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Conflagration prevention systems at the urban wildland interface: High risk forecasting and total mobility
| Author: |
Murphy, J.L. and Kurth, T. |
| Date: |
1987 |
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In: Symposium and Workshop on Protecting People and Homes from Wildfire in the Interior West;1987 October 6-8; Missouls, MT. |
| Abstract: |
This paper described a first-time Forest Service Regional conflagration fire prevention plan put into action in southern California. Ninety-eight prevention specialists from the Forest Service North Zone and the Pacific Northwest Region along with Bureau of Land Management personnel were organized into twelve task force teams and moved to southern California. A fire occurrence forecasting center was set up at the Riverside Fire Laboratory. Special computer programs produced occurrence forecasts, by cause, for each Ranger District on each of the four National Forests. |
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