have developed accordingly. Yet, to many people who call the region home, it's not clear what to make of wildfires. Certainly fires that threaten lives and property are not welcome in our backyards. But should fires ever be allowed to burn? If so, which ones and why? Knowledge of the long-standing relationship between fire and our forests is needed to objectively address these and related questions like:

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