Excerpt from Some Applications of Danger Ratings in Forest Fire Control and ManagementThe system of measuring forest fire danger developed at the Southeast ern Forest Experiment Station is used throughout the Eastern and Southern regions of the United States. At last count, 814 fire danger stations were operated by state, federal, and private fire control agencies in these regions. Although a number of publications have been issued on the location, opera tion, and maintenance of danger stations, there is only fragmentary published material on the many possible uses and applications of danger measurements.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.