Field Guide to the Canadian Forest Fire Behaviour Prediction (FBP) System
Field Guide to the Canadian Forest Fire Behaviour Prediction (FBP) System

Author: Stephen William Taylor

Publisher: Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13:

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The Canadian Forest Fire Behavior Prediction (FBP) system is a systematic method for assessing wildland fire behaviour potential. Presented in tabular format, this guide provides a simplified version of the system and is designed to assist field staff in making approximations of FBP System outputs.

Field Guide to the Canadian Forest Fire Behavior Prediction (Fbp) System. 3rd Edition.
Field Guide to the Canadian Forest Fire Behavior Prediction (Fbp) System. 3rd Edition.

Author: S W Taylor

Publisher:

Published:

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780660274867

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The Canadian Forest Fire Behavior Prediction (FBP) System is a systematic method for assessing wildland fire behavior potential. This field guide provides a simplified version of the system, presented in tabular format. It was prepared to assist field staff in making first approximations of FBP System outputs when computer-based applications are not available. Quantitative estimates of head fire spread rate, fire intensity, type of fire, and spread distance, elliptical fire area, perimeter, and perimeter growth rate are provided for eighteen fuel types within five broad groupings (coniferous, deciduous, and mixedwood forests, logging slash, and grass), covering most of the major wildland fuel types found in Canada. The FBP System is intended to supplement, not replace, the experience and judgment of fire personnel.

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

ISBN-13:

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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.