CRYSTAL BALL GAZING

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CRYSTAL BALL GAZING

• WHAT IS THE FUTURE IN FIGHTING FOREST FIRES?

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What's Available in Forestry Equipment
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Feller-Buncher and Hot Saw

• Provides a 50 foot wide swath with all cut wood
  on one side
• Can cut 150 - 200 trees per hour
• Can operate on 50 slopes
• Can accumulate a number of trees before laying
  them on the ground

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Feller-Buncher and Hot Saw
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Harvesters

• Similar characteristics to Feller-Buncher - but
  only 1 tree at a time -- therefore somewhat
  slower than Feller-Buncher

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Harvesters
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Skidders and Forwarders

• Skidders (for hauling water)
• Covered in a previous report
• Forwarders (for hauling water)
• Also covered in an earlier report

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Skidders and Forwarders
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Skidders

• Skidders (rigged for fire-fighting)

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Mulchers / Grinders

• Front mounted, above ground
• Front mounted, into ground
• Rear mounted, into ground
• Stump Grinder (quicker than a mulcher for narrow
  breaks)
• Flail on boom and stick

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Mulchers
Front mounted, above ground
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Grinder
Front mounted, into ground
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Grinder
Rear mounted, into ground
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Grinder
Stump Grinder
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Mulchers
Flail on boom and stick
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Fire Breaks

• How wide?
• How long?
• How far from the fire?
• Mineral soil?

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Risley Manufacturing

• Innovative company
• Prepared to help develop and test new machines
  for fire-fighting
• Who will pay for proto-type development?
• Who would own these machines?
• What is the government's role?
• What is the FMA holder's role?

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Research

• What needs to be determined?
• Who should be doing the research?
• How will the research be paid for?
• How do we avoid duplication with the U.S.?
• How can we be working together?