Thinning and Fire Behaviour at Fairholme Prescribed Burn Banff FERIC, Wildland Fire Operations Resea

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Thinning and Fire Behaviour at Fairholme
Prescribed Burn (Banff)FERIC, Wildland Fire
Operations Research Group
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Fairholme Bench
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Thinning and Fire Behavior
Plot location, green arrow indicates fire
direction
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Thinning and Fire Behavior

• Overview

Plot size 100 m X 75 m (original plan was for
100 m X 100 m)
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Thinning and Fire Behavior
Thin, no slash
Control
Thin, slash
Photo Stew Walkinshaw
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Thinning and Fire Behavior
Crown fire
Surface fire
Thin, no slash
Control
Thin, slash
Surface fire burned around the crown fire polygon.
Meadow
Power line right of way
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Thinning and Fire Behavior

• 1200 Weather - August 14, 2003
• Temp. 24.4º C
• RH 15.5
• Wind speed 12.4 kph
• Wind dir. 232
• 24 hr. Rain 0
• FFMC 95.1
• ISI 16.2
• DMC 163.1
• DC 666.1
• BUI 201.8
• FWI 52.8

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Power line
Fire direction
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Plot boundary (no slash slash)
Fire direction
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Plot boundary (no slash slash)
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Fire direction
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Cooperators

• FERIC
• Banff National Park
• Alberta SRD

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