Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (USFS, viewed July 10, 2020).
Contents
Introduction -- Reasons for prescribed fire in forest and grassland management -- Environmental effects -- Weather and fuel considerations -- Firing techniques -- Smoke management -- Planning the prescribed burn -- Preparing for the prescribed burn -- Executing the burn -- Evaluating the burn -- Coordination of burning -- General rules -- Red flag situations -- Glossary -- Suggested reading.