INFLUENCE OF THE METHOD OF WATER SUPPLY TO THE ZONE OF A FOREST FIRE ON THE EFFICIENCY OF ITS EXTINGUISHING

Results of experimental investigations on the effi ciency of suppression of the fl ame combustion and thermal decomposition of forest combustible materials in a forest fi re by the local throw-down of water masses to a zone of this fi re, the spraying of a fi ne-dispersed water over the combustion zone, and the formation of a water screen along its perimeter are presented. Features of each of these methods are analyzed. Advantages of the combined method of extinguishing a forest fi re, involving the space spraying of small water droplets intended to be distributed through the fi re hotbed over a given period of time, are demonstrated.
   
Author:  G. V. Kuznetsov, A. O. Zhdanova, P. A. Strizhak, and Yu. K. Atroshenko
Keywords:  forest combustible material, forest fi re, fi refi ghting, water aerosol, water mass
Page:  1460