THE AUTHORS 



FRANK A. ALBINI is a Research Mechanical Engineer', assigned to the 

 Fire Fundamentals research work unit at the Northern Forest Fire 

 Laboratory in Missoula, Montana. He earned a Ph. D. from the 

 California Institute of Technology in 1962, where he also obtained 

 his undergraduate training (B. S. 1958, M.S. 1959). He joined the 

 Forest Service in October 1973 after 12 years of pure and applied 

 research and systems analysis both in private industry and at the 

 nonprofit Institute for Defense Analyses. 



JAMES K. BROWN received his bachelor's degree from the University 

 of Minnesota in 1960, his master's from Yale University in 1961, 

 and his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1968, all in for- 

 estry. From 1961 to 1965 he did research on field measurement of 

 fuel properties and fire-danger rating systems while with the Lake 

 States Forest Experiment Station. In 1965, he transferred to the 

 Northern Forest Fire Laboratory, Missoula, Montana, where he 

 is responsible for research on the physical properties, inventory, 

 and prediction of fuels. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENT 



The proficiency of David L. Bunnell and J. A. Kendall Snell in lo- 

 cating study areas and conducting fieldwork greatly contributed to the 

 success of this study. 



