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PLUME-DOMINATED FIRE

Anatomy of a Fire Plume — Fire plumes rise thousands of feet , towering over the landscape , s ending firefighters in retreating while unpredictable tornadoes of flame slice through the forest.
Graphics and reporting by DERRIK QUENZER, "The Oregonian."

Fire plumes rise thousands of feet, towering over the landscape, sending firefighters in retreat while unpredictable tornadoes of flame slice through the forest and endanger lives and property.

POSTER Information (CLICK FOR HIGH RESOLUTION POSTER):
Eric Christiansen, Fire behavior analyst for U.S. Forest Service and BLM; Fundamentals of Wildland Firefighting; Fire Line: The Summer Battles of the West

This awesome training graphic includes detailed information about dangerous, plume-dominated fire plumes in wildland fire fighting:

• Atmosphere
• Weather
• Cycle
• Spiraling
• Flames
• Gases
• Monitoring
• Movement
• Where How Why Plumes Develop
• When Plumes Collapse

If you have other such educational photos to contribute to the Sycuan Fire Department on-line library, please contact the CONTACT WEBMASTER.

Educational fire poster contributed by Ray Ruiz, Sr.