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FARSITE v4.1.x comes with complete online help which is installed with FARSITE or can be downloaded seperately from the download page. A tutorial is included in the online help and example data sets are provided with the installation package.
A GTR that provides guidance to fire managers, planners, specialists, and analysts in the use of “models” (FARSITE, FlamMap, RERAP-Term), tools/programs (KCFAST, RAWS, FireFamilyPlus, WindWizard), and procedures for spatial fire analysis. The approach includes a brief discussion about models and their assumptions and limitations, historical fire and weather analysis, landscape file data acquisition and development, landscape file and model output critique, and model calibration. [ PDF ]
A technical paper documenting the inner workings of FARSITE. Finney, Mark A. 1998. FARSITE: Fire Area Simulator-model development and evaluation. Res. Pap. RMRS-RP-4, Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 47 p. [ PDF ]
A technical paper documenting the modeling of post-frontal combustion in FARSITE. Finney, Mark A. 1999. Spatial Modeling of Post-Frontal Fire Behavior. Final Report RMRS-99557-RJVA, Missoula, MT: Systems for Environmental Management. 8 p. [ PDF ]
A paper describing techniques to create FARSITE spatial data on the Gila National Forest. Keane, Robert E.; Mincemoyer, Scott A.; Schmidt, Kirsten M.; Long, Donald G.; Garner, Janice L. 2000. Mapping vegetation and fuels for fire management on the Gila National Forest Complex, New Mexico, [CD-ROM]. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-46-CD. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 126 p. [ PDF ]
Scott and Burgan's new new fire behavior fuel models are described in Scott, Joseph H.; Burgan, Robert E. 2005. Standard fire behavior fuel models: a comprehensive set for use with Rothermel's surface fire spread model. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-153. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station; 72 p. [ PDF ]
A paper describing the use of FARSITE and FlamMap to assess fuel treatment effectiveness. Stratton, Richard D. 2004. Assessing the Effectiveness of Landscape Fuel Treatments on Fire Growth and Behavior. Journal of Forestry, Oct./Nov., vol. 102, no. 7, pp. 32-40. [ PDF ]
A paper describing the use of FARSITE to test fuel treatments in the Sierra Nevadas. van Wagtendonk, J. W. 1996. Use of a Deterministic Fire Growth Model to Test Fuel Treatments. In Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project: Final report to Congress, vol. II, chap. 43. Davis: University of California, Centers for Water and Wildland Resources. [ PDF ]
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