Wildland fire management

Handbook for trainers

Timo V.Heikkilä, Roy Grönqvist & Mike Jurvélius

© Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2010



Contents

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Wildland fire management - Handbook for trainers (Download- 459 KB)

1 Background and justification for intensified forest fire control activities (Download- 233 KB)

2 Baseline data for forest fire control (Download- 405 KB)

3 Responsible organisation for forest fire control and basic law enforcement (Download- 1.2 MB)

4 Prevention (Download- 828 KB)

5 Forest fire behaviour (Download- 989 KB)

6 Pre-suppression activities (Download- 1 MB)

7 Forest fire equipment (Download- 1.2 MB)

8 Suppression tactics and techniques (Download- 1.4 MB)

9 Organisation and management of wildfires (Download- 262 KB)

10 Safety, welfare and first aid (Download- 515 KB)

11 Community Based Fire Management (CBFiM) (Download- 252 KB)

12 Fire: a necessary evil (Download- 145 KB)