- Author
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Jewell, W. S.
- Title
- Forest Fire-Fighting Models.
- Coporate
- California Univ., Berkeley
- Report
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ORC 65-29
November 1965
21 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- DA-31-124-ARO-D-331
- Keywords
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forest fires
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fire fighting
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fire models
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fire suppression
- Abstract
- In 1961, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service entered into a cooperative agreement with the University of California to develop a long-range operations research program in the field of forest fire control systems. This program, which is being carriedout at the Operations Research Center, College of Engineering, is charged specifically with conducting studies in the problem areas of: 1. Initial attack on forest fires; 2. Prefire disposition of suppression forces, and guidelines for changing the disposition; 3. Dispatchers' guidelines for committing of forces, and changing those commitments; 4. Nationwide movement of key fire specialists; 5. Logistics of large fire campe, including location and operation; 6. Fire control information storage, flow and use; 7. Other elated topics as may be mutually agreed upon.