Apply your knowledge of weather and fire basics to understand this fire case.

• Watch 50-minute video documentary on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3OX1PR2SCM

• Answer the attached Lab / Homework questions based on the video content.

• [Not required. But if you would like to learn more about this case, see the "Camp Fire" capstone presentation and report (not available some terms).]

Learning Goals. By the end of this class, you will be able to:
1) Relate your current knowledge on fire behavior to the situation associated with the "Camp Fire" in Paradise, California. This includes antecedent conditions, current weather such as hot-dry-windy, fuel and forest types, fuel moisture, ignition source, PSPS issues, rate of spread, terrain influences, WUI aspects.
2) Appreciate the human impacts of wildfire, and the consequences of delayed action/response.
3) Learn new terms: fire intelligence, red flag warning .
4) Anticipate the hazard of rapid, extensive ignition of spot fires caused by blizzards of burning embers carried by fast winds.