. Biennial report of the Southeastern Forest Experiment Station for the years 1947 and 1948. Forests and forestry Southern States. Determining fuel moisture by weighing calibrated wood sticks on a specially constructed scale at a forest fire danger station. Wind velocity is registered by the anemometer as an important fire danger factor. marks the end of the fire season in southern Maine, and most fire danger stations, used for day-to-day appraisal of burning conditions, were closed at that tune. This seemed a sensible course, for Glass 2 fire danger prevailed at this time in 1947* The three o
. Biennial report of the Southeastern Forest Experiment Station for the years 1947 and 1948. Forests and forestry Southern States. Determining fuel moisture by weighing calibrated wood sticks on a specially constructed scale at a forest fire danger station. Wind velocity is registered by the anemometer as an important fire danger factor. marks the end of the fire season in southern Maine, and most fire danger stations, used for day-to-day appraisal of burning conditions, were closed at that tune. This seemed a sensible course, for Glass 2 fire danger prevailed at this time in 1947* The three operating stations, however, showed a gradual build-up from Class 2 to Class U by October 11+, and after that the danger fluctuated between Class L, and 5 (the highest class) for nearly three weeks. Whether or not a realization by fire protection forces of the seriousness of burning conditions would have lessened the losses suffered in Maine can never be known. However, it seems clear that the fire danger measurement system in use did furnish the necessary warning. The failure, if any, was in failing to heed this warning rather than in the system of measurement employed. NEW FIRE DANGER METER WIDELY ADOPTED A new fire danger meter developed at the Southeastern Station, has been adopted by all of the 193 fire danger stations from Virginia to the north and 25 of those in the Southeast. This meter, based on a 100-point - 8 -. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Southeastern Forest Experiment Station (Asheville, N. C. ). Asheville, N. C. : Southeastern Forest Experiment Station
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