Bushfires
- ISBN-10
- 0864154925
- ISBN-13
- 9780864154927
- Category
- Forest fires
- Pages
- 32
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Author
- Margaret McPhee
Description
How a bushfire starts and spreads - Damage and cost - Reducing damage - Policy debate - Bushfire research - Firefighters and their tools - Australia's worst fires - Times of greatest danger.
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