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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction

The Nature of Fire
What Is Fire?

The Fire Triangle
Oxygen: Fire Breath
Fuel: Fire Food 8
Heat: Fire Energy

Ignition Sources

Fire Behavior
Weather
Wind
Topography: Lay of the Land

Fire and Life across California
Fire Regimes
Seeds, Sprouts, and "All of the Above"
Vegetation Types and Fire
Chaparral Shrublands
Conifer Forests
Oak Woodlands and Savannas
Sagebrush Shrublands and Pinyon-Juniper Forests
Deserts
Grasslands
Wetlands and Riparian Woodlands
Wildlife
Soil, Water, and Air
The Climate Crisis

The Flames of History
California's Light-Burning Debate
The Big Ones
Extremes after 2010

Burning Issues
Fighting Back: Tactics and Weaponry
Making Peace: Restoring Fire
The Chaparral Dilemma
Logging versus Thinning
Fire Policy and Plans
A Fire-Safe Power Grid
Public Safety Power Shutoffs: Do They Increase Safety?

Getting Ready: Life on the Edge
Wildland-Urban Interface
Becoming a Fire-Adapted Californian
Before the Fire, Be Ember Aware
During the Fire
After the Fire
COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts on Wildfire
Kindling Change

Online Fire Resources
Glossary
References
Art Credits
Index

Introduction to Fire in California

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 20/08/2021
      ISBN13: 9780520379145, 978-0520379145
      ISBN10: 0520379144
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments
      Introduction

      The Nature of Fire
      What Is Fire?

      The Fire Triangle
      Oxygen: Fire Breath
      Fuel: Fire Food 8
      Heat: Fire Energy

      Ignition Sources

      Fire Behavior
      Weather
      Wind
      Topography: Lay of the Land

      Fire and Life across California
      Fire Regimes
      Seeds, Sprouts, and "All of the Above"
      Vegetation Types and Fire
      Chaparral Shrublands
      Conifer Forests
      Oak Woodlands and Savannas
      Sagebrush Shrublands and Pinyon-Juniper Forests
      Deserts
      Grasslands
      Wetlands and Riparian Woodlands
      Wildlife
      Soil, Water, and Air
      The Climate Crisis

      The Flames of History
      California's Light-Burning Debate
      The Big Ones
      Extremes after 2010

      Burning Issues
      Fighting Back: Tactics and Weaponry
      Making Peace: Restoring Fire
      The Chaparral Dilemma
      Logging versus Thinning
      Fire Policy and Plans
      A Fire-Safe Power Grid
      Public Safety Power Shutoffs: Do They Increase Safety?

      Getting Ready: Life on the Edge
      Wildland-Urban Interface
      Becoming a Fire-Adapted Californian
      Before the Fire, Be Ember Aware
      During the Fire
      After the Fire
      COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts on Wildfire
      Kindling Change

      Online Fire Resources
      Glossary
      References
      Art Credits
      Index

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