Pacific Northwest Research Station

Title: Predictions of fire behavior and resistance to control: for use with photo series for the sierra mixed conifer type and the sierra true fir type.

Author: Ward, Franklin R.; Sandberg, David V.

Date: 1981

Source: Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-114. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 52 p

Station ID: GTR-PNW-114

Description: This publication presents tables on the behavior of fire and the resistance: of fuels to control. The information is to be used with the photos in the publication, "Photo Series for Quantifying Forest Residues in the Sierra Mixed Conifer Type, Sierra True Fir Type" (Maxwell, Wayne G.; Ward, Franklin R. 1979. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-095. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station.).

Keywords: Fire behavior (forest), fire management, fire spread

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Ward, Franklin R.; Sandberg, David V.  1981.  Predictions of fire behavior and resistance to control: for use with photo series for the sierra mixed conifer type and the sierra true fir type..   Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-114. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 52 p