Wildfire Simulator is a fire-growth computer model that has two ... position the cursor anywhere on the map, then click again. One of the most important techniques used in fighting wildland ...

All wildfires burning in Southern California were largely contained as of Thursday morning, even after a new fire ignited in ...

Its purpose is to show how conditions such as wind speed and direction can affect a fire's spread and to show how firefighters use firelines and backfires to control a wildland fire.