Projects
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2015
The Upper Tenmile Watershed is located southwest of the City of Helena, Montana, on the Helena National Forest (HNF). The watershed is an important source of drinking water for the city and is also a popular recreational area for nearby residents.… moreContact(s): LaWen Hollingsworth
1994-2010
**FARSITE4 is no longer be supported or available for download. FlamMap6 now includes FARSITE.**
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Contact(s): Charles McHugh, Mark Finney
2020-present
Advanced 3D fire models offer new possibilities for detailed analysis of fuel treatments and prescribed fires. However, the spatially explicit, detailed 3D fuels data they require is difficult to get, particularly for large areas. FastFuels opens… moreContact(s): Russell Parsons
2006-present
For a quick overview see our FFI: Ecological Monitoring Story Map
FFI is designed to help managers fulfill monitoring requirements set forth in Federal legislation and agency policy. It supports scalable (project to landscape scale) monitoring at… moreContact(s): Duncan Lutes
2016 - 2021
We assembled a database of individual-tree records from prescribed fires and wildfires in the United States. The Fire and Tree Mortality (FTM) database includes records from 164,293 individual trees with records of fire injury, tree diameter, and… moreContact(s): Sharon Hood
2009 - present
The fire characteristics chart is a graphical method of presenting primary surface or crown fire behavior characteristics or U.S. National Fire Danger Rating (NFDRS) indices. It is a stand-alone component of the BehavePlus fire modeling system. A… moreContact(s): Faith Ann Heinsch
1986-present
Thousands of scientific articles and reports are published each year on wildland fire, making it difficult for managers, planners, and scientists to find, read, and use the best available science. A team of ecologists reviews this information and… moreContact(s): Ilana Abrahamson
The Seminar Series runs from Fall to Spring
The Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory has been hosting an annual seminar series since 1998. Hour-long seminars are presented by Fire Lab employees and other researchers from throughout the world. Seminars cover current research and management about… moreContact(s): Audrey Peterson, Chris Stalling, Thomas Dzomba
2013-2014
Observations and Recommendations on Fire Management in Nepal
In April, 2013, Forester and Spatial Fire Analyst Chuck McHugh spent two weeks in Nepal providing comment and review of the Nepalese fire management program. His visit was coordinated… moreContact(s): Charles McHugh
2014
A team of four individuals, supported through the U.S. Forest Service International Programs, convened in October 2014 to conduct a fire regime assessment in Eastern Province of Zambia. The team, which included a multinational assemblage from the… moreContact(s): LaWen Hollingsworth
2007 - presetn
FMSF is a place to run wildland fire behavior and effects models for use within other systems. It brings improved performance, consistent data, and faster analysis results. FMSF also provides a key feature to users by greatly reducing the… moreContact(s): Nicole Vailant
2011-2014
Classifying Fire Severity Based on simulated surface fuel combustion and heat transfer.
Fire severity classifications summarize and distill ecological impacts of fire on fuels, vegetation, wildlife, and soils in recently burned areas with the… moreContact(s): Pamela Sikkink
2017-Present
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The Fire Weather Alert System (FWAS) is a mobile application that alerts on-the-ground firefighters to dangerous weather conditions approaching their area. Users set custom weather thresholds and… moreContact(s): Jason Forthofer, Natalie Wagenbrenner
2008-2013
Understanding Fire Whirl Genesis and Impacts to Firefighter Safety
Synthesis of existing knowledge and new research was used to understand fire whirl genesis, behavior, and firefighter safety impacts.
Fire whirls, especially the larger ones,… moreContact(s): Jason Forthofer
2011-present
This project is a continuation and expansion of several past research projects on fire-induced tree mortality. Please see individual project page for details on specific projects (Douglas-fir and Fire, Post-fire Tree Mortality, Wildfire effects in… moreContact(s): Sharon Hood
2010-2016
Disturbance and disturbance interactions drive multiple ecosystem processes over multiple spatial and temporal scales. This project investigated the role of frequent, low-severity fire in Pinus ponderosa (ponderosa pine) forests in altering the… moreContact(s): Sharon Hood
1990-present
FireBGCv2 is a computer modeling program and platform that mechanistically simulates fire, vegetation, climate, and fuels dynamics across multiple space and time scales.
The spatially explicit ecosystem process model FireBGCv2 is a landscape fire… moreContact(s): Eva Karau
1998-present
FireFamily+ (FF+) is a software package used to calculate fuel moistures and indices from the US National Fire Danger Rating System (NFDRS) using hourly or daily fire weather observations primarily from Remote Automated Weather Stations (RAWS).… moreContact(s): Matt Jolly
1996-present
Perhaps one of the most critical decisions made by firefighters during daily fire management operations is the identification of suitable safety zones.
As a consequence of 11 firefighters being killed on the Inaja Fire in 1957, the U.S. Forest… moreContact(s): Daniel Jimenez
2010 -present
New research is focused on measuring and predicting the cumulative impact of convective and radiant energy transfer on safety zone size, shape, and location when the safety zone and/or fires are located on slopes or are burning under the influence… moreContact(s): Daniel Jimenez
2008-present
Mapping fire hazard and risk across multiple spatial scales.
This project involves the development of a research computer model called FIREHARM (FIRE HAzard and Risk Model) that computes common measures of fire behavior, fire danger, and fire… moreContact(s): Eva Karau
1999-2006
FIREMON: Fire Effects Monitoring and Inventory System is an agency independent plot level sampling system designed to characterize changes in ecosystem attributes over time.
The system consists of a sampling strategy manual, standardized sampling… moreContact(s): Duncan Lutes
2011-2016
Northern Eurasia covers 20% of the global land mass and contains 70% of the boreal forest. During certain times of the year, black carbon (BC) in smoke plumes in high latitudes may be transported and deposited on Arctic ice and accelerate ice… moreContact(s): Wei Min Hao
2009-2020
A fire severity mapping system for real time fire management application and long-term planning.
FIRESEV (FIRE SEVerity Mapping Tools) is a comprehensive set of tools and protocols to deliver, create, and evaluate fire severity maps for all phases… moreContact(s): Greg Dillon
2000
Often fires are managed to support or reduce the presence of specific plant species or sizes. FireStem is a computer model designed to aid fire managers in predicting tree mortality based on fire behavior and intensity.
FireStem was designed to… moreContact(s): Daniel Jimenez