OPERATION FLAMBEAU - CIVIL DEFENSE EXPERIMENT AND SUPPORT: EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF A MASS FIRE

Abstract

Seven men skilled in fire research were stationed around the periphery of Flambeau Fire 760-12 and recorded visual impressions of its magnitude. Also, instrumental data were taken both inside the fire zone and outside, so that visual magnitudes of the mass fire may be compared with its measured physical parameters. Visual magnitudes for this fire were: Flame heights up to 300 feet, horizontal flames 100 feet; thermal radiation uncomfortable at 75 feet; able bodied men might escape from center of fire; cap cloud at 3000 feet; streets filled with smoke; fire whirls lifted bushes 100 feet; downwind side of fire showed much more severe activity than the upwind; and firebrands were carried more than 200 feet out of the fire on the downwind side.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0698135

Entities

People

  • Clay P. Butler

Organizations

  • Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Boundaries
  • Cameras
  • Civil Defense
  • Clouds
  • Combustion
  • Condensation
  • Elevation
  • Fires
  • Heat Energy
  • Helicopters
  • High Altitude
  • Instrumentation
  • Materials
  • Thermal Radiation
  • Urban Areas

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Fire Suppression Systems Design.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.