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PREFACE The problem of tire fires in our community is that they happen infrequently and when they do they are often devastating. Further, tire fire storage is often located remotely from the suppression resources needed to keep a tire fire from becoming a community-wide environmental disaster. The Integrated Waste Management Board entered into an agreement with the California State Fire Marshal's Office to prepare a program based upon the State's desire to make tire fires more manageable. Since our starting this project, there have been several large tire fires in Ohio, Arizona and West Virginia. California fire fighters have handled fires in Fresno, Madera, Rio Linda and American Canyon. The purpose of this project is to give information to the fire service about the nature of the problem, the environmental impact of an emergency and appropriate methods for fire prevention, pre-incident planning, fire suppression, and fire fighter safety. The development of this text has been a team effort. Every Division of the State Fire Marshal's Office has contributed to the development of information in this program. Representatives of fire service organizations have participated as both subject matter experts and assisted us in doing experimental burns. The University of California at Berkeley has contributed scientific research to validate the recommendations that this text provides. And, the scrap tire industry has supported this partnership by sharing information, ideas, as well as their time and resources. Fires in large scrap tire piles pose a significant threat to our communities and our environment. The primary outcome of this project is to assure that the fire service has received information to assist them in protecting our communities, as well as themselves, when a tire fire occurs. I hope that you as a reader of this material benefit from the experience, and that your community is made safer through this training opportunity. RONNY . OLEMAN State Fire Marshal