Fires in the natural environment I.
| Type of study | Follow-up Master |
|---|---|
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Code | 030-0124/01 |
| Abbreviation | PVPP-I |
| Course title | Fires in the natural environment I. |
| Credits | 4 |
| Coordinating department | Department of Fire Protection |
| Course coordinator | Ing. Jan Hora, Ph.D. |
Subject syllabus
Fundamentals and terminology (unification of the language of the field)
Fire regimes and their determining factors
Extreme fire as an operational concept (limits of control)
Physics and chemistry of vegetation burning I (thermochemistry and moisture)
Physics and chemistry of vegetation burning II (heat transfer, spotting, pyroconvection)
Fuels and their structure I (classification, continuity, ladder fuels)
Fuels and their structure II (organic soils, moisture, models and mapping)
Fire meteorology I (wind, topography, local circulation)
Fire meteorology II (stability, smoke, drought and indices)
Topography and landscape configuration
Fire behavior and its diagnostics in real time
Fire behavior forecasting as a decision-making discipline
Detection, monitoring and remote sensing (including data integration)
Fire regimes and their determining factors
Extreme fire as an operational concept (limits of control)
Physics and chemistry of vegetation burning I (thermochemistry and moisture)
Physics and chemistry of vegetation burning II (heat transfer, spotting, pyroconvection)
Fuels and their structure I (classification, continuity, ladder fuels)
Fuels and their structure II (organic soils, moisture, models and mapping)
Fire meteorology I (wind, topography, local circulation)
Fire meteorology II (stability, smoke, drought and indices)
Topography and landscape configuration
Fire behavior and its diagnostics in real time
Fire behavior forecasting as a decision-making discipline
Detection, monitoring and remote sensing (including data integration)
Literature
Finney, Mark A.; McAllister, Sara S.; Grumstrup, Torben P.; Forthofer, Jason M. Wildland Fire Behaviour: Dynamics, Principles and Processes. Clayton South, VIC: CSIRO Publishing, 2021. 376 p.
Advised literature
Scott, Andrew C.; Bowman, David M.J.S.; Bond, William J.; Pyne, Stephen J.; Alexander, Martin E. Fire on Earth: An Introduction. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2014. 413 p.
Pyne, Stephen J.; Andrews, Patricia L.; Laven, Richard D. Introduction to Wildland Fire. 2nd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1996. 769 p.
Johnson, Edward A.; Miyanishi, Kiyoko (eds.) Forest Fires: Behavior and Ecological Effects. San Diego: Academic Press, 2001. 594 p.
Bowman, David M.J.S. et al. Fire in the Earth system. Science, 2009, vol. 324, no. 5926, pp. 481–484.
Pyne, Stephen J.; Andrews, Patricia L.; Laven, Richard D. Introduction to Wildland Fire. 2nd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1996. 769 p.
Johnson, Edward A.; Miyanishi, Kiyoko (eds.) Forest Fires: Behavior and Ecological Effects. San Diego: Academic Press, 2001. 594 p.
Bowman, David M.J.S. et al. Fire in the Earth system. Science, 2009, vol. 324, no. 5926, pp. 481–484.