Author: James Kerr BrownPublisher:
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Category : Forest fires
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Surface Fuel Loadings and Predicted Fire Behavior for Vegetation Types in the Northern Rocky Mountains
Author: James Kerr BrownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest fires
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
The Photoload Sampling Technique
Author: Robert E. KeanePublisher:
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Category : Coarse woody debris
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Fire managers need better estimates of fuel loading so they can more accurately predict the potential fire behavior and effects of alternative fuel and ecosystem restoration treatments. This report presents a new fuel sampling method, called the photoload sampling technique, to quickly and accurately estimate loadings for six common surface fuel components (1 hr, 10 hr, 100 hr, and 1000 hr downed dead woody, shrub, and herbaceous fuels). This technique involves visually comparing fuel conditions in the field with photoload sequences to estimate fuel loadings. Photoload sequences are a series of downward-looking and close-up oblique photographs depicting a sequence of graduated fuel loadings of synthetic fuelbeds for each of the six fuel components. This report contains a set of photoload sequences that describe the range of fuel component loadings for common forest conditions in the northern Rocky Mountains of Montana, USA to estimate fuel loading in the field. A companion publication (RMRS-RP-61CD) details the methods used to create the photoload sequences and presents a comprehensive evaluation of the technique.
Standard Fire Behavior Fuel Models
Author: Joe H. ScottPublisher:
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Category : Fire management
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
This report describes a new set of standard fire behavior fuel models for use with Rothermels surface fire spread model and the relationship of the new set to the original set of 13 fire behavior fuel models. To assist with transition to using the new fuel models, a fuel model selection guide, fuel model crosswalk, and set of fuel model photos are provided.
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
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ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1252
Book Description
Research Note INT
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
FIRESUM--an Ecological Process Model for Fire Succession in Western Conifer Forests
Author: Robert E. KeanePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conifers
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
General Technical Report INT.
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
Large Outdoor Fire Dynamics
Author: Keisuke HimotoPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000811913
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
Large Outdoor Fire Dynamics provides the essential knowledge for the hazard evaluation of large outdoor fires, including wildland, WUI (wildland-urban interface), and urban fires. The spread of outdoor fires can be viewed as a successive occurrence of physical and chemical processes – solid fuel combustion, heat transfer to surrounding combustibles, and ignition of heated combustibles – which are explained herein. Engineering equations frequently used in practical hazard analyses are derived and then integrated to implement a computational code predicting fire spread among discretely distributed combustibles. This code facilitates learning the procedure of hazard evaluation for large outdoor fires. Chapters cover underlying assumptions for analyzing fire spread behavior in large outdoor fires, namely, wind conditions near the ground surface and fundamentals of heat transfer; the physical mechanism of fire spread in and between combustibles, specifically focusing on fire plumes (both reacting and non-reacting) and firebrand dispersal; and the spatial modeling of 3D objects and developing the computational framework for predicting fire spread. The book is ideal for engineers, researchers, and graduate students in fire safety as well as mechanical engineering, civil engineering, disaster management, safety engineering, and planning. Companion source codes are available online.
Tahoe National Forest (N.F.), Cottonwood Fire Vegetation Management Project
Author: Proceedings
Author: James K. BrownPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9780788132018
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
This symposium, held one decade after Missoula Montana's first major wilderness fire conference, examined past lessons & future opportunities. The 75 presentations & discussions were centered around three major themes: are goals & policies being met; understanding & managing constraints; & implementing programs & future opportunities. Broken down into four major sections: goals & policies; constraints & solutions; programs & future opportunities; & posters. Maps, charts & tables.