Publications

The publications on this page describe the FlamMap fire mapping and analysis system and its use in simulating fuel treatments. More information on the fire models that form the basis of FlamMap can be found on the BehavePlus Publications page.

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FlamMap Publication Topics

• FlamMap Background Material
• Guides for Spatial Fire Behavior Analysis
• Fuel Treatment Location Simulations using FlamMap

FlamMap Background Material
	An Online Help system is included when you install FlamMap or can be downloaded separately from the Downloads page. Help is invoked by the Help > Contents... command. The FlamMap Online Help system is composed of four main parts, shown as "books" in the Help System navigation pane: Using the left hand pane for analysis, Displaying results in the right hand pane, A Tutorial showing the basics of FlamMap operation, and A Reference Section.
	This paper is an overview of FlamMap modeling capabilities. Finney, M. A. 2006. An overview of FlamMap fire modeling capabilities. In: Fuels management—how to measure success: conference proceedings. 2006 March 28-30; Portland, Oregon. Proceedings RMRS-P-41. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station: 213-220. (647 KB; 13 pages) [ PDF ] This document is also available from      the RMRS Publications website: http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs/rmrs_p041/rmrs_p041_213_220.pdf.
	Finney, M. A. 2002. Fire growth using minimum travel time methods. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 32(8): 1420-1424. (251 KB; 5 pages) [ PDF ]
Guides for Spatial Fire Behavior Analysis
	This paper provides guidance on acquiring, critiquing, and editing geospatial fuels data as well as on assembling a geospatial fuels team, model calibration, and maintaining geospatial data and documentation. Stratton, R. D. 2009. Guidebook on LANDFIRE fuels data acquisition, critique, modification, maintenance, and model calibration. General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-220. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. (7,715 KB; 54 pages) [ PDF ] This document is also available from      the RMRS Publications website: http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs/rmrs_gtr220.html, and      TreeSearch: http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/31921.
	The GTR 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. Stratton, R. D. 2006. Guidance on spatial wildland fire analysis: models, tools, and techniques. General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-183. Ft. Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. (1,558 KB; 15 pages) [ PDF ] This document is also available from      the RMRS Publications website: http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs/rmrs_gtr183.html, and      TreeSearch: http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/25139.
Fuel Treatment Location Simulations using FlamMap
	Finney, M. A. 2007. A computational method for optimising fuel treatment locations. International Journal of Wildland Fire 16: 702-711. (1,195 KB; 10 pages) [ PDF ]
	Finney, M. A.; Seli, R. C.; McHugh, C. W.; Ager, A. A.; Bahro, B.; Agee, J. K. 2007. Simulation of long-term landscape-level fuel treatment effects on large wildfires. International Journal of Wildland Fire 16: 712-727. (1,000 KB; 16 pages) [ PDF ]
	Ager, A. A.; Finney, M. A.; Kems, B. K.; Maffei, H. 2007. Modeling wildfire risk to northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) habitat in Central Oregon, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 246: 45-56. (2,040 KB; 12 pages) [ PDF ]
	A paper describing the use of FARSITE and FlamMap to assess fuel treatment effectiveness. Stratton, R. D. 2004. Assessing the Effectiveness of Landscape Fuel Treatments on Fire Growth and Behavior. Journal of Forestry 102(7): 32-40. (550 KB; 9 pages) [ PDF ]
	Finney, M. A. 2004. Landscape fire simulation and fuel treatment optimization. In: Hayes, J. L.; Ager, A. A.; Barbour, J. R., tech. ed. Methods for integrating modeling of landscape change: Interior Northwest Landscape Analysis System. General Technical Report PNW-GTR-610. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Station: 117-131. (647 KB; 15 pages) [ PDF ] This document is also available from      the PNW Publications website: http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/publications/pnw_gtr610 (Part B), and      TreeSearch: http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/7340.
	Finney, M. A. 2001. Design of regular landscape level fuel treatment patterns for modifying fire growth and behavior. Forest Science 47(2): 219-228. (500 KB; 10 pages) [ PDF ]

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