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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458932403321

Autore

Weir John Robert <1964->

Titolo

Conducting prescribed fires [[electronic resource] ] : a comprehensive manual / / John R. Weir

Pubbl/distr/stampa

College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2009

ISBN

1-299-05245-2

1-60344-336-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Disciplina

634.9/55

Soggetti

Prescribed burning - United States

Burning of land - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-188) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Why conduct prescribed fires? -- Law and liability -- Prescribed fire policy -- Public relations -- Fire weather -- Fire behavior and fuel characteristics -- Fire prescriptions -- Fire plans -- Personal safety -- Firebreaks -- Fire equipment -- Ignition devices -- Ignition techniques -- Smoke management -- Postburn mop-up -- Prescribed fire associations.