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Field Guide to the Canadian Forest Fire Behavior Prediction (FBP) System
S.W. Taylor   R.G. Pike   M.E. Alexander  


$24.95 Hardcover
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ISBN: 9780660170992    
64 Pages

Distributed for Canadian Forest Service



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About the Book

The Canadian Forest Fire Behaviour System is a systematic methodfor assessing wildland fore behaviour potential. The guide provides a simplified version of the system, presented in tabular format. It was prepared to assist staff in making first approximations of FBP system outputs when computer-based applications arenot available. Quantitative estimates of head fire spread rate, fire intensity, type of fire, and elliptical fire area, perimeter, and perimeter growth rate are provided for sixteen discrete fuel types within five broad groupings (coniferous, deciduous, and mixedwood forests, logging slash, and hrass), covering mostof the major forest fuel types found in Canada. The FBP system is intended to supplement the experience and judgment of fire managers.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. General Assumptions
3. Accuracy of the Guide
4. Fire Behaviour Prediction Worksheet Procedures
5. Flow Chart of Procedures Used in the Guide
6. FBP System Fuel Types
7. Slope Equivalent Wind Speeds
8. Initial Spread Index
9. Equilibrium Rate of Spread and Fire Intensity Class
10. Spread Distance
11. Fire Area and Perimeter
12. Perimeter Growth Rate
13. References
14. Appendices

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