- Author
- Chandler, C. C.
- Title
- Study of Mass Fires and Conflagrations.
- Coporate
- Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experimental Station, Berkeley, CA
- Sponsor
- Office of Civil Defense, Washington, DC
- Report
- Research Note PSW N22, 1963, 10 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- mass fires | burning time | fire spread | fire protection
- Abstract
- What is the course of a conflagration? How fast will it spread and where and when will it stop? Can we describe in useful terms the mass fires that the fire services must combat after nuclear attack or natural disaster? These questions were posed by the Department of Defnese, Office of Civil Defense, and studied by a research team from the U.S. Forest Service and United Research Services, Inc.