Anatomy of a Wildfire - The B&B Complex Fires

General Lecture Outline

I.  Introduction

  • Overview of B&B Complex Fire
  • Central Oregon fire history

II.  Analysis of fire behavior - the B&B Complex Fire

  • Pre-fire conditions
  • Ignition
  • Fire progression
  • Land ownerships

III.  Post-fire assessment – the B&B Complex Fire

  • Burned area emergency rehabilitation (BAER)
  • Burned area reflectance classification (BARC)
  • Burn intensity maps
  • Severity vs. intensity

IV.  Post-fire recovery and rehabilitation – the B&B Complex Fire

  • Types of activities
  • Wildfire research
  • B&B Complex Fire statistics

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Updated July 2010.

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