Lesson 1: Intent, Policy, and Guidance for Fire Danger Rating and Implementing NFDRSv4
Lesson 2: Using Fire Danger Products to Manage Readiness, Risk, and Response Decisions
Lesson 3: Fire Danger Rating Components, Applications, and Management Tools
- Slides, Lesson Plan
- Interagency Fire Danger Operating Plan, Blank Template
- Preparedness Plan, Blank Template
- Response Plan, Blank Template
- Staffing Plan, Blank Template
- Prevention Plan, Blank Template
Lesson 4, Part 1: NFDRS: Overview, History, and New Science
- Slides, Lesson Plan
- Video: NFDRS - A National System (2:42)
- Video: NFDRS - New Science and Technology (9:25)
Lesson 4, Part 2: NFDRS: New Dead Fuel Moisture Model
- Slides, Lesson Plan
- Video: NFDRS Fuel Models (47:44)
- Video: NFDRS Dead Fuel Moisture Model (18:25)
Lesson 4, Part 3: NFDRS: New Live Fuel Moisture Model
- Lesson Plan
- Video: NFDRS GSI (22:44)
Lesson 4, Part 4: NFDRS: Fuel Model Consolidation
Lesson 5: FDOP Case Study
Lesson 6: Implementation and Evaluation
Lesson 7: Fire Danger Rating Areas
Lesson 8: ArcGIS On-Line (AGOL)
- Slides, Lesson Plan
- Task 1: Characterization of Vegetation, Climate, and Topography
- 1a Tech Tip: Log on to NIFC AGOL
- 1b Tech Tip: Characterizing Veg, Climate, and Topo in NIFC AGOL
- Task 2: Delineating Fire Danger Rating Areas
- 2a Tech Tip: Extracting a local copy from AGOL to edit FDRAs in Desktop ArcGIS
- 2b Tech Tip: Creating Edge-matched FDRAs in ArcMAP without fire response areas
- 2c Tech Tip: Creating Edge-matched FDRAs in ArcMAP using fire response areas
- 2d Tech Tip: Exporting Fires by FDRA
Lesson 9: Framing the Fire Occurrence
- Slides, Lesson Plan
- Task 3: Framing the Fire Occurrence
- Planning Area Fire Workload Analysis Chart
- Fire Danger Operating Plan Template
Lesson 10: Weather Stations
Lesson 11: Fire Danger Operating Procedures, Decision Classes, and Management Actions
- Slides, Lesson Plan
- Task 4: Creating a Fire Weather Station Network
- 4a Tech Tip: RAWS SIG Selector Tool
Lesson 12: Applied Statistics for FireFamilyPlus
- Slides, Lesson Plan
- Task 5: Matching NFDRS Outputs to Fire Business
- 5a Tech Tip: Reading FFP Graphs
- 5b Tech Tip: Fires Analysis
- 5c Tech Tip: Goodness to Fit Reference
Lesson 13: FDOP Case Study
Lesson 14: Defining Breakpoints and Thresholds
- Slides, Lesson Plan
- Task 6: Analysis for Management Tools and Decisions
- 6a Tech Tip: Fire Business Thresholds
- 6b Tech Tip: Fire Business Thresholds Reference
Lesson 15: Fire Preparedness Plans and their Relationship to the FDOP
- Slides, Lesson Plan
- Task 7: Preparedness Plans