Fire Tools and Databases
Fire Behavior and Effects
In managing wildfires,
managers must make decisions in the face of great uncertainty
and complexity. PNW researchers are working
on models and tools to assist managers in these decisions.
This includes developing better predictions of local fire weather,
more accurately predicting fire behavior and smoke dispersal,
and providing information and decision tools to fight
fires cost effectively and safely. Better predictions mean
more
cost-effective decisions about deployment of firefighting resources
and increased firefighter safety. Key tools are
 Fuel
Characteristic Classification System (software with database)
Fire
Emission Production Simulator (software with calculator)
Ventilation
Climate Information System (interactive Web site)
BlueSky
BlueSkyRAINS (interactive
Web site for assessing smoke impacts)
Smoke
and Fire Weather (interactive
Web site to access high-resolution prediction of fire weather,
fire danger, and dry lightning)
Fire
Forecast Models (static Web site)
Consume
3.0 (software)
Consumer
Guide: Tools to Manage Vegetation and Fuels
Natural
Fuels Photo Series
Improved Programs for Hazardous Fuels Reduction
One important way to reduce
fire risk to communities and fire damage to ecosystems is to reduce the
buildup
of brush,
small trees, and other fine fuels that
may feed high-intensity fire. Research on hazardous fuels reduction is
helping managers set priorities and balance the complex tradeoffs
between benefits
of an expanded fuel reduction program and the possible environmental,
ecological, and social consequences of mechanical treatments and
prescribed burning
treatments. Key tools are
Fuel Characteristic Classification System
Mapping
Regional Fuels and Vegetation with the Gradient Nearest Neighbor
Method and Software
Modifying
Forest Structure to Reduce Fire Hazard – NEPA
Analysis Book
My
Fuel Treatment Planner (PDF - 348 Kb)
Guide
to Fuel Treaments in Dry Forests of the Western United States:
Assessing Forest Structure and Fire Hazard
FUELSOLVE
Fire Emission Tradeoff Model
State
and Transition Landscape Models - VDDT and TELSA
The
Forest Inventory and Analysis Biomass Summarization System
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