- Author
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University of North Carolina
- Title
- FLAME I: Fire Spread Simulation Model.
- Coporate
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Report
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NREC Technical Report 21
January 1964
164 p.
- Keywords
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fire spread
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simulation
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mathematical models
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computer programs
- Abstract
- The basic contribution of the FLAME I programming research and development effort is not a deeper understanding of the mysteries of fire spread, but rther, a more precise and systematic way of applying some comparatively simple techniques for estimating fire spread. FLAME I is a mathematical model of fire spread phenomena. The model consists of two elements: the computer program itself, a tool for the analysis, and the data (provided by the Forest Service in a 1957 report), the raw material on which the tool must operate. The program have the ability to accept improved data, for example, increased geographic detail in the form of smaller squares to approximate natural boundaries or to represent sections of urban areas with homogeneous fuel characteristics. Continued refinement of the model may be accomplished by introducing more exact data into the program.