An Analysis of Dodge's Escape Fire on the 1949 Mann Gulch Fire in ...
An Analysis of Dodge's Escape Fire on the 1949 Mann Gulch Fire in ...
An Analysis of Dodge's Escape Fire on the 1949 Mann Gulch Fire in ...
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Estimates <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Dodge’s s <str<strong>on</strong>g>Escape</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Fire</str<strong>on</strong>g>:<br />
120 ft l<strong>on</strong>g x 86 wide at maximum breadth = 0.2 acre<br />
Assum<strong>in</strong>g a flame fr<strong>on</strong>t residence time (flame<br />
depth/rate <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> fire spread) <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 5-155<br />
sec<strong>on</strong>ds, <strong>the</strong><br />
so<strong>on</strong>est any burned area would have begun to<br />
appear, would have been after <strong>the</strong> fire had advanced<br />
about 20 ft (i.e., after 5 sec<strong>on</strong>ds or so).
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