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General learning outcome:

GENERAL FIRE CONCEPTS:

Specific learning outcome:

The interaction of wind & terrain is a fundamental concept for understanding fire behaviour.

Topic:

Techniques for assessing the probabilities of a fire's persistence, escalation or decay during a work shift.

General Awareness for All Fireground Personnel


Over any shift, a fire may decay (or go out), it may persist at its current scale or it may escalate into a large scale. It is possible to estimate the probabilities of these transitions.


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This website is dedicated to bringing forward the latest research findings. They are provided to allow firefighters to be made aware of critical safety issues ahead of the material being included in the national training curriculum.
Material prepared by Rick McRae for AFAC Research Dissemination Pilot Study, March 2012.