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Effectiveness of firefighting first attack operations by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment from 1991/92-1994/95 / Gregory J. McCarthy and Kevin G. Tolhurst.

By:

McCarthy, Gregory J

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Research report (Victoria. Fire Management Branch) ; no. 45.[East Melbourne] : Fire Management Branch, Dept. of Natural Resources and Environment, 1998Description: 32 pages, vi : illustrations ; 30 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0730662276

Subject(s):

Forest fires -- Victoria -- Prevention and control

DDC classification:

634.961809945 21

Summary: First (or Initial) Attack is a critical phase in wildland fire-fighting, with successful first attack minimising fire size, cost of suppression and damage caused. First attack success is generally considered to have been achieved if the spread of the fire is contained within the first few hours (defined as not more than eight in this study) and the fire has been contained before it has reached intensities and/ or sizes unstoppable by first attack. Many factors influence first attack outcome including detection method/time; response time; response effort; fire behaviour (resulting from a combination of fuel, weather and topography); and risk/ determination/ capability of suppression forces. Within the Department of Natural Resources & Environment (NRE) Victoria, first attack readiness had been developed over the previous decade (1985 -1995) with improvements in detection, communications and the capability for rapid reaction by both ground and aerial suppression forces. This report evaluates NRE's first attack performance over four fire seasons - 1991/92 to 1994/95 - using multiple linear regression techniques applied to a comprehensive range of the variables involved in first attack for 50 fires selected from that period.

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Title notes ( 6 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Tool of trade	State Botanical Collection	RBG	FOL 363.3790994 EFF (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Issued	19/12/2014	LRBM00198502

At head of cover title: Fire Management.

"CFTT was commissioned to complete this project by Fire Management, Department of Natural Resources and Environment"

"December 1997"

Date of publication on cover varies : "January 1998."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 31-32)

First (or Initial) Attack is a critical phase in wildland fire-fighting, with successful first attack minimising fire size, cost of suppression and damage caused. First attack success is generally considered to have been achieved if the spread of the fire is contained within the first few hours (defined as not more than eight in this study) and the fire has been contained before it has reached intensities and/ or sizes unstoppable by first attack. Many factors influence first attack outcome including detection method/time; response time; response effort; fire behaviour (resulting from a combination of fuel, weather and topography); and risk/ determination/ capability of suppression forces. Within the Department of Natural Resources & Environment (NRE) Victoria, first attack readiness had been developed over the previous decade (1985 -1995) with improvements in detection, communications and the capability for rapid reaction by both ground and aerial suppression forces. This report evaluates NRE's first attack performance over four fire seasons - 1991/92 to 1994/95 - using multiple linear regression techniques applied to a comprehensive range of the variables involved in first attack for 50 fires selected from that period.