Fueling international collaboration - development of universal fuels framework and assessment guide

Event Details

Oct 26 2023, 11am - 12pm

2023-2024 Seminar Series

Sam Hillman, Fulbright Scholar

Fueling international collaboration - development of universal fuels framework and assessment guide.

In this seminar, I will highlight three key pieces of work culminating from my Fulbright post-doctoral research program. This work was designed to enable a globally collaborative approach to measuring fuel for fire behaviour models across the world. Overall, I will provide commentary on the importance of linking assessments of fuel structure with fuel conditions to gain a more complete understanding of fuels. I will discuss the benefits of adopting a universal set of attributes for describing the fuel complex, including the ability to share fuels and fire information globally, as a basis for developing a universal fire behaviour model and fire danger rating system. The interaction of climate change and fire presents a global challenge, therefore success in managing and learning to live with fire is also likely to found through global collaborations.

Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory

Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS)
Fire, Fuel, and Smoke Science (FFS) Program

Fueling international collaboration - development of universal fuels framework and assessment guide