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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 rugged terrain, and the suppression opportunities, or lack of opportunities, that result.

Expert Awareness for Advanced Firefighters & Fire Behaviour Analysts


It is essential that analysis of escalated fires on rugged terrain considers new research into the interactions of terrain and weather.
Among the factors to consider are:
  • Foehn winds
  • Low-level jets
  • Mountain wind waves
  • Thermal winds
  • Subsidence inversions
  • Thermal belts
  • Wind channelling
  • Fire channelling
This especially concerns computer systems, whose inner workings may not be obvious to the user.
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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.