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Type: Book
Author(s): C. E. Van Wagner
Publication Date: 1975

This Report is a technical comparison of the American and Canadian systems of forest fire danger rating. It deals with the three fuel moisture indicators in each system, as well as the indexes of spread and energy release or buildup. The final comparison is between the American family of Burning Indexes and the Canadian Fire Weather Index. The American system has, relative to the Canadian, faster fuel drying, less variation of spread rate and intensity with fuel moisture, and less response to rain; it contains no slow—drying moisture indicator such as the Canadian Duff Moisture Code or Drought Code. The American system is judged best suited to grassy, open forests, and the Canadian system to forests with fairly full canopy and substantial duff layer.

Citation: Van Wagner, C. E. 1975. A comparison of the Canadian and American forest fire danger rating systems. Information Report PS-X-59. Chalk River, Ontario, Petawawa Forest Experiment Station.

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Topics:
Fire Ecology    Fire Behavior    Fuels    Models    Weather
Regions:
Alaska    California    Eastern    Great Basin    Hawaii    Northern Rockies    Northwest    Rocky Mountain    Southern    Southwest    International    National
Keywords:
  • Canada
  • droughts
  • duff
  • energy
  • fine fuels
  • fire danger rating
  • fire intensity
  • fire management
  • flame length
  • fuel management
  • fuel models
  • fuel moisture
  • fuel types
  • grasses
  • herbaceous vegetation
  • humidity
  • litter
  • moisture
  • overstory
  • pine forests
  • Pinus
  • precipitation
  • rate of spread
  • temperature
  • wind
  • woody plants
Tall Timbers Record Number: 13760Location Status: In-fileCall Number: CAN DOCS Information Report PS-X-59 DDWAbstract Status: Okay, Fair use, Reproduced by permission
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FRAMES Record Number: 39127

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