FIRE EFFECTS GUIDE - National Wildfire Coordinating Group

effects. The Bureau of Land Management Library at the Denver Federal
Center, for example, has the capability of making on-line searches of
several hundred data bases that include periodicals, books, reports, and
other publications. Some data bases provide abstracts along with full
citations. The user works with a Library staff person by defining the kind
of information desired, as well as specifying key words to be used in the
search. Bibliographies can be requested by subject area, author, report
number, or other category. The library can also provide copies of
articles, and loan books in their collection and through inter-library loan.
Any BLM employee can contact the Library at the BLM Service Center in
Denver for assistance. The phone number is 303/236-6646.
The Alaska Resources Library provides a full range of library services to
all Federal employees, particularly in the natural resources field. The
Library is located in the Federal Building in Anchorage, where it is
administered by the BLM. The phone number is 907/271-5025; FAX is
907/271-5965.
The Department of the Interior Natural Resources Library provides a full
range of library services to USDI employees in response to telephone
and written requests. They are located in the Main Interior Building,
Washington, D.C.; their phone number is 202/208-5815.
National Park Service employees can contact the NPS Service Center at
Harper's Ferry, Virginia or Denver for library assistance. The phone
number at Harper's Ferry is 304/535-6371; Denver is 303/969-2100.
U. S. Forest Service employees can obtain a full range of library
services through FS INFO, available to them on the Data General
System through the Information Center process. Both Forest Service
Research and National Forest System Employees can seek assistance
from the FS INFO center located in at the Forest and Range Experiment
Station in their geographic region.
G. Summary
Computer technology and applications are developing so quickly that
any list of software is incomplete as soon as it is published. Specialized
computer programs, called expert systems, may be available in the next
few years. Expert systems are being developed or planned that can
assist in the development of fire prescriptions to meet specific resource
objectives, and to achieve specific fire effects. Agency fire management