Overview
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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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
About the editor
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