Pacific Northwest Research Station

Title: Predictions of fire behavior and resistance to control: for use with photo series for the Douglas fir-hemlock type and the coastal Douglas-fir-hardwood type.

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

Date: 1981

Source: Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-116. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 64 p

Station ID: GTR-PNW-116

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 Coastal Douglas-fir—Hemlock Type, Coastal Douglas-fir—Hardwood Type" (Maxwell, Wayne G.; Ward, Franklin R. 1976. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-051. 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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SANDBERG, David V.; Ward, Franklin R.   1981.  Predictions of fire behavior and resistance to control: for use with photo series for the Douglas fir-hemlock type and the coastal Douglas-fir-hardwood type..   Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-116. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 64 p.