Introduction to wildland fire behavior for nm forestry cde student workbook january 2010 the information has been reformatted from the national firefighting course s190 for the new. Rate of spread, heat per unit area, flame length, and fireline intensity are plotted on a fire behavior chart. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. The fire behavior triangles three legs are fuels, weather, and topography. Introduction to wildland fire behavior, s190, is identified training in the national. The arrangement of vegetation across a tract of land is. It is designed for students who want to learn more about fire. Like links in a chain, individual factors influencing fire behavior acquire strength when working together. As youll discover, topography, fuel, and weather are the main culprits to watch. This topic analyzes two types of fire behavior problem and extreme.
Heat energy released in all directions from a burning object. Start studying s190 intro to wildland fire behavior. Principles of wildland fire behavior describing fuels and their relation to the rate of spread ros as well as weather and topography impacts. In wildlandurban interface areas, wildfire isnt a matter of if, its a matter of when. Predicting the potential behavior and effects of wildland fire is an essential task in fire. This article is part of the wildland fire learning in depth series. A comprehensive set for use with rothermels surface fire spread model joe h. Wildfire coordination groups nwcg, wildland and prescribed fire. S190 introduction to wildland fire behavior, 2020 nwcg. National wildfire coordinating group s190, introduction to wildland fire behavior 2008 the content contained in this document comes from the nwcg s190, introduction to wildland fire behavior seminar and is public information. Both the horizontal and vertical arrangement of vegetation influ ences fire behavior. Alexander is an adjunct professor of wildland fire science and management.
Problem fire behavior is fire activity presenting a potential hazard to fire personnel if the tactics being used are not adjusted. Synthesis of knowledge of extreme fire behavior usda forest. Fire behavior is commonly defined as the manner in which fuel ignites, flame develops, and fire spread and exhibits other related phenomena as determined by the interaction of fuels, weather, and topography. Nwcg s190, introduction to wildland fire behavior nfpa. Rothermel this file was created by scanning the printed publication. It is reproduced here with the permission of the national wildfire coordinating group. Charts for interpreting wildland fire behavior characteristics. Pdf every year thousands of hectares of forest fires occur in mediterranean countries and there are major damages. National wildfire coordinating group s190, introduction. Understanding fire behavior in the wildland urban interface duration. Introduction to fire behavior fuel models duration. The transfer of heat by the movement of rising hot air or gasses radiation.
This course has been developed by an interagency development group with guidance from the national interagency fire center nifc, fire. Extreme fire behavior is the highest level of problem fire behavior and is characterized by. Wildland fire science literacy is the capacity for wildland fire professionals to understand and communicate three aspects of wildland fire. This synthesis will serve as a summary of existing extreme fire behavior knowledge for use by. Introduction to wildland fire behavior, s190, is identified training in the national wildfire coordination groups nwcg, wildland and prescribed fire curriculum. Wildland firefighter safety and fire behavior prediction on the fireline martin e. Pdf embracing complexity to advance the science of.
Wildland fire management research development and application group. Fire behavior field reference guide gaccnifc national. Fire in the wildlandurban interface southern research station. Characterizing a forest canopy for fire behavior modeling. This report describes a new set of standard fire behavior fuel models for use with rothermels. Errors identified by the software have been corrected. Page c a department of renewable resources and alberta school of. Fire behavior and the wildlandfire environment village of ruidoso.