Direct Flame Contact

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Wildfire Knowledge Graph · Built Environment

Working definition

An exposure in which visible flames physically impinge on a target fuel or building component.

In plain language

An exposure in which visible flames physically impinge on a target fuel or building component.

Why it matters

Direct Flame Contact is useful because it separates one specific part of wildfire behaviour, exposure, operations or evidence from nearby concepts that can otherwise be mixed together.

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Tecnobosque explanation reviewed 12 September 2026. Source definitions are authoritative within their stated jurisdiction; the explanatory text above is an independent technical synthesis.