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An Analysis of Dodge's Escape Fire on the 1949 Mann Gulch Fire in ...

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Length-to<br />

to-Breadth (L/B) Ratio <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Escape</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Fire</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

Based <strong>on</strong> Canadian and Australian<br />

research, a 76% slope is deemed to be<br />

<strong>the</strong> equivalent to a w<strong>in</strong>d speed <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> ~44<br />

mph and a L/B ratio <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 8:1 <strong>in</strong> grass fuels.

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