Product details
- Publisher : John F Blair Pub (April 15, 2008)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 272 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0895873567
- ISBN-13 : 978-0895873569
- Item Weight : 11.7 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.25 x 0.65 x 8.25 inches
Hiking North Carolina’s Lookout Towers
Rated 0 out of 5
0 Reviews
In stock
$8.99
Paperback – April 15, 2008
by Peter Barr (Author)
In Hiking North Carolina’s Lookout Towers, Peter Barr describes 26 fire and lookout towers in the mountains of North Carolina. Each entry includes historical information about the tower and the mountain on which it stands. The entries contain descriptions of what can be seen from the towers; thorough directions, distances, and difficulty ratings for hiking trails and routes leading to the towers; maps; and photographs.
- Estimated delivery time 2-8 days
-
Shipping rates are calculated based on local US cities; international rates may apply for other countries.
Customers Reviews
Be the first to review “Hiking North Carolina’s Lookout Towers” Cancel reply
Related products
Categories: LOOKOUTS/PREVENTION/DETECTION
Manual de ingeniería básica para la prevención y extinción de incendios forestales (Spanish Edition)
Rated 0 out of 5
0 ReviewsHardcover – January 1, 2004
Spanish Edition by J. Y OTROS ARNALDOS VIGER (Author)
Categories: LOOKOUTS/PREVENTION/DETECTION
Practical Fire and Arson Investigation (Practical Aspects of Criminal and Forensic Investigations)
Rated 0 out of 5
0 Reviews2nd Edition
by David R. Redsicker (Author), John J. O'Connor (Author)
Did you know. . .
. . . that arson has been described as the fastest-growing crime in America?
. . . that arson is the most expensive crime committed?
. . . that over 8 billion dollars was estimated lost due to fires in 1994?
. . . that an estimated 86,000 structure fires of incendiary or suspicious origin were reported in 1994?
David Redsicker provides these statistics and much more, including practical methods, information, and advice for investigating these types of crimes, in Practical Fire and Arson Investigation, Second Edition.
Extensively rewritten second edition of this practical manual - More than 40% new material!
Practical Fire and Arson Investigation, Second Edition is a significantly revised, updated, and expanded new edition of this best-selling book in the Practical Aspects of Criminal and Forensic Investigations series, edited by Vernon Geberth. As in the first edition, specific details on the basic principles are presented, and advanced applied techniques for conducting a thorough fire and arson investigation are detailed.
New topics covered in the Second Edition include:
- Extensively rewritten chapters on determining origin and cause, eliminating accidental fire causes, investigating fatal fires and vehicular fires, and documenting the fire/crime scene
- Fire scene photography using "painting with light"
- Importance of evidence preservation and analysis in civil litigation of liability and product defects
Categories: LOOKOUTS/PREVENTION/DETECTION
Forest Fires: Detection, Suppression and Prevention (Natural Disaster Research, Prediction and Mitigation)
Rated 0 out of 5
0 ReviewsUK ed. Edition
by Eduards Gomez (Author, Editor), Kristina Alvarez (Editor)
A forest fire is any uncontrolled, non-structure fire that occurs in the wilderness. Wildlife behavior is often complex and variably dependent on factors such as fuel type, moisture content in the fuel, humidity, wind speed, topology, geographic location and ambient temperature. Weather patterns, such as heat waves droughts can also have a dramatic impact on the onset and outcome of wildfires. Fire is sometimes essential for forest regeneration, however, it often destroys forests and has dire social and economic consequences. This book looks at the underlying causes of forest fires, their ecological effects and preventive strategies.
Categories: LOOKOUTS/PREVENTION/DETECTION
Forest fire prevention and control in the United States, Unknown Binding
Rated 0 out of 5
0 ReviewsJanuary 1, 1938
by A. D Folweiler(Author)
Categories: LOOKOUTS/PREVENTION/DETECTION
Fire Detection (Environmental Science, Engineering and Technology)
Rated 0 out of 5
0 ReviewsUK ed. Edition
by Roger P. Bennett (Author, Editor)
Forest fires are a serious problem affecting many terrestrial ecosystems and causing substantial economic damage. Due to the increase of frequency and severity of large forest fire and wildland-urban interface fires, the World Health Organization has identified this problem as a threat to public health security in the 21st century. This book gathers and presents current research from across the globe in the study of fire detection techniques and applications. Some topics discussed, herein, include: early detection of forest fires from space using the RTM method; using the Lidar technique (light detection and ranging) for evaluation and fire surveillance; remotely sensed fire maps and historic fire regime reconstructions; aerosol and trace gas retrievals from remote sensing fire products; as well as using wireless thermal sensors to detect the positions of the fire front.
Categories: LOOKOUTS/PREVENTION/DETECTION
Lookouts: Firewatchers of the Cascades and Olympics
Rated 0 out of 5
0 ReviewsPaperback – September 30, 1996
by Ira Spring (Author), Byron Fish (Author)
* History of 75 fire-protection lookouts * More than 200 photos from archival and personal collections * Selected access information Once the most advanced means of fire detection, the fire-protection lookout towers built and manned in the mid- to late-1900s in Washington state are now historic sites and an intrinsic part of the heritage of the Northwest and its people. Lookouts: Firewatchers of the Cascades and Olympics is a complete history of the lookouts and a tribute to the people who often endured challenging conditionsñfrom loneliness to forbidding weatherñwhile serving as firewatchers. Authors Ira Spring and Byron Fish paint a vivid picture of each lookout tower in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Mount Rainier National Park, the Olympics, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Wenatchee National Forest, and Okanogan National Forest, and provide inspirational personal anecdotes from the people who manned and worked to preserve these buildings. This edition includes appendixes that provide driving and hiking directions to selected lookouts, information on volunteer organizations active in preserving lookouts, and a historical registry of western Washington lookouts.
There are no reviews yet.