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Encyclopedia of Wildfires and Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fires

  • Living reference work
  • © 2020

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Editors:
  1. Samuel L. Manzello

    1. United States Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, USA

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  • Wide range of knowledge, with individual author contributions delineated into chapters

  • Chapter titles, with contributions listed in an intuitive A-Z format within each chapter, include general topics of interest to both wildfires and WUI fires, such as Physical Transport Processes in the Wildland/WUI Fire Environment

  • Chapters with topics specific to WUI fires such as Exposure Threats to Structures in the WUI

  • Chapters with topics specific to wildland fires such as Wildland Fire Behavior

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Table of contents (171 entries)

  1. Coordination System Locations

    • Thomas Zimmerman

  2. Cost of Suppression

    • Veronique Florec, Matthew P. Thompson, Francisco Rodríguez y Silva

  3. Costs of Mechanical Fuel Reduction Treatments

    • Dana Mitchell, Mathew Smidt

  4. Costs of WUI Codes and Standards for New Construction

    • Stephen Quarles, Kelly Pohl

  5. Coupled Fire-Atmosphere Interactions

    • Mary Ann Jenkins

  6. Creeping Fire

    • Faith Ann Heinsch

  7. Crown Fire

    • Gavriil Xanthopoulos, Miltiadis Athanasiou

  8. Crown Scorch Height

    • Martin E. Alexander, Miguel G. Cruz, Stephen W. Taylor

  9. Decks, Porches, and Patios

    • Justin Leonard

  10. Defensive Actions and People Preparedness

    • Tara McGee, Christine Eriksen

  11. Diameter at Breast Height

    • Roger D. Ottmar

  12. Direct Flame Contact

    • Elsa Pastor

  13. Dry Thunderstorms

    • Nicholas J. Nauslar, Benjamin J. Hatchett

  14. Economics of WUI/Wildfire Prevention and Education

    • David T. Butry, Jeffrey P. Prestemon

  15. Emergency Notification: Warnings and Alerts

    • Erica Kuligowski, Paula Dootson

  16. Emissions Measurements

    • Eric Guillaume

  17. Entrapment

    • Wesley G. Page, Patrick H. Freeborn

  18. Eruptive Fires

    • D. X. Viegas, J. Raposo

  19. Escape Routes

    • B. W. Butler

  20. Estimating Suppression Expenditures

    • Michael Hand
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About this book

This reference work encompasses the current, accepted state of the art in the science of wildfires and wildfires that spread to communities, known as wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires. 171 author contributions include accepted knowledge on these topics from throughout the world, all written by the leading researchers, experts, practitioners, and academics. 

This encyclopedia is an invaluable reference for newcomers to the field, as well as researchers, students, developers, and professionals who are interested in exploring this dynamic area.

General Sections include:

Combustion

Coordination System Locations

Fire Whirls

Firebrands and Embers

Incident Management Team (IMT) Support Locations

Incident Response Support Locations

On-the-Incident Locations

Soot and Effects on Wildland/WUI Fire Behavior

Weathering Effects on Fire Retardant Wood Treatments

Wildland Firefighting Locations

Wildland Fuel Treatments


 



Editors and Affiliations

  • United States Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, USA

    Samuel L. Manzello

About the editor

​Dr. Samuel L. Manzello joined the Fire Research Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which is part of the United States Department of Commerce, in January 2001. During his tenure at NIST, Dr. Manzello’s research interests have been intentionally broad, and may be best described as bringing fundamental combustion knowledge to practical problems. His research in droplet-surface interaction was featured in the journal Nature. In addition to microgravity combustion, and droplet-surface interaction, he has led investigations on soot formation in a well-stirred reactor/plug flow reactor, the physics of fire-structure interaction, and most recently Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fires. The renown NIST Firebrand Generator or “Dragon” has enabled the investigation of vulnerabilities of structures to wind-driven firebrand showers for the first time.

Dr. Manzello has received many awards including a NASA Graduate Student Researcher Fellowship (NASA-GSRP), a National Research Council (NRC) Post-Doctoral Fellowship, a fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), a NIST Individual Bronze Medal, NIST Engineering Laboratory (EL) Awards for best paper and Outstanding Communicator, the 2015 Harry C. Biggelstone Award, the 2016 Tibor Z. Harmathy Award from Springer Nature, and the 2016 Best Journal Paper Award from the Combustion Society of Japan. He delivered invited plenary lectures at the 11th International Association for Fire Safety Science Symposium in 2014, recognized as the most prestigious conference for fire safety science research in the world, the 9th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology Symposium in 2012, and the 2010 10th International Conference on Combustion and Energy Utilization. He has served as an invited Guest Editor for Fire Technology and Fire Safety Journal, is currently Associate Editor of Fire Technology, on the Editorial Advisory Board of the journal Fire and Materials.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Encyclopedia of Wildfires and Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fires

  • Editors: Samuel L. Manzello

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51727-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Springer Reference Engineering, Reference Module Computer Science and Engineering

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-51727-8Due: 15 May 2018

  • Topics: Fire Science, Hazard Control, Building Safety, Forestry Management, Urban Ecology

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