Weather Guide for the Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System
Weather Guide for the Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System

Author: B. D. Lawson

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 90

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This weather guide includes detailed specifications for locating and instrumenting fire weather stations, taking weather observations, and overwintering the Drought Code component of the FWI System. The sensitivity of the FWI System components to weather elements is represented quantitatively. The importance of weather that is not directly observable is discussed in the context of fuel moisture and fire behavior. Current developments in the observation and measurement of fire weather and the forecasting of fire danger are discussed, along with the implications for the reporting of fire weather of increasingly automated fire management information systems.

Tables for the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System
Tables for the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System

Author: Canadian Forestry Service

Publisher: Environment Canada, Canadian Forestry Service

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 74

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Fourth edition of tables for calculating the six standardcomponents of the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System. Thefirst three components are fuel moisture codes that follow dailychanges in the moisture contents of three classes of forestsfuel; the final three are fire behaviour indexes that representrate of spread, amount of available fuel, and fire intensity. The system provides a uniform method of rating fire danger acrossCanada.

Canadian Forest Fire Behavior Prediction (FBP) System
Canadian Forest Fire Behavior Prediction (FBP) System

Author: Kelvin G. Hirsch

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 136

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The Canadian Forest Fire Behaviour Prediction (FBP) System provides a systematic method of assessing fire behaviour. The FBP System has 14 primary inputs that can be divided into 5 general categories: fuels, weather, topography, foliar moisture content, and type and duration of prediction. In the FBP System these inputs are used to mathematically develop 4 primary and 11 secondary outputs. Primary outputs are generally based on a fire intensity equation, and secondary outputs are calculated using a simple elliptical fire growth model. This publication provides diagrams, examples, and exercises that explain the FBP System in a user-oriented manner. This guideline delineates the interpretation of the FBP System's inputs and outputs and details how the predictions are derived.