Recent crown thinning in a boreal black spruce forest does not reduce spread rate nor total fuel consumption: results from an experimental crown fire in Alberta, Canada - Thompson DK, Schroeder D, Wilkinson SL, Barber Q, Baxter G, Cameron H, Hsieh R, Marshall G, Moore B, Refai R, Rodell C, Schiks T, Verkaik GJ, Zerb J.

A 3.6 ha experimental fire was conducted in a black spruce peatland forest that had undergone thinning the year prior. After 50 m of spread in a natural stand at 35 –60 m min−1, the crown fire (43,000 kW m−1 intensity using Byram’s method) encounter...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news