I was so lucky to be able to attend the Fire Continuum Conference co-hosted by the Association for Fire Ecology and the International Association of Wildland Fire's joint meeting in Missoula this year (May 2018). It was incredible to be surrounded by and meeting some of the smartest fire scientists in the field. I learned a ton that I will be sharing with all of you as time permits, but for now here are some pictures and videos from a tour of the Missoula Fire Sciences Lab.
Mark Finney & others burning evenly distributed fuels on a 30 degree slope
Matt Jolly burning pine needles to study foliar moisture
Fire whirl demonstration and explanation
Mark Finney testing fire behavior in a wind tunnel
Bob Keane talking about a "new era" of fuel models