F5: Forest Fire Flame Front Forecaster

IDA Networking, Volume VIII, Fall 1995

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David A. Bray

Institute for Defense Analyses; Harvard University; Emory University - Goizueta Business School; National Defense University; Forbes Ignite; University of Oxford

William Jeffrey

Institute for Defense Analyses

Date Written: September 1, 1995

Abstract

F5: Forest Fire Flame Front Forecaster is a user-friendly, three-dimensional computer simulation currently under development. F5 predicts the direction of the fire. Summer forest fires flare up throughout the western United States, costing hundreds of millions of dollars to fight and risking the lives of firefighters and the general population. Being able to predict where the flame front will go is critical for quickly and efficiently bringing the fire under control.

Keywords: forest fire, computer simulation, environmental science, flame front, forecaster, digital, topography, prediction tool, historical comparisons, remote sensing, physics

JEL Classification: H1, I18, H50, H56, H70, L30

Suggested Citation

Bray, David A. and Jeffrey, William, F5: Forest Fire Flame Front Forecaster (September 1, 1995). IDA Networking, Volume VIII, Fall 1995, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2280235

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