A STUDY OF MASS FIRES AND CONFLAGRATIONS

Abstract

A review of the literature pertaining to fire spread is presented. Reports of 1,621 large wildland fires and 254 urban conflagrations ranging from the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 to the Coal Pier Fire of 1961 were analyzed. More than 30 rural and city fire chiefs experienced in fighting conflagration fires were interviewed as well as mass-fire experts in Canada, Australia, and Japan.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0418075

Entities

People

  • Craig C. Chandler

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Defense
  • Combustion
  • Defense Planning
  • Explosions
  • Fire Fighting
  • Fires
  • Firing Rate
  • Forest Fires
  • Forests
  • Humidity
  • Materials
  • Mathematical Models
  • Natural Disasters
  • Nuclear Explosions
  • Precipitation
  • Thermal Radiation
  • Topography

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Fire Suppression Systems Design.