Marty's 35 Good Reads

Marty's 35 Good Reads

One of our Advisory Group asked that we incorporate and list the wildfire research publications. A list of influential, ground breaking or milestone studies that have contributed to our understanding of wildfire. Please let us know that we have missed and we will get it on the list for the benefit of others.

The list is contributed by:

Brad Hawkes
Chris McGuinty
Tim Chavez
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Author
Year
Title
Publication Information
Taylor, S.W.  1997 A field estimation procedure for downed coarse woody debris Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, BC. Technology Transfer Note 02 
Hawkes, B.; Beck, J.  1997 A wildfire threat rating system Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, BC. Technology Transfer Note 01. 
Byram, George M.  1954 Atmospheric conditions related to blowup fires Station Pap. 35. Asheville, NC: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 34 p. 
Hirsch, K.G.   Canadian Forest Fire Behavior Prediction System: Users Guide (Special Report #7) Canadian Forest Service 
National Wildfire Coordination Group   Common Denominators of Fire Behavior on Tragedy and Near-miss Wildland Fires NWCG 
Forestry Canada, Fire Danger Group   Development and Structure of the Canadian Forest Fire Behaviour Prediction System -Information Report ST-X-3 Forestry Canada 
De Groot W.J.   Examples of Fuel Types in the Canadian Forest Fire Behaviour Prediction System Forestry Canada 
Taylor, S.W., Pike R.G.,Alexander M.E.   Field Guide To The Canadian (FBP) System Canadian Forest Service 
Taylor, S.W.; Pike, R.G.; Alexander, M.E.  1997 Field guide to the Canadian Forest Fire Behavior Prediction (FBP) System Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre, Edmonton, Alberta. Special Report 11 
Trowbridge, R.; Hawkes, B.; Macadam, A.; Parminter, J.  1987 Field handbook for prescribed fire assessments in British Columbia: Logging slash fuels Agriculture Canada, Ministry of State for Forestry and Mines, Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, BC. FRDA Handbook 001, Copublished by the BC Ministry of Forests 
J.S. Barrows  1954 Fire Behavior in Northern Rocky Mountain Forests.  
Stocks, B.J., Hartley, G.R.   Fire Behavior in Three Jackpine Fuel Complexes Forestry Canada 
Alexander M.E., Stocks B.J.,Lawson B.D.   Fire behaviour in black supruce-lichen woodland: The Porter L. project Forestry Canada 
Schroder, Mark J.,Buck, Charles C.   Fire Weather USDA, Forest Service 
Partners in Protection   FireSmart: Protecting your community from wildfire Partners in Protection 
Sharkey, Brian J.   Fitness and Work Capacity, 2nd Edition USDA, Forest Service 
Byram, G.M. and K.P. Davis  1959 Forest Fire Control and Use  
CIFFC   Glossary of Forest Fire Management Terms CIFFC 
Lawson, B.D.; Dalrymple, G.N.  1996 Ground-truthing the drought code: Field verification of overwinter recharge of forest floor moisture Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, BC. FRDA Report 268, Copublished by the BC Ministry of Forests 
Rothermel, Richard C.   How to Predict the Spread and Intensity of Forest and Range Fires National Wildfire Coordinating Group 
Rothermel, Richard C.   How to Predict the Spread and Intensity of Forest and Range Fires National Wildfire Coordinating Group 
Simard, A.J.  1968 Moisture Content of Forest Fuels, I, II, III. FF-X-14, 15 and 16 
Alexander, M.E., Lanoville R.A.   Predicting Fire Behavior in the Black Spruce-Lichen Woodland Fuel Type of Western and Northern Canada Forestry Canada 
Lawson, B.D.; Dalrymple, G.N.; Hawkes  1997 Predicting forest floor moisture contents from duff moisture code values B.C. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, BC. Technology Transfer Note 06. 
Taylor, S.W.  1998 Prescribed fire in Canada - A time of transition Wildfire 7(1): 34-37 
Dalrymple, G.N.; Lawson, B.  1996 Probabilities of sustained flaming ignition: lodgepole pine, interior douglas-fir and white spruce-subalpine fir forests. Supplement to Field guide to Canadian forest fire behavior prediction (FBP) system Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, BC. FRDA Handbook 012 supplement, copublished by the BC Ministry of Forests 
Lawson, B.D.; Frandsen, W.H.; Hawkes, B.C.; Dalrymple, G.N.  1997 Probability of sustained smoldering ignition for some boreal forest duff types Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre, Edmonton, Alberta. Forest Management Note 63 
Schroeder, M., et al.   Synoptic Weather Types Associated with Critical Fire Weather. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Berkeley, Calif. 492p. 
Canadian Forest Service   Tables for the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System Forest Service 
Stocks, B.J.; Lawson, B.D.; Alexander, M.E.; Van Wagner, C.E.; McAlpine, R.S.; Lynham, T.J.; Dubé, D.E.  1989 The Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System: an overview [reprinted from August issue, 65:258-265, with corrections and new pagination] The Forestry Chronicle 65(6): 450-457. 
Countryman, Clive M.   The fire environment concept.  
Countryman, Clive M.   This humidity business: What it is all about and how it is used in fire control  
Weber, M.G.; Taylor, S.W.  1992 Use of prescribed fire in the management of Canada's forested lands Forestry Chronicle 68(3): 324-334. 
Turner J.A., Lawson B.D.   Weather in the Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System Forestry Canada 
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