Skip to main content

FRAMES logo
Resource Catalog

Document

Type: Unpublished Work
Author(s): Martin E. Alexander
Publication Date: 2009

Marty Alexander presents a speech for the MITACS/GEOIDE Conference on Forest Fire Modelling, June 22-23, 2009, in Hinton, AB. The main topics discussed in this powerpoint include extreme fire behavior, wildland-urban interface disasters, wildland fire behavior research, spot fire behavior, the Albini spot fire model, and the probability of fire ignition. Examples of extreme fire behavior from Canada, the United States, and Australia are included.

Online Links
Link to this document (4.8 MB; pdf)
Citation: Alexander, M. E. 2009. Some pragmatic thoughts on the prediction of spotting in wildland fires - powerpoint. Presentation at the MITACS/GEOIDE Conference on Forest Fire Modelling, June 22-23, 2009, Hinton, AB.

Cataloging Information

Topics:
Fire Behavior    Models
Regions:
Alaska    California    Eastern    Great Basin    Hawaii    Northern Rockies    Northwest    Rocky Mountain    Southern    Southwest    International    National
Partner Sites:
Applied Fire Behavior
Keywords:
  • Albini's maximum spot fire distance models
  • fire growth modeling
  • probability of ignition
  • PROMETHEUS wildland fire growth model
  • spot fires
Record Last Modified:
Record Maintained By: FRAMES Staff (https://www.frames.gov/contact)
FRAMES Record Number: 11151