- Author
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Tour, J.
|
Bradshaw, S.
- Title
- Ground Ignition Test Results.
- Coporate
- Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC
- Report
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5100-Fire; 9551-2841-MTDC,
November 1995,
16 p.
- Keywords
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ignition testing
- Identifiers
- hand-placed or thrown devices; ground torches; hand-held launchers
- Abstract
- After the Missoula Technology and Development Center (MTDC) published "Ground Ignition Systems: An Equipment Guide for Prescribed and Wild Fires" in 1993, field personnel requested more detailed information on applications for many of the listed devices. To fill that need, MTDC evaluated eight previously reviewed devices and two new ground ignition systems during FY 1994 to determine their range, accuracy, burnt imes, availability, and costs. Three broad categories of devices were examined: hand-placed or thrown devices: · solid fuel firestarters; · fuses; · gelled gasoline packets. Ground torches: · diesel-powered flame throwers. Hand-held launchers: · signal pistols, 12 gauge; · signal pistols, 25 mm; · flare launchers, 37-mm rifle and 37-mm pistol; · flare pens; · fusee launchers; · slingshot launchers.