Draft:List of fire behaviors
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The following is a list of different types of wildfire behaviors. Many types of fire behaviors are known, but some still not fully understood.
Name | Description | Examples | Notable Occasions |
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Flammagenitus cloud | A dense cumuliform cloud associated with fire or a volcanic eruption.[1] Includes the pyrocumulus and the larger pyrocumulonimbus(Cumulonimbus Flammagenitus).[2] | ![]() |
Many |
Cumulonimbus flammagenitus/pyrocumulonimbus | A type of cumulonimbus cloud that forms above a heat source, typically a wildfire or volcano.[3] Pyrocumulonimbus clouds can produce lightning, hail, erratic winds, and even tornadoes. However, they are not typically associated with significant precipitation. Typically indicative of intense fire activity.[4] | ![]() ![]() |
Dixie Fire[5] |
Plume-dominated fire behavior | This occurs when the fire's behavior is mostly controlled by winds generated by the fire's own plume.[9] This could lead to erratic conditions such as a column collapse and rapid runs.[10] | ![]() |
Many |
Running | This occurs when the head of the fire rapidly advances, along with an increase in fire intensity and rate of spread.[9] May pose a danger to firefighters. | N/A | North Complex Fire[11] |
Torching | This occurs when the fire burns the foliage of trees from the bottom up.[9] Occurs in crown fires, and tends to reinforce or increase the rate of spread. May lead to spotting.[13] | ![]() |
Many |
Note to self: terms to add later
torching
creeping
fire whirl
fire tornado(DIFFERENT FROM FIRE WHIRL) e.g. Carr, Creek, loyalton, 2003 Canberra, Park?
counter rotating vortex pair(mention el dorado CRVP video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-0fdqkEfMY)
slopping(maybe?)
column collapse
holdover fires(mention both lightning strike fire holdovers(https://medforest.net/2023/06/21/lightning-ignited-wildfires-and-holdover-time/) and "zombie" fires(find source later should be ez)
- ^ "Pyrocumulus entry in the AMS Glossary". Archived from the original on 2022-12-19. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
- ^ "Flammagenitus Types". Retrieved 2024-08-14.
- ^ "Explanatory Remarks and Special Clouds". Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ "Understanding the critical elements of the pyrocumulonimbus storm sparked by high-intensity wildland fire". Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ "Pyrocumulonimbus clouds with lightning produced by the Dixie Fire in California". Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ "California's Creek Fire Creates Its Own Pyrocumulonimbus Cloud". Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ "Australia's Black Summer pyrocumulonimbus super outbreak reveals potential for increasingly extreme stratospheric smoke events". Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ "Carr Fire pyrocumulonimbus in California". Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ a b c "NWCG Glossary of Wildland Fire". Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ "Plume-Dominated Fire Safety". Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ "Timelapse Shows North Complex Fire's 'Historic Run' Toward Oroville in California's Butte County". Retrieved 2024-08-17.
- ^ "The Dixie Fire Has Destroyed Most Of A Historic Northern California Town". Retrieved 2024-08-18.
- ^ "Stages of Crown Fire". Retrieved 2024-08-16.