1. Natural Disasters
By: Patrick L. Abbott

2. Chapter 13
Fires

3. Overview What is Fire? The Need for Fire The Stages of Fire
The Spread of Fire
Fire Weather
Home Style and Fire
The Similarities of Fire and Flood

4. What is Fire?
Heat
Photosynthesis
Potential Energy
Combustion

5. The Need for Fire
Fuel
Fuel Categories
Grasses
Shrubs
Trees
Slash

6. The Stages of Fire Pyrolysis Convection Radiation Conduction Diffusion
Oxidation

7. The Spread of Fire
Fuel
Wind
Topography
Fire Behavior

8. Fire Weather Winds of Fire Great Lakes Region California
Cold-front Winds
Foehn Winds
Local Winds
Great Lakes Region
Peshtigo, Wisconsin
Chicago, Illinois
California
Oakland and Berkeley Hills

9. Home Style and Fire Southern California Fire Suppression
Yellow Stone National Park
The Western United States, Summer 2000
Prescribed Fires
Los Alamos, New Mexico, May 2000
Australia

10. The Similarities of Fire and Flood
Common Characteristics
Common Atmospheric Conditions
Both Grow More Turbulent
Both Described by Size and Frequency
Both Aggravated by Human Activity