Forest Fires

• Classification of Fires
  • Rate of Spread
  • Level
  • Fuel Consumption
  • Head Fire Instensity
  • Source
  • Weather Forcing
  • Growth and Propagation
• Pyrocumulus Development
• Smoke Spread within a Temperature Inversion
• Summary and Exercises

Source

When examining the development of surface fires from ignition to a steady state of spread (for example in experiments), the source of the fire is an important factor. Fires are frequently split in two types according to the source; point-source fires and line-source fires.

• Point-source fires are those in which ignition occurs in a single point.
• Line-source fires are those in which ignition occurs along a line.

Forestry Canada, 1992, p39 and p42, Kucuk at al, 2007, p264