- Author
- Kourtz, P.
- Title
- U.S.S.R. Forest Fire Control Operation as Seen by the 1973 Canadian Fire Control Delegation.
- Coporate
- Forest Fire Research Inst., Ontario, Canada
- Report
- Miscellaneous Report FF-Y-2, December 1973, 57 p.
- Keywords
- forest fires | fire suppression | helicopters | fire fighting equipment | explosives | fire prevention | fire retardants
- Identifiers
- detection - initial attach; helicopter initial attack system; communications system; weather data; fire danger index; use of explosives for line building; other line building equipment; cloud seeding for fire suppression; budgeting; forest enterprises
- Abstract
- The Canadian Forestry Service, Department of the Environment, sponsored a two week, four-man (plus interpreter) delegation to tour the U.S.S.R. forest fire control facilities during August and September, 1973. The trip was the second of a continuing exchange of visits and was in specific response to the USSR's October 1972 fire delegation visit to Canada. The initial Canadian visit to the USSR (1967) studied their general forestry operations but few specific details regarding methods of fire control were obtained. The purpose of this recent visit was to obtain detailed information on their fire control operations including specifics on their organizational structure, helicopter initial attack system, communications system, fire line construction equipment and techniques, including use of explosives, cloud seeding for fire suppression, fire prevention program, and their forest fire research program.