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General learning outcome:

FIRE MANAGEMENT:

Specific learning outcome:

A range of nocturnal processes must be considered: subsidence inversions, jets, thermal belt, Foehn winds.

Topic:

Detecting a subsidence inversion using an on-site AWS, hand-held weather meters, internet data sources and pressure charts.

General Awareness for All Fireground Personnel


Occasionally, in rugged or high country, relative humidity may plummet overnight, creating rapid and unexpected increases in fire intensity. You should always be alert for this.
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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.