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  <dc:contributor>Jon E. Keeley</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Kit Wilson</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Richard W. Halsey</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2009</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;Wildfires are driven and restrained by an interplay of variables that can lead to many potential outcomes. As every wildland firefighter learns in basic training, the ability of a fire to spread is determined by three basic variables: fuel type and condition, weather, and topography. Fire suppression obviously plays a significant role in determining fire spread as well, so firefighter activity becomes an additional variable.&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>U.S. Forest Service</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Fuel age and fire spread: Natural conditions versus opportunities for fire suppression</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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