ISO/NP TS 26520

Modelling Approaches for Large Outdoor Fires

Scope

Existing models for large outdoor fires will be reviewed that purport to be able to predict fire spread for wildland-urban interface fires, urban fires, including post-earthquake urban fires, and informal settlement fires. The resulting literature review will be used to develop a technical specification for large outdoor fires models that may be used in the event of future large outdoor fire disasters. A technical specification, at the international level is required to be able to assess and compare fire spread models across all these large outdoor fire types.