Cold Climate Structural Fire Danger Rating System?
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A simple index for assessing fire danger rating
Fire danger rating systems are used to assess the potential for bushfire occurrence, fire spread and difficulty of fire suppression. Typically, fire danger rating systems combine meteorological information with estimates of the moisture content of the fuel to produce a fire danger index. Fire danger indices are used to declare fire bans and to schedule prescribed burns, among other applications...
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عنوان ژورنال: Challenges
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2078-1547
DOI: 10.3390/challe9010012