- Author
- Tolhurst, K. G. | Howlett, K. A.
- Title
- House Ignition Likelihood Index: An Hazard Assessment Method for Land Managers in the Wildland-Urban Interface.
- Coporate
- Melbourne Univ., Creswick VIC, Australia
- Book or Conf
- Urban and Rural Communities living in Fire Prone Environments: Managing the Future of Global Problems. Wildland Fire Conference, 3rd International. Proceedings. October 3-6, 2003, Sydney, Australia, 1-11 p., 2003
- Keywords
- ignition | hazard assessment | wildland urban interface | home fires | bush fires | heating | wildland fires | plumes | damage | high temperature gases | radiant heating | classifications | risks
- Identifiers
- embers; direct flame contact, radiation and convective heating; House Ignition Liklihood Index; ignition processes; "design fire danger" situation; classification of ember attack index into classes of ignition risk; classification of the house ignition liklihood index into an ignition likelihood rating; distance between areas with bark hazards of different levels