Eucalypt bark hazard guide.

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Fire Management Branch research report ; 32Publication details: East Melbourne, Vic. : Dept. of Conservation and Environment, 1992Description: 16 p. : col. illISBN:

0730626547pbk

DDC classification:

634.9618 EUC

Subject: This guide has two purposes, and is presented in two parts. Part 1: to show how to assess bark hazard, to help ensure that: strategy of wildfire control will be effective; conduct of prescribed burning or back-burning will be effective; safety of fire control personnel will not be threatened; and, sites that require fuel reduction are identified correctly. Part 2: to outline the technical details involved, eg.: the spotting process and the factors that affect it; the technical basis of the bark hazard classification; the reduction of bark hazard by fuel reduction burning; and, the application of the classification in fire planning

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This guide has two purposes, and is presented in two parts. Part 1: to show how to assess bark hazard, to help ensure that: strategy of wildfire control will be effective; conduct of prescribed burning or back-burning will be effective; safety of fire control personnel will not be threatened; and, sites that require fuel reduction are identified correctly. Part 2: to outline the technical details involved, eg.: the spotting process and the factors that affect it; the technical basis of the bark hazard classification; the reduction of bark hazard by fuel reduction burning; and, the application of the classification in fire planning

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