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The
purpose of this section of the class is to explain the strategies and
tactics employed by wildland
fire management personnel in the United States. We will describe historical
and current practices and via lesson learned videos evaluate what is
effective. The
lectures and readings in this section, will enable the student to achieve
the following learning objectives:
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Understand the principal methods of fire suppression,
including initial attack, indirect attack, and mop-up
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Understand the principal
initial attack tactics
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Recognize and
Understand sources of common wildfire hazards
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Understand what resources are available to fire managers
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Know what WFDSS is and
Understand how it works.
Lectures:
Assignments and Blackboard Discussions:
Required Readings:
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Week 12 Reading:
Pyne (2001), Chapter 9. Industrial Fire: Stoking the Big Burn, pp
155-171
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Week 13
Reading:
Pyne (1997a), Chapter 7.3 The Best Tools: A History of Fire Equipment,
pp 424-449
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Week 14
Reading: Pyne (2001), Chapter 7. Pyrotechnics: Fire and Technology,
pp119-136.
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