Year Published:
Editor(s):
Robert E. Keane, William Matt Jolly, Russell A. Parsons, Karen L. Riley
Cataloging Information
Topic(s):
Fire Behavior
Fire Safety Zones
Fire Safety Zones
NRFSN number: 16918
FRAMES RCS number: 20875
Record updated:
Designation of safety zones is a primary duty of all wildland firefighters. Unfortunately, information regarding what constitutes an adequate safety zone is inadequately defined. Measurements of energy release from wildland fires have been used to develop an empirically based safety zone guideline. The basis for this work is described here.
Citation
Butler, Bret; Parsons, Russ; Mell, William. 2015. Recent findings relating to firefighter safety zones. Pages 30-34. In: Keane, Robert E.; Jolly, Matt; Parsons, Russell; Riley, Karin (editors). Proceedings of the large wildland fires conference; May 19-23, 2014; Missoula, MT. Proceedings RMRS-P-73. Fort Collins, CO: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.