Principle short-term findings of thenational Fire and Fire Surrogate Study (FFS).
... Chronology Although the national FFS study was carried out in large part within the period during which the project received funding from the Joint Fire Science Program (2000–2006), research activity associated with the project occurred between 1996 and 2010 (table 3). In this section, we summarize ...
... Chronology Although the national FFS study was carried out in large part within the period during which the project received funding from the Joint Fire Science Program (2000–2006), research activity associated with the project occurred between 1996 and 2010 (table 3). In this section, we summarize ...
Compartment Fire Temperature: Calculations and Measurements
... mathematical fire models. Moreover, for performanceǦbased design it is important to be able to predict and estimate the right temperature to which construction elements can be exposed. In addition, there are large differences in the fire exposure to structures. The differences lie both in where and ...
... mathematical fire models. Moreover, for performanceǦbased design it is important to be able to predict and estimate the right temperature to which construction elements can be exposed. In addition, there are large differences in the fire exposure to structures. The differences lie both in where and ...
Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Effects of Fire on Fauna
... severe fires, or both. Where fire exclusion has changed species composition and fuel arrays over large areas, subsequent fires without prior fuel modification are unlikely to restore presettlement vegetation and habitat. In many desert and semidesert habitats where fire historically burned infrequen ...
... severe fires, or both. Where fire exclusion has changed species composition and fuel arrays over large areas, subsequent fires without prior fuel modification are unlikely to restore presettlement vegetation and habitat. In many desert and semidesert habitats where fire historically burned infrequen ...
Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Effects of Fire on Fauna
... severe fires, or both. Where fire exclusion has changed species composition and fuel arrays over large areas, subsequent fires without prior fuel modification are unlikely to restore presettlement vegetation and habitat. In many desert and semidesert habitats where fire historically burned infrequen ...
... severe fires, or both. Where fire exclusion has changed species composition and fuel arrays over large areas, subsequent fires without prior fuel modification are unlikely to restore presettlement vegetation and habitat. In many desert and semidesert habitats where fire historically burned infrequen ...
Project no. FP6-018505 Project Acronym FIRE PARADOX Project
... propagation. Major WUI fires have been reported in several countries [4]. It is therefore important to understand the interaction between forest fires and building materials. An overview of this problem has been presented by Rehm [5]. It has become clear that due to the high intensities of the heat ...
... propagation. Major WUI fires have been reported in several countries [4]. It is therefore important to understand the interaction between forest fires and building materials. An overview of this problem has been presented by Rehm [5]. It has become clear that due to the high intensities of the heat ...
Facts for Steel Buildings #1: Fire Facts
... decay phase, and fire time duration are significantly affected by the fuel content, and are quite different from the standard time-temperature curve. As expected, higher fuel loads cause longer and hotter fires under uncontrolled conditions. The standard fire time-temperature curve between 1 to 4 ho ...
... decay phase, and fire time duration are significantly affected by the fuel content, and are quite different from the standard time-temperature curve. As expected, higher fuel loads cause longer and hotter fires under uncontrolled conditions. The standard fire time-temperature curve between 1 to 4 ho ...
Ecological Burning in Box-Ironbark
... 3. The response of the canopy will depend on the intensity of the fire. In most instances, fire in small remnants is unlikely to be of sufficient intensity to lead to canopy replacement. In any event, most Box-Ironbark species show continual recruitment in the absence of fire, and thus do not rely ...
... 3. The response of the canopy will depend on the intensity of the fire. In most instances, fire in small remnants is unlikely to be of sufficient intensity to lead to canopy replacement. In any event, most Box-Ironbark species show continual recruitment in the absence of fire, and thus do not rely ...
SPECIAL ISSUE: CHAPARRAL SPECIAL ISSUE: CHAPARRAL
... of succession whereby shrubs were merely a transitional stage toward the development of a mature forest, not a climax community unto itself. Unlike forests, chaparral is autosuccessional, meaning pioneer and climax communities are basically the same. After the system has been disturbed by natural pr ...
... of succession whereby shrubs were merely a transitional stage toward the development of a mature forest, not a climax community unto itself. Unlike forests, chaparral is autosuccessional, meaning pioneer and climax communities are basically the same. After the system has been disturbed by natural pr ...
Fire Management for Biodiversity
... literature on the interaction between fire and birds. They are complemented by stand-alone narratives authored by ecologists concerned that we are often failing in our management of fire. While there is certainty that current fire regimes are often damaging to the land and its wildlife, there is sti ...
... literature on the interaction between fire and birds. They are complemented by stand-alone narratives authored by ecologists concerned that we are often failing in our management of fire. While there is certainty that current fire regimes are often damaging to the land and its wildlife, there is sti ...
The effects of fire on fauna in the Australian Alps National Parks: A
... approach used to cover all areas of the AANP, may not necessarily represent what actually occurs on the ground in specific areas of the AANP. For example Pseudomys fumeus (Smokey Mouse) will not occur in all woodland areas with a heathy understorey. It is therefore recommended that information conta ...
... approach used to cover all areas of the AANP, may not necessarily represent what actually occurs on the ground in specific areas of the AANP. For example Pseudomys fumeus (Smokey Mouse) will not occur in all woodland areas with a heathy understorey. It is therefore recommended that information conta ...
Dormant Season Grazing May Decrease Wildfire Probability by Increasing Fuel Moisture and Reducing Fuel Amount and Continuity
... Abstract. Mega-fires and unprecedented expenditures on fire suppression over the past decade have resulted in a renewed focus on presuppression management. Dormant season grazing may be a treatment to reduce fuels in rangeland, but its effects have not been evaluated. In the present study, we evalua ...
... Abstract. Mega-fires and unprecedented expenditures on fire suppression over the past decade have resulted in a renewed focus on presuppression management. Dormant season grazing may be a treatment to reduce fuels in rangeland, but its effects have not been evaluated. In the present study, we evalua ...
WATERSHED - California Chaparral Institute
... response. Species and their habitats are adversely affected by the human induced changes to the natural processes and characteristics of fire and therefore may require further human involvement to restore the natural system. The Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP) plan also requires managem ...
... response. Species and their habitats are adversely affected by the human induced changes to the natural processes and characteristics of fire and therefore may require further human involvement to restore the natural system. The Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP) plan also requires managem ...
Fire as an Ecological Process
... species, would persist as we know them today. Fire’s dynamic nature and great complexity are amplified by the state’s diverse topography, climate, and vegetation. For millennia, California ecosystems have developed in tandem with fire. Long-term alterations of fire patterns have occurred with climat ...
... species, would persist as we know them today. Fire’s dynamic nature and great complexity are amplified by the state’s diverse topography, climate, and vegetation. For millennia, California ecosystems have developed in tandem with fire. Long-term alterations of fire patterns have occurred with climat ...
Discussion on Fire Characteristics of Dwellings with a Small
... This is because there is a heavy loss in heat radiation. As we know, so long as the temperature of a body is higher than absolute zero, a body not only absorbs the radiative heat around it, but also radiates heat out. So the bodies, such as curtains or wood frames, do the same. When they absorb the ...
... This is because there is a heavy loss in heat radiation. As we know, so long as the temperature of a body is higher than absolute zero, a body not only absorbs the radiative heat around it, but also radiates heat out. So the bodies, such as curtains or wood frames, do the same. When they absorb the ...
Long-term effects of fire frequency and season on herbaceous
... treatments, as well as a control (fire exclusion) treatment. The 2- and 3-year fire frequency treatments are fully crossed with the fire season treatments, whereas the 1-year treatment is burnt only in August. Thus, there are a total of 12 fire frequency/season treatments applied at the plot (;7 ha ...
... treatments, as well as a control (fire exclusion) treatment. The 2- and 3-year fire frequency treatments are fully crossed with the fire season treatments, whereas the 1-year treatment is burnt only in August. Thus, there are a total of 12 fire frequency/season treatments applied at the plot (;7 ha ...
synergistic effects of fire and herbivory
... (Moncrieff, Kruger & Midgley 2008; Holdo et al. 2009; Staver et al. 2009; Shannon et al. 2011). However, the attribution of these browsing effects to elephants specifically remains challenging, given that ‘most studies have little success in separating elephant impacts from those caused by other her ...
... (Moncrieff, Kruger & Midgley 2008; Holdo et al. 2009; Staver et al. 2009; Shannon et al. 2011). However, the attribution of these browsing effects to elephants specifically remains challenging, given that ‘most studies have little success in separating elephant impacts from those caused by other her ...
First-order fire effects on animals: review and recommendations
... and even sounds of fire are some of the means of detection of fire by animals. For example, reed frogs (Hyperolius nitidulus) were observed to move away from a fire in western Africa. Based on this observation, aestivating juvenile frogs responded to playbacks of fire sounds in the field by moving t ...
... and even sounds of fire are some of the means of detection of fire by animals. For example, reed frogs (Hyperolius nitidulus) were observed to move away from a fire in western Africa. Based on this observation, aestivating juvenile frogs responded to playbacks of fire sounds in the field by moving t ...
Foundations of Fire Fighting Tactics and Strategies
... area serves as fire block to stop movement of hot fire gases between floors • Balloon frame method of construction: obsolete construction method where wood studs run from foundation to roof and floors are nailed to studs ...
... area serves as fire block to stop movement of hot fire gases between floors • Balloon frame method of construction: obsolete construction method where wood studs run from foundation to roof and floors are nailed to studs ...
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... area serves as fire block to stop movement of hot fire gases between floors • Balloon frame method of construction: obsolete construction method where wood studs run from foundation to roof and floors are nailed to studs ...
... area serves as fire block to stop movement of hot fire gases between floors • Balloon frame method of construction: obsolete construction method where wood studs run from foundation to roof and floors are nailed to studs ...
Wildlife Management - Midlands State University
... fire impacts on grass tillers is primarily related to the susceptibility of growing points to fire as well as the cycling of plant energy reserves. The location of these growing points is critical since aboveground herbaceous material rarely survives fire. Exactly where these growing points are, and ...
... fire impacts on grass tillers is primarily related to the susceptibility of growing points to fire as well as the cycling of plant energy reserves. The location of these growing points is critical since aboveground herbaceous material rarely survives fire. Exactly where these growing points are, and ...
The Extinction of Fire with Plain Water: A Review
... as nitrogen, carbon dioxide or water vapour needed to extinguish premixed flames is sufficient to reduce the adiabatic flame temperature to about that of the lower flammability limit. Indeed this limit may be regarded to arise from diluting the flame with air (oxygen and nitrogen) above that which i ...
... as nitrogen, carbon dioxide or water vapour needed to extinguish premixed flames is sufficient to reduce the adiabatic flame temperature to about that of the lower flammability limit. Indeed this limit may be regarded to arise from diluting the flame with air (oxygen and nitrogen) above that which i ...
biological indicators of appropriate fire regimes in southwest
... damage by wildfire. Fuel accumulation models have been developed for the major vegetation types and the threat posed by wildfire to specific land units is systematically evaluated by a Wildfire Threat Analysis (Muller 1993). The quantity of fuel available for combustion in the flaming zone largely d ...
... damage by wildfire. Fuel accumulation models have been developed for the major vegetation types and the threat posed by wildfire to specific land units is systematically evaluated by a Wildfire Threat Analysis (Muller 1993). The quantity of fuel available for combustion in the flaming zone largely d ...
Implementation of data mining techniques for Temperature
... major significance in forestry. Forest fires create constant threats to ecological systems, social system and wild lives [1][3]. Hotspots (active fires) indicate spatial distribution of fires. A study on determining influence factors for fire occurrence is essential so that fire events can be predic ...
... major significance in forestry. Forest fires create constant threats to ecological systems, social system and wild lives [1][3]. Hotspots (active fires) indicate spatial distribution of fires. A study on determining influence factors for fire occurrence is essential so that fire events can be predic ...
The Development and Validation of a CFD-based
... different. The flux just outside the plume region tended to be underpredicted with that Fig. 4 - Effect of RTE solution/absorption around the stagnation point and at more coefficient model on predicted flux distribution remote locations being much nearer the experimental value. In order to investiga ...
... different. The flux just outside the plume region tended to be underpredicted with that Fig. 4 - Effect of RTE solution/absorption around the stagnation point and at more coefficient model on predicted flux distribution remote locations being much nearer the experimental value. In order to investiga ...
Firestorm
A firestorm is a conflagration which attains such intensity that it creates and sustains its own wind system. It is most commonly a natural phenomenon, created during some of the largest bushfires and wildfires. Although the word has been used to describe certain large fires, the phenomenon's determining characteristic is a fire with its own storm-force winds from every point of the compass. The Black Saturday bushfires and the Great Peshtigo Fire are possible examples of forest fires with some portion of combustion due to a firestorm. Firestorms can also occur in cities, usually as a deliberate effect of targeted explosives such as occurred as a result of the aerial firebombings of Hamburg, Dresden, and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.