- Title:
-
Using Chemicals in Fire-Fighting Operations
- Date:
- December 2005
- Organisations
- AFAC
- Authors:
- Fire Note 1 - This Fire Note is a synthesis of the research and issues associated with chemicals in firefighting operations.
Overview
The bushfire threat posed in many parts of Australia and New Zealand, and particularly in many parts of southern Australia each summer, is potentially very serious. Much of the Australian continent is dry and fire-prone. Its geography, vegetation, and climate combine to produce one of the most severe fire environments in the world. Conversely, fire is also elemental in the maintenance of many of its native ecosystems.
