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On Correlating Mixed Forest Fuel Bed Fire Spread Data

September 13, 2019
Author(s)
Jiann C. Yang
Mixing rules are proposed and used to correlate well-mixed forest fuel bed fire spread data from the literature using the dimensionless correlations previously developed for single-species forest fuel bed fire spread with the help of dimensional analysis

Large Outdoor Fires and the Built Environment (LOF&BE): Summary of Workshop at Interflam 2019

August 29, 2019
Author(s)
Samuel L. Manzello, Sara McAllister, Sayaka Suzuki, Raphaele Blanchi, Elsa Pastor, Ronchi Enrico
A workshop of the permanent working group, sponsored by the International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS), entitled Large Outdoor Fires and the Built Environment(LOF&BE) was held from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm on Sunday June 30, 2019. The workshop was

A Modelling Framework for Householder Decision-Making for Wildfire Emergencies

August 14, 2019
Author(s)
Ruggiero Lovreglio, Erica D. Kuligowski, Steve Gwynne, Ken Strahan
The occurrence of wildfire threats has dramatically increased in the last few decades creating serious challenges for hundreds of thousands of communities around the world. Understanding the physical and social dynamics characterizing wildfires is

Pre-Fire and Post-Fire Data Studies in the WUI

June 19, 2019
Author(s)
Eric D. Link
Pre-Fire and Post-Fire Data Studies in the WUI are a systematic effort to document and understand the fire and ember exposure, and consequential damage, from a wildland fire which burned into a developed area. The purpose of such studies is to provide a

On the Importance of Firebrand Processes in Large Outdoor Fires

May 15, 2019
Author(s)
Samuel L. Manzello
Firebrands are produced from combustion of both vegetative and structural fuels in large outdoor fires. It is well known that firebrand generation, transport, and ignition mechanisms result in rapid and potentially devastating fire spread processes in
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