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The Canadian Forest Fire Behavior Prediction (FBP) System provides a systematic method of assessing fire behavior. The FBP System has 14 primary inputs that can be divided into 5 general categories: fuels, weather, topography, foliar moisture content, and type and duration of prediction. In the FBP System these inputs are used to mathematically develop 4 primary and 11 secondary outputs. Primary outputs are generally based on a fire intensity equation, and secondary outputs are calculated using a simple elliptical fire growth model. This publication provides diagrams, examples, and exercises that explain the FBP System in a user-oriented manner. This guide delineates the interpretation of the FBP System's inputs and outputs and details how the predictions are derived.
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- boreal forests
- Canada
- coniferous forests
- crown fires
- crowns
- elevation
- FBP - CFFDRS Fire Behavior Prediction System
- fire behavior model
- fire danger rating
- fire growth
- fire intensity
- fire management
- fire weather
- foliage
- foliar moisture content
- forest management
- fuel moisture
- fuel types
- moisture
- rate of spread
- sloping terrain
- stand characteristics
- surface fuels
- topographic effects
- topography
- wildfires
- wind
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