Description: A rapidly developing and uniform head fire spreading in the wind direction was the objective of the ignition procedure. Pre-wetting the ignition line location with fuels directly prior to igniting the line with a drip torch was the method employed to attempt to acheive desired burn objectives. The designed firing protocol used a single strip lighting pattern with a center point ignition, continued in opposite directions along the pre-wetted area. Compensating for wind directional changes, ignition points were placed at a right angle to the wind not necessarily the center points of the plots.
Copyright Text: Funding for this project provided by the Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP 11-1-3-29): https://www.firescience.gov. Funding also provided by the USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station and Pacific Northwest Research Station. Funding also provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.