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A fuel model is a preliminary representation of vegetation characteristics used in analyzing fire behavior and planning. The models provide wildland firefighters with a common way of describing fuels in the area.


Definition

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. [1]


Sources

  • Estimating Fire Behavior. USDA-Forest Service Intermountain Forest and. Range Experiment Station, General Technical Report INT-122. [2]
  • Standard fire behavior fuel models: a comprehensive set for use with Rothermel’s surface fire spread model. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-153. [3]
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