If you have a house or buildings in a forested area, then make necessary changes to landscape and building materials. Thermal energy transfer has three forms: Conduction, Convection, and Radiation.
Conduction is when molecules transfer kinetic energy to each other through collisions. Convection occurs when hot air rises and allows cooler air to come in and be heater. This is the wind associated with forest fires. Radiation is when accelerated charged particles release electromagnetic radiation which can be felt as heat. All three forms are present in a forest fire and will each have an affect on personal property.
When a forest fire approaches, with fire in the canopy of the trees (a sign of a destructive file), the property owner should expect fire heated wind to carry burning material unto the property roof. Along with the wind will come excessive radiant heat able to raise the roof temperature of the property. If the roof is made from combustible material, the roof material will begin to release combustible volatile gases. Burning debris will float down from the engulfed tree canopy and land on the roof igniting the roof material.
To prevent this scenario from playing out, consider changing the roof material to a metal roof. It is unlikely a metal roof will ignite.
The siding of property is also at risk for igniting if it is made from a combustible material. Consider siding of rock, brick, plaster, or stucco. These materials are poor thermal conductors and are not flammable. Excessive heat will have marginal affect, and not result in volatile gases being released from the structure.
Windows will conduct heat from electromagnetic radiation . Prepare window shutters constructed from a non combustible material. Functional shutters look nice and provide great protection for window frames and great protection against radiant heat igniting window treatments within the house.
Landscaping plays a role too. If the property is ever surrounded in a forest fire, the landscape plantings will not survive if the fire is intense. Plan not to have any pine shrubbery near the house. The resins in any of the pinus species are highly flammable producing an intense fire once ignited.