Automated BFB - What it is

WFDSS Automated Basic Fire Behavior (BFB) is a web-based fire behavior application. It gives "snapshot in time" fire behavior outputs (flame lengths, rates of spread, fireline intensities, etc.) for an entire user-defined landscape extent using one set (per cell) of wind and fuel moisture conditions.  WFDSS BFB can be thought of as a "spatial BEHAVE or BehavePlus".  Using fuels, topography, and weather data, fire behavior characteristics are calculated and displayed for every cell of the landscape extent.

 Flame Length Example

 

In This Section WFDSS Automated Basic Fire Behavior (BFB)

See Also Automated BFB - What it needs (inputs) Automated BFB - What it does (outputs) Automated BFB - What it means (interpretation) Automated BFB - Why use it - (potential uses) Automated BFB - Assumptions and Limitations

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