This textbook provides students and academics with a conceptual understanding of fire science and its applications in fire suppression, fire effects, and air quality to support effective fire management. Through detailed case studies of historical fires, innovative spreadsheets programmed with key equations, and clear explanations of basic and advanced tools, the book provides undergraduate, graduate, and professional readers with a straight-forward learning path to understand fire science in an accessible manner. Written by four experts in fire science, the book draws from years of experience in successfully teaching key concepts and applications. The book begins by addressing the need for discussing fire science as a current topic of importance in human and environmental health, and explains the key fire behavior concepts that characterize the discipline. Then the book teaches the basics of fire science including chemical processes, physical processes, and the main factors that govern fire behavior. Particullar attention is given to models for surface fires and crown fires, and the applications of software to understand and predict fire behavior. The final chapters discuss current and future developments for understanding fire-atmosphere interactions, fuelbed burning, and the challenges and opportunities presented by fire management.  weiterlesen