Fire management

Wildland Fire Management
Handbook for Trainers

By:
Heikkilä, T.V., Grönqvist, R. and Jurvelius, M. (2007)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Helsinki, Finland

TABLE OF CONTENT, FOREWORD AND AKNOWLEDGEMENTS 
1. BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION FOR INTENSIFIED FOREST FIRE CONTROL ACTIVITIES 
2. BASELINE DATA FOR FOREST FIRE CONTROL 
3. RESPONSIBLE ORGANISATION FOR FOREST FIRE CONTROL AND BASIC LAW ENFORCEMENT 
4. PREVENTION 
5. FOREST FIRE BEHAVIOUR 
6. PRE-SUPPRESSION ACTIVITIES 
7. FOREST FIRE EQUIPMENT 
8. SUPPRESSION TACTICS AND TECHNIQUES 
9. ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT OF WILDFIRES 
10. SAFETY, WELFARE AND FIRST AID 
11. COMMUNITY BASED FIRE MANAGEMENT (CBFiM) 
12. FIRE: A NECESSARY EVIL