Science news articles about 'fire behavior'

... variety of living and dead vegetation, a common denominator between fire behavior and owl habitat. However, treatments that reduced fire threat or retained old-forest structure often ...

... that the potential for a home to burn is relatively independent of distant wildland fire behavior. "Treatments implemented far from the wildland-urban interface should be conducted primarily where ...

... . Little research has been conducted on understanding WUI fire behavior and on the effectiveness of current risk mitigation ... the Oct. 21-22, 2007 “Witch Fire” north of San Diego, Calif. The Witch Fire ...

... WUI) fires -- and how best to prevent or fight them -- researchers have issued an in-depth case study on fire behavior and defensive actions taken in a community during a major WUI fire in California.