 FlamMap is a fire behavior mapping and analysis program that computes potential fire behavior characteristics (spread rate, flame length, fireline intensity, etc.) over an entire FARSITE landscape for constant weather and fuel moisture conditions.
- FlamMap software creates raster maps of potential fire behavior characteristics (spread rate, flame length, crown fire activity, etc.) and environmental conditions (dead fuel moistures, mid-flame wind speeds, & solar irradiance) over an entire FARSITE landscape. These raster maps can be viewed in FlamMap or exported for use in a GIS, image, or word processor.
- FlamMap is not a replacement for FARSITE or a complete fire growth simulation model. There is no temporal component in FlamMap. It uses spatial information on topography and fuels to calculate fire behavior characteristics at one instant.
- It uses the same spatial and tabular data as FARSITE;
- a Landscape (.LCP) File,
- Initial Fuel Moistures (.FMS) File,
- optional Custom Fuel Model (.FMD),
- optional Conversion (.CNV),
- optional Weather (.WTR), and
- optional Wind (.WND) Files.
- It incorporates the following fire behavior models;
- Rothermel's 1972 surface fire model,
- Van Wagner's 1977 crown fire initiation model,
- Rothermel's 1991 crown fire spread model, and
- Nelson's 2000 dead fuel moisture model.
- FlamMap runs under Microsoft Windows operating systems (Windows 95, 98, me, NT, 2000, and XP) and features a graphical user interface.
- Users may need the support of a geographic information system (GIS) analyst to use FlamMap because it requires spatial coincident landscape raster information to run.
FlamMap is widely used by the USDI National Park Service, USDA Forest Service, and other federal and state land management agencies in support of fire management activities. It is designed for use by users familiar with fuels, weather, topography, wildfire situations and the associated terminology. Because of its complexity, only users with the proper fire behavior training and experience should use FlamMap where the outputs are to be used for making fire and land management decisions.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 02 April 2008 )
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