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A REPORT ON FOREST FIRE FIELDWORK (NEW FOREST, MARCH 1968)

Woolliscroft, M.J., 1969. A REPORT ON FOREST FIRE FIELDWORK (NEW FOREST, MARCH 1968). Fire Research Notes 744


ABSTRACT

This report describes some field measurements on fires in heathland fuels. Flame radiation appears to be the factor controlling head fires in the field. Fires in mixed fuels containing dry grass spread as fast as they would if only grass were present.



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