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East Bay Hills Fire (Oakland-Berkeley, CA - October 1991)
| Cost: | Free |
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| Subject(s): | Fire Prevention & Planning/Code Enforcement, Home Fire Safety, Incident Management, Multiple Fire Fatalities/Mass Casualty, Operations & Tactics, Wildfire |
| Media: | Technical Report Series |
| Read Online/Download: | PDF (3.6 MB) , Text (264 KB) |
| Description: | Analysis of the fire that demonstrated how natural forces may be beyond the control of human intervention and should cause a renewed look at the risk of wildland-urban interface fire disasters. |
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Mutual Aid Lessons Learned from the California System: Special Report
| Cost: | Free |
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| Subject(s): | Communications, Fire Prevention & Planning/Code Enforcement, Incident Management, Wildfire |
| Media: | Technical Report Series |
| Read Online/Download: | PDF (2.1 MB) |
| Description: | This report describes California's Fire & Rescue Mutual Aid System and its evolution, how mutual aid is used in major fire and non-fire incidents, and reasons for its success over the years. The purpose of the report is to share lessons learned to help other states advance their systems and give the fire service some useful ideas on providing mutual aid. |
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Urban Wildlands Fire (Pebble Beach, CA - May 1987)
| Cost: | Free |
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| Subject(s): | Fire Prevention & Planning/Code Enforcement, Incident Management, Wildfire |
| Media: | Technical Report Series |
| Read Online/Download: | PDF (17.2 Mb) , Text (91 KB) |
| Description: | This report analyzes fire operations and describes residential construction features and vegetation control that saved some homes in this urban wildlands fire. |
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Wildland Fires - Florida (May - July 1998)
| Cost: | Free |
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| Subject(s): | Communications, Fire Prevention & Planning/Code Enforcement, Incident Management, Operations & Tactics, Wildfire |
| Media: | Technical Report Series |
| Read Online/Download: | PDF (501 KB) , Text (78 KB) |
| Description: | The entire state of Florida was ravaged by an unprecedented series of wildland and urban interface fires during the period from late-May to mid-July, 1998. The total response to these fires, combining local, state and federal resources, may be the largest ever assembled in the United States. The magnitude and complexity of the operations seriously challenged the capacity of existing incident management systems. |
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Wildlands Fire Management: Federal Policies and Their Implications for Local Fire Departments (April 1992)
| Cost: | Free |
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| Subject(s): | Fire Prevention & Planning/Code Enforcement, Wildfire |
| Media: | Technical Report Series |
| Read Online/Download: | PDF (517 Kb) , Text (104 KB) |
| Description: | This report looks at two of the major wildfires of 1988 and the policy issues that surrounded them: the Greater Yellowstone Area fires and the 49er fire that caused more than 20 million dollars in damage in the Gold Rush country of Nevada County, CA. |
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