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Type: Fact Sheet / Brief / Bulletin
Author(s): Northwest Fire Science Consortium
Publication Date: 2019

Fuel, weather, and topography - components of fire behavior - influences how fires spread and ultimately what becomes the head, flank, or back of the fire.

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Citation: Northwest Fire Science Consortium. 2019. What are? Parts of a wildfire. 2 p.

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Alaska    California    Eastern    Great Basin    Hawaii    Northern Rockies    Northwest    Rocky Mountain    Southern    Southwest    National
Keywords:
  • fire spread
  • fire terminology
  • topography
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FRAMES Record Number: 58371