NFB Collection
Forest Fire Suppression
195621 min 18 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Lawrence Cherry
Production: Tom Daly
Script: Lawrence Cherry
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada for the Canadian Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources.
Live action, animated sketches and maps are used to provide a detailed demonstration of how a forest fire is brought under control. The film describes the various factors--water supply, road transportation, type of timber stands, and direction of wind--which firefighters take into account in planning their attack and deploying equipment. It shows the actual fighting of a fire, and the mopping-up operations and close watch that must follow to safeguard against a renewed outbreak.
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Subject categories
- Forestry > Fire Control
Credits
- director
- Lawrence Cherry
- commentary
- Lawrence Cherry
- producer
- Tom Daly
- photography
- Geoffrey Taylor
- sound
- George Croll
- editing
- William Greaves
- animation
- Wolf Koenig
- narrator
- Fred Davis