Fire Growth Models and Software

Fire growth model can predict fire behavior,which can guide fire fighting activities and assesses fire management policies.This paper analyzed the main factors affecting fire simulation, and summaried the current growth models including empirical,semi-empirical and physical models.The widely used fire growth simulation softwares were outlined in the paper,which include Prometheus, Behave Plus,Farsite,etc.Finally,the paper discussed the limitations of fire growth models and their future development.