The experiment was conducted to demonstrate the behavior of fire propagation in wildlands using a matchsticks forest model. A model forest was designed on a flame resistant clay, on top of which matchsticks were inserted and kept vertical to the ground by keeping space between them constant with the help of aluminum grid. The data for distance travelled by fire with time were taken at wide range of slopes from downhill of −25˚ to uphill of 45˚ on a model forest of packing ratios 0.08 and 0.04.

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... he minimum rate of fire spread was observed around 15˚ downhill. The data collected from this experiment follow tan 2 θ and agree with the Rothermel's mathematical model of fire propagation except at elevation above 35˚ for low packing ratio.