Dr. Cliff Mass on the Yarnell Hill Fire Tragedy
A fascinating, and disturbing, analysis of what went wrong in the Yarnell Hill Fire from Dr. Cliff Mass. His conclusion: The deadly shift in winds was predictable. You can read his entire account here.
Excellent article from Climate Central here.
Excellent article from Climate Central here.
Mike, thanks for this post. My comment on his post
ReplyDeleteCliff, Great analysis. The 2013 Wildfire Safety refresher had two modules where they talked about the weather www.nifc.gov/wfstar/
Tim, Excellent link
[TimVashon said... Here is the url to the National Interagency Fire Center website, and "the rules" -the "10 Standard Fire Orders and 18 Watch Out Situations" -if anyone is interested.
www.nifc.gov/safety/safety_10ord_18sit.html]
and also this one www.floridaforestservice.com/wildfire/safety_wf_tragedy.html
Both of these lists are printed in the Fireline Handbook.
The class room portion of the S-130/S-190 Wildfire Fire Fighter training are on-line.
(current "red card")