- Author
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McLean, D. L.
- Title
- Appraisal of Damage to Immature Timber.
- Coporate
- Forest Fire Research Inst., Ontario, Canada
- Report
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Information Report FF-X-22
April 1970
14 p.
- Keywords
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timber
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damage
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forestry
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fire suppression
- Abstract
- This paper outlines how principles of forest valuation can be applied to one of the more difficult problems in damage appraisal - measurement of damages to immature stands. Although the topic as defined is rather technical, the need for better damage appraisals has arisen from very practical considerations. There has been a growing realization by fire control organizations that an economic criterion of damage would be useful in the development of operational guides for allocating detection and suppression strength, since fires can have minor or major importance depending on when and where they occur. A damage appraisal system can provide this criterion by specifying how fire damage can be measured, recorded, and finally analyzed in a way that would provide operational guidelines for the systematic deployment of fire control strength.