| A. Midterm Exam (individual exam only) |
Covers all material during weeks 01 - 07:
• Tuesday met-concepts topics mc01-mc04, &
mc07-mc08. See Canvas Module F for up-to-date reading lists, learning goals, & lecture slides.
• Thursday fire-basics topics (fb01-fb32) except fb22. |
Writtin exam on paper. Bring pencils and eraser.
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Open books, notes, computer, calculator. No talking. No sharing of answers. No asking AI programs to provide the answer.
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Focus your studies on the Learning Goals. Also, learn from your mistakes in your labwork.
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The midterm exam is a bit more conceptual than the labs/homeworks. |
| B. The Camp Fire case in Paradise, California. |
Apply your knowledge of weather and fire basics to understand this fire case. |
• Watch 50-minute video documentary on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3OX1PR2SCM
• Answer the attached Lab / Homework questions based on the video content.
• [Not required. But if you would like to learn more about this case, see the "Camp Fire" capstone presentation and report created by students in 2023.]
Learning Goals. By the end of this class, you will be able to:
1) Relate your current knowledge on fire behavior to the situation associated with the "Camp Fire" in Paradise, California. This includes antecedent conditions, current weather such as hot-dry-windy, fuel and forest types, fuel moisture, ignition source, PSPS issues, rate of spread, terrain influences, WUI aspects.
2) Appreciate the human impacts of wildfire, and the consequences of delayed action/response.
3) Learn new terms: fire intelligence, red flag warning
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4) Anticipate the hazard of rapid, extensive ignition of spot fires caused by blizzards of burning embers carried by fast winds.
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