2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress

4A.6

Fuel management through crushing and burning

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Scott E. Franklin, Urban Wildland Fire Managment, Santa Clarita, CA

Abstract.Crush and burning of chaparral adjacent to structures has proven highly effective in curtailing high wind driven fires - in excess of 50 km/hr,in Los Angeles County.Excellent chaparral regeneration has been documented.

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Session 4A, Managing Fire in the Wildland/Urban Interface (TRACK I)
Wednesday, 19 November 2003, 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

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