Conducting prescribed fires
Subtitle: a comprehensive manual
By: John R. Weir.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9781603441346
Subjects: Prescribed burning -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Burning of land -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why conduct prescribed fires?; title: Law and liability; title: Prescribed fire policy; title: Public relations; title: Fire weather; title: Fire behavior and fuel characteristics; title: Fire prescriptions; title: Fire plans; title: Personal safety; title: Firebreaks; title: Fire equipment; title: Ignition devices; title: Ignition techniques; title: Smoke management; title: Postburn mop-up; title: Prescribed fire associations.