- Author
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Cheney, P.
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Gould, J.
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McCaw, L.
- Title
- Dead-Man Zone: A Neglected Area of Firefighter Safety.
- Coporate
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Melbourne, Australia
Department of Conservation and Land Management, Manjimup, WA
- Journal
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Australian Forestry,
Vol. 64,
No. 1,
45-50,
2001
- Keywords
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fire fighters
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fire safety
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forestry
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forest fires
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fire fighting
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refuge
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case histories
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fire behavior
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fire spread
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wind direction
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egress
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brush fires
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fire fatalities
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fire danger rating
- Identifiers
- Australia; Grays Point Fire, New South Wales, January 9, 1983; Johnstones Creek Fire, New South Wales, January 1, 1998; Linton Fire, Geelong, Victoria, December 2, 1998; Forest Fire Danger Index (FFDI); Deadman Zone: the distance (m) a line fire can travel in five minutes; safe distance for indirect attack; development of a fire from a line