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General learning outcome:

SPECIFIC FIRE BEHAVIOUR:

Specific learning outcome:

Extreme fires produce violent pyro-convection.

Topic:

Surface weather events associated with the passage of a pyro-convective plume.

General Awareness for All Fireground Personnel


Conditions under a pyro-convective plume are extremely life-threatening.
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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.