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Butler and Cohen (1998): “Rothermel (1993) indicates that the escape fire burned around 90 m [~295 ft] ... Assuming an elliptical shape ... with its width approximately half the length ... the escape fire would have been about 45 m wide [~148 ft].” This equates to an area <strong>of</strong> about 0.8 acre.
Rothermel (1993) on Dodge’s s escape fire: “... The main fire was only 50 yds away when he stopped to light the escape fire. The main fire would cover 50 yds in 15 to 30 s if it were spreading from 360- 610 ft/min ...”
Page 1 and 2: An An</str
Page 3 and 4: Mann Gulch Fire Su
Page 5 and 6: Norman Maclean
Page 7 and 8: The story of the M
Page 9 and 10: Dodge’s s Escape
Page 11 and 12: General Approach to the Problem Pri
Page 13 and 14: The Fire Environme
Page 15 and 16: The “Power of th
Page 17: Starr Jenkins was a Missoula smokej
Page 21 and 22: Wag Dodge’s s Board of</s
Page 23 and 24: Forward Spread Distance based Dodge
Page 25 and 26: Length-to to-Breadth (L/B) Ratio vs
Page 27 and 28: Q2: How tall were the flames <stron
Page 29 and 30: Maclean (1992): Flames “would hav
Page 31 and 32: Other photos from NWCG website conv
Page 33: Cheney and Sullivan (2008) Empirica
Page 36 and 37: Simulation of the
Page 38 and 39: Maximum Heat Flux During Flame Fron
Page 40 and 41: Maximum Heat Flux During Flame Fron
Page 42 and 43: EPILOGUE: Did Dodge really get lift
Page 44: In Summary It’s s estimated that

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