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Fighting fire with fire: A new computer tool for predicting wildfire
| Author: |
Wagner, M.J. |
| Date: |
1996 |
| Periodical: |
National Fire and Rescue |
| Abstract: |
Even with years of experience in fighting wildfire, no one can predict with total confidence how a wildfire will burn. Unpredictable is the nature of the beast, leaving firefighters at a disadvantage as they mobilize crews and apparatus to corral and extinguish this destructive force. That may change with the development of a new computer model that will allow fire personnel to penetrate a fire's "mind," study its behavior and learn how it will burn. |
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