Forest fires in Pennsylvania.

Donald A. Haines; William A. Main; Eugene F. McNamara

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Forest fires in Pennsylvania.

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Donald A. Haines, William A. Main, Eugene F. McNamara

Year:

1978

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Paper NC-158. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

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Abstract

Describes factors that contribute to forest fires in Pennsylvania. Includes an analysis of basic statistics; distribution of fires during normal, drought, and wet years; fire cause, fire activity by day-of-week; multiple-fire day; and fire climatology.

Keywords

fire protection and prevention, initial attack, fire control, multiple-fire day, fire cause, fire weather

Citation

Haines, Donald A.; Main, William A.; McNamara, Eugene F. 1978. Forest fires in Pennsylvania. Research Paper NC-158. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station