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This glossary provides the wildland fire and fire use communities a single source for wildland fire, prescribed fire, fire use and incident management terminology commonly used by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) and its Working Teams. The NWCG has directed that…
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Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Administration, Aquatic, Aviation, Climate, Communications, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Social Science, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: glossary, terminology
NFSPUFF3 is a Lagrangian puff air-quality model that computes dispersion trajectories and surface concentrations of smoke plumes from prescribed fires, in the domain 30 - 50 N.Latitude and 102 - 125 W.Longitude. This includes all of Washington, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Wyoming,…
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Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southwest
Keywords: air quality, Lagrangian Dispersion Models, NFSPUFF, MM5 - Mesoscale Model generation 5
The Web has become an important resource for meteorological information. Satellite imagery, forecast models, radar, and observations are available on numerous sites. A standard Web browser provides a basic forecasting capability to a meteorologist. FX-Net is a meteorological PC…
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Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Models, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, software, fire weather forecast, meteorology, satellite imagery, AWIPS - Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System, AIRMAP, FX-Net
The Fuel Characterization Classification System (FCCS) offers fire managers, air quality managers, researchers, and carbon modelers across the United States a comprehensive, nationally consistent, and durable system of fuelbed classification that captures the structural…
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Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Mapping, Models, Planning
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: FCCS - Fuel Characteristic Classification System, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, vegetation model
Florida Division of Forestry's Internet Smoke Screening Tool (SST). This internet-based Smoke Screening Tool uses the latest computer technology and forecasted weather data to view the potential impacts from a smoke plume. Anyone can use the tool, but it is primarily designed to…
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Year: 2004
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: smoke modeling, SST - Smoke Screening Tool, burn prescription
First Order Fire Effects Model (FOFEM) is a computer program that was developed to meet needs of resource managers, planners, and analysts in predicting and planning for fire effects. Quantitative predictions of fire effects are needed for planning prescribed fires that best…
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Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Planning
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: FOFEM - First Order Fire Effects Model, risk assessment
Fire Emission Production Simulator (FEPS) is a user-friendly computer program designed for scientists and resource managers with some working knowledge of Microsoft Windows applications. The software manages data concerning consumption, emissions and heat release characteristics…
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Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: consumption, FEPS - Fire Emissions Production Simulator, EPM - Emissions Production Model, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, heat release
The Fire Effects Tradeoff Model (FETM) is a disturbance effects model designed to simulate the tradeoffs between alternative land management practices over long periods of time (up to 300 years) and under diverse environmental conditions, natural fire regimes, and fuel and fire…
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Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Administration, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: FETM - Fire Effects Tradeoff Model, disturbance effects, long-term impacts, vegetation dynamics
Consume is a user-friendly computer program designed for resource managers with some working knowledge of Microsoft Windows applications. The software predicts the amount of fuel consumption and emissions from the burning of logged units, piled debris, and natural fuels based on…
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Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fuels, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: duff consumption, fuel moisture, piled fuels, prescribed burning, woody fuel consumption, Consume 2.1, CONSUME
CALPUFF is an advanced non-steady-state meteorological and air quality modeling system developed and distributed by Earth Tech, Inc. The model has been adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) in its Guideline on Air Quality Models as the preferred model…
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Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, pollutant, CALPUFF
PFIRS will serve as an interface between air quality managers, land management agencies, and individuals that conduct prescribed burning in California. The web site will facilitate communications by providing access to a database containing information on burn planning, burn…
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Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Logistics, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): California
Keywords: burn plans, PFIRS - Prescribed Fire Incident Reporting System
BlueSky is a modeling framework. BlueSky modularly links a variety of independent models of fire information, fuel loading, fire consumption, fire emissions, and smoke dispersion. At each modeling step, BlueSky has several different specific models from which to choose. BlueSky…
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Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fuels, Mapping, Models, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire information, fuel loading, consumption, smoke dispersion, CO2 emissions, PM2.5 emissions, vertical plume profiles, smoke trajectory, smoke concentration
Allows automated data entry into Incident Command System Form ICS-209, Incident Status Summary. Transmits summaries from reporting units to regional and national databases. Improves timely and complete reporting for use in strategic decision making. Generates automated ICS-209…
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Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Administration, Aviation, Communications, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: ICS - Incident Command System, SIT report, 209