- Author
- Manzello, S. L. | Park, S. H. | Cleary, T. G. | Shields, J. R.
- Title
- Developing Rapid Response Instrumentation Packages to Quantify Structure Ignition Mechanisms in Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fires.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Book or Conf
- Fire and Materials 2009. 11th International Conference. Conference Papers. Proceedings. Organised by Interscience Communications Limited. January 26-28, 2009, Interscience Communications Limited, London, England, San Francisco, CA, 215-224 p., 2009
- Keywords
- wildland urban interface | instruments | ignition | structures | heat flux | wind velocity | humidity | fire spread | wildland fires | time | temperature | wind direction | prescribed burnings
- Identifiers
- prescribed fire at Stafford Forge Wildlife Management Area in the State of New Jersey.; measured wind velocity and direction profiles versus time; measured ambient temperature and relative humidity profiles versus time; schematic of the field deployable rapid response instrumentation packages; Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
- Abstract
- Rapidly deployable instrumentation packages are being developed to be used during actual WUI fires to quantify structure ignition mechanisms. The packages are being designed to be placed near a given structure in the WUI and will provide video imaging of a structure at different vantage points as well as quantitative data on heat flux, wind speed, and relative humidity. Prior to attempting to use these instrumentation packages in real WUI fires, a series of proof-of-concept tests were conducted under prescribed fires. In these tests, a shed was used as a surrogate for a typical structure that would be found in the WUI. This presentation will focus on instrumentation package development and results from a recent deployment in a prescribed fire at Stafford Forge Wildlife Management Area in the State of New Jersey.