Fires have devastated regions of the world in terrible ways for hundreds of years. Man has attempted to conquer and overpower this force of nature, but never have we been totally successful. A method that is probably one of the most feasible today would be to model it and create a program that if was modeling a whole forest, would require the usage of a supercomputer.

Fires have proven to lead to very complex models for scientists, which may be one reason no real conclusion has been made in the field regarding how to effectively model the fire. Once a fire becomes of a certain size and the conditions are favorable to the fire, they turn into crown fires, which are the most intense form of fire. These fires are able to generate their own hurricane forced winds and weather due to the pressure changes occurring with the fire. This is the type of fire often associated with the words “forest fire.” It is only imaginable how complicated the model of a crown fire is. It is also, unfortunately the main type of fire attempting to be fought.

A fire is quite simply stated, rapid oxidation. Therefore, in the case of fire, for it to sustain, three things must be present; oxygen, heat, and fuel. By removing any one of the necessary components of a fire, the fire is destroyed. There are, therefore, many ways to fight a fire, some of which are more effective than others.

This project attempts to explore some of the different methods used to fight fires. By creating a program in which a user could input parameters concerning a particular forest, he would be able to see what improvements could be made before a fire is sparked. He would also see what tactics would be available to them and how to go about fighting the fire.