"We have low snowpack, increased forest fire danger."

The McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index reached unprecedented levels, ranging from 120 to over 200.

The Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System: An Overview.

Forest Fire Danger Seen "It's not instant death," said John Jamison, who operates the Umphleet Mill in McBeth, northeast of the national forest.

The McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index (FFDI) was developed in the 1960s by CSIRO scientist A.G. McArthur to measure the degree of danger of fire in Australian forests.

Large flocks are being deployed in woods and fields from Florida to California to help reduce forest fire danger, cull thick brush without hazardous herbicides or smoke-belching mowers, and protect native ecology by devouring invading foreign weeds that have no natural enemy on American shores.

Of special note was the development of the Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System (CFFDRS) in the seventies and eighties as well as work with universities and the private sector to develop and commercialize Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) and other bio-pesticides.