Author: Clive M. CountrymanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Heat of combustion
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Heat: Heat conduction and wildland fire
Author: Clive M. CountrymanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Heat of combustion
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Heat-Its Role in Wildland Fire
Author: Clive M. CountrymanPublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 91
Book Description
Understand the intricate relationship between heat and wildfires with this informative book by Clive M. Countryman. Written in the 1970s, this work delves into the science behind wildfires, the role of heat in their propagation, and the broader environmental implications. It's a must-read for those interested in environmental science, chemistry, and the challenges of managing wildfires.
Wildland Fire Behaviour
Author: Mark A. FinneyPublisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 1486309100
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 675
Book Description
Wildland fires have an irreplaceable role in sustaining many of our forests, shrublands and grasslands. They can be used as controlled burns or occur as free-burning wildfires, and can sometimes be dangerous and destructive to fauna, human communities and natural resources. Through scientific understanding of their behaviour, we can develop the tools to reliably use and manage fires across landscapes in ways that are compatible with the constraints of modern society while benefiting the ecosystems. The science of wildland fire is incomplete, however. Even the simplest fire behaviours – how fast they spread, how long they burn and how large they get – arise from a dynamical system of physical processes interacting in unexplored ways with heterogeneous biological, ecological and meteorological factors across many scales of time and space. The physics of heat transfer, combustion and ignition, for example, operate in all fires at millimetre and millisecond scales but wildfires can become conflagrations that burn for months and exceed millions of hectares. Wildland Fire Behaviour: Dynamics, Principles and Processes examines what is known and unknown about wildfire behaviours. The authors introduce fire as a dynamical system along with traditional steady-state concepts. They then break down the system into its primary physical components, describe how they depend upon environmental factors, and explore system dynamics by constructing and exercising a nonlinear model. The limits of modelling and knowledge are discussed throughout but emphasised by review of large fire behaviours. Advancing knowledge of fire behaviours will require a multidisciplinary approach and rely on quality measurements from experimental research, as covered in the final chapters.
Fire Management Notes
Author: Wildland Fire Dynamics
Author: Kevin SpeerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108498558
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
An overview of recent advances in the quantitative modeling of wildland fire based on fluid dynamics, including a discussion of the mathematical and dynamical principles. Providing a state-of-the-art survey, it is a useful reference for scientists, researchers, and graduate students interested in fire behavior from a range of fields.
Advances in Heat Transfer
Author: James P. HartnettPublisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0120200104
Category : Energy transfer
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
Advances in Heat Transfer is designed to fill the information gap between the regularly scheduled journals and university level textbooks, allowing for in-depth review articles on a broader scope than is allowable in either journals or texts.
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1090
Book Description
Organizing for Fire and Rescue Services
Author: Arthur E. CotePublisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN: 9780877655770
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Apply the experience of dozens of leading authorities with the new Organizing for Fire and Rescue Services. This special fire service edition of NFPA's Fire Protection Handbook is comprised of 35 informative chapters that present the big picture in a single volume. All the topics fire service managers and fire and life safety educators need to know about are here including: Fire and fire science basics including fire data collection and databases, and use of incident data and statistics Information on fire and life safety education including how to reach high-risk groups, understanding media, and evaluation techniques Guidance on fire department administration and operations, pre-incident planning, EMS, training, apparatus and equipment, PPE, managing response to haz-mat incidents, rescue operations, fireground operations, and more! Order your copy today and put time-tested knowledge to work for you!
Fire behavior
Author: Firefighter's Handbook on Wildland Firefighting
Author: William C. TeiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
This text deals with the basics of wildland and forest firefighting. It has been totally revised and is now in full color.