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Fire Behavior Associated with the 1994 South Canyon Fire on Storm King Mountain, Colorado
In the aftermath of the deaths of 14 firefighters during the South Canyon Fire in July 1994 fire scientists assessed what occurred and suggested guidelines that may help firefighters avert such a tragedy in the future. This report describes the fuel, weather, and topographical factors that caused the transition from a relatively slow-spreading, low-intensity surface fire to a high-intensity, fast-spreading fire burning through the entire fuel complex surface to crown. The analysis includes a detailed chronology of fire and firefigher movements, changes in the environmental factors affecting the fire behavior, and crew travel rates and fire spread rates. Eight discussion points apply directly to firefighter safety.
Fire Behavior Associated with the 1994 South Canyon Fire on Storm King Mountain, Colorado
In the aftermath of the deaths of 14 firefighters during the South Canyon Fire in July 1994 fire scientists assessed what occurred and suggested guidelines that may help firefighters avert such a tragedy in the future. This report describes the fuel, weather, and topographical factors that caused the transition from a relatively slow-spreading, low-intensity surface fire to a high-intensity, fast-spreading fire burning through the entire fuel complex surface to crown. The analysis includes a detailed chronology of fire and firefigher movements, changes in the environmental factors affecting the fire behavior, and crew travel rates and fire spread rates. Eight discussion points apply directly to firefighter safety.
Fire Behavior Associated with the 1994 South Canyon Fire on Storm King Mountain, Colorado
B. W. Butler (author) / R. A. Bartlette (author) / L. S. Bradshaw (author) / J. D. Cohen (author) / P. L. Andrews (author)
1998
92 pages
Report
No indication
English
Natural Resource Management , Forestry , Police, Fire, & Emergency Services , Fire management , Forest fires , Colorado , Fire fighting , Wildfires , Natural resources management , Training programs , Safety , Wilderness , Prescribed fire , Fire hazards , Fire prevention , Incidence management , Fire sources , Fire behavior , Wildland fire
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