Fuel model

Fuel model

A fuel model is used in the wildland fire community to classify sites for use in fire prediction models. The National Park Service defines it as "a standardized description of fuels available to a fire based on the amount, distribution and continuity of vegetation and wood." [http://www.nps.gov/archive/seki/fire/fire_gloss.htm]

Sources

*Estimating Fire Behavior. USDA-Forest Service Intermountain Forest and. Range Experiment Station, General Technical Report INT-122. Andrews


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