Viewing WFDSS Automated Fire Behavior Inputs

If you have completed an automated Basic or STFB analysis, you can view the inputs used to calculate the fire behavior outputs.

The input information available for automated BFB and STFB analyses include:

• General Parameters (analysis name, date and time, foliar moisture, crown fire method and RAWS information)
• Winds (speed, direction, type, and gridded wind resolution)
• Weather Stream (RAWS observations for the 7 days prior to analysis start date - used for dead fuel moisture conditioning)
• Wind Stream (hourly RAWS winds and cloud cover information for the 7 days prior to analysis start date - used for dead fuel moisture conditioning)
• Fuel Moistures (Initial fuel moisture values at the start of the 7 day dead fuel moisture conditioning period as calculated at the RAWS location)

To view the automated BFB and STFB inputs:

To see the View ONLY input information for a completed Basic Fire Behavior (BFB) or Short-term Fire Behavior (STFB) analysis follow the steps below (these are specifically for STFB, but are nearly identical for a BFB analysis):

1. On the Incident List page, select the incident, then click View Analyses. See example below:

   

   Incident List example to view analyses

   This lists all the fire behavior analyses available for the chosen incident.

2. Click the radio button next to the BFB or STFB analysis of interest, then click View Information. See example below:

   

   Analysis selected to view information

3. Click the blue arrow next to the section heading for the type of data you want to view. The selected section expands.

   The following options are available (click the link to find out more about each type of data):

   • General Information
   • Wind Information
   • Fuel Moistures
   • Weather Summary

To close the section, click the blue arrow again.