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Conducting prescribed fires : a comprehensive manual / John R. Weir.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weir, John Robert, 1964-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prescribed burning--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Prescribed burning.
- Burning of land--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Burning of land.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (205 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this practical and helpful manual, John R. Weir, who has conducted more than 720 burns in four states, offers a step-by-step guide to the systematic application of burning to meet specific land management needs and goals.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-188) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-299-05245-2
- 1-60344-336-3
- OCLC:
- 671647690
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