PMT - fire behaviour

Question 1

what are the three main types of wildfire burning?

Answer 1

● Crown fires
● Surface fires
● Ground fires burn at the dry peat or vegetation beneath the surface , and move slowly
through the dried underground. Due to them being underground, they can be difficult to put
out and can actually continue to burn throughout the year if the weather conditions allow it.

Question 2

what do crown fires burn?

Answer 2

Crown fires burn the entire tree from bottom to top , which is classed as the most
dangerous and destructive type of fire.

Question 3

what do surface fires burn?

Answer 3

Surface fires only burn the leaf litter, meaning they are easy to extinguish.

Question 4

what do ground fires burn?

Answer 4

the dry peat or vegetation beneath the surface

Question 5

what id classed as the most dangerous and destructive fire?

Answer 5

crown fires

Question 6

which fires are easy to extinguish because they ony burn leaf litter?

Answer 6

surface fires

Question 7

how do ground fires move?

Answer 7

move slowly
through the dried underground

Question 8

why are ground fires difficult to put out?

Answer 8

they are underground