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Media
Type: Webinar
Presenter(s):
- Samuel L. ManzelloReax Engineering, Inc.
Distribution Contact(s):
- Tim KlineCalifornia Fire Science Consortium
Publisher(s):
- California Fire Science Consortium
Publication Date: December 5, 2013
Wind-driven firebrand showers are a major cause of structural ignition in Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fires. To address this problem, a new firebrand research area targeted on quantifying structure vulnerabilities to wind-driven firebrand showers has been developed. This type of firebrand research was never possible prior to the development of the NIST Firebrand Generator, also referred to as the NIST Dragon. Due the complexity of the WUI fire problem, great strides must be made to recruit the next generation of researchers to fire safety science from diverse backgrounds. This presentation closes with a discussion of ongoing workshop activities intended to achieve this, as well as some challenges for future WUI research.
Recording Length: 0:54:35
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Cataloging Information
Keywords:
- burn pattern
- fine fuels
- firebrands
- laboratory experiments
- laboratory fires
- NIST Dragon
- structure ignition
- wind tunnel
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FRAMES Record Number: 16554