NOVA Online has developed its own version of a fire-growth computer simulation. Its purpose is to show how conditions such as wind speed and direction can affect a fire's spread and to show how ...

Film industry software is helping researchers study how climate factors influence bushfire behaviour. After another hottest year on record, climate change is heightening the risk of severe bushfires ...

(Hayne Palmour IV / For The San Diego Union-Tribune) D’Agostino conducted a wildfire simulation Tuesday in front of a giant computer screen showing the footprint of a potential wildfire starting ...

From apps to robots, technology is playing a key role in the fight against the Los Angeles wildfires. A computer simulation ...

The simulator can be turned on and off with just ... As the team averages around four structure fires a month, local fire crewmember Josh Mackaway says working away from Brisbane means ...

Wildfire Simulator is a fire-growth computer model that has two purposes: First, to let users see how certain conditions, such as wind speed and direction, affect the spread of a wildland fire.