Civil Defense Test Design and Support of Operation Flambeau-Type Fires

Abstract : The report describes annual progress in a continuing program to review and appraise potential opportunities for mass-fire tests and other sources of field-test data relevant to the civil defense fire problem and to provide objective and technically sound advice in such matters as required by the Support Systems Division of OCD, Research. Progress for the year is summarized in the following subject-area categories: Review of reports on Flambeau-type fires; Investigation of new sources of data; Conduct Annual OCD fire Research Contractors Conference; Participation in the writing of a Handbook on Forest Thermal Effects. Plans for the coming year are also presented.