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General learning outcome:

GENERAL FIRE CONCEPTS:

Specific learning outcome:

The ruggedness of the landscape affects fire behaviour.

Topic:

The ways that fires can evolve over flat terrain, and the suppression opportunities that result.

Operational Awareness for Advanced Firefighters & Fire Behaviour Analysts


On flat terrain, elliptical, wind-driven fires are the norm, and fire crews are skilled at methods of containing these fires. A pinching of the headfire from an anchor point near the point of origin is typical. Strategies and tactics can be successfully managed in the field.


Fire fighting on flat terrain. [McRae]
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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.