Project
Survival zones for wildland firefighters
Year
2009
status
Completed
Researcher
Greg Baxter (Lead)
Other Collaborator(s):
University of Alberta
Advisory Member(s):
Abstract
This project intends to identify the size of an area in which a firefighter can hunker down to survive a wildfire situation. Little research exists that provides firefighters this information to use when involved in a life-threatening situation. Firefighters must understand that they will be in a very uncomfortable situation, but should survive if they need to use a survival zone.