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Fuel Characteristic Classification System – Demonstration -
Cynthia L. Riccardi
Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences LabSeattle, WA
Fuelbed Selection Screen- Orientation -
Fuelbed Selection Screen- What’s here -Selection
criteria
Fuelbed window
Selecting a fuelbed
Moving forward
Help
Intro text
Description WindowVersion
Fuelbed Selection Screen- Selecting a fuelbed -
Chose at least an Ecoregion & Veg form
Press here
Fuelbed Selection Screen- Selecting a fuelbed -
Douglas fir – Pacific Ponderosa pine/ Oceanspray forest (fire Exclusion)
Fuelbed description
Fuelbed Organization• 6 Strata divided into categories and subcategories:
• Canopy
• Nonwoody
• Woody
• Litter Lichen Moss
• Ground fuels
• Shrubs
Trees Snags Ladder fuels
Primary
SoundAll Woody
Secondary
Primary Secondary
Rotten Stumps Woody FuelAccumulations
(WFA)
Litter Lichen Moss
Duff Squirrel Middens Basal accumulations
Stratum tabs
Stratum & Category description
•Remember tool tips•And Help
Fuelbed Stratum Screens- Canopy: Trees –
Overstory, Midstory, Understory
Stratum description
Mode, Minimum, Maximum
Category data (varies)
Species information
Species name toolReturn to selection screen Save fuelbed
Exit
Trees
Fuelbed Stratum Screens- Canopy: Trees –
Species
Add
Delete
Clear
Fuelbed Stratum Screens- Canopy: Trees –Species – Name tool
Fuelbed Stratum Screens- Canopy: Snags –
Class 1, Class 2, Class 3Stratum
Category
Subcategory
Snags
Fuelbed Stratum Screens- Canopy: Ladder fuels –
Optional refinement used in FCCS Potentials
Ladder fuel options
Ladder fuels
Fuelbed Stratum Screens- Shrubs & Nonwoody –
Species information
Species name tool
Optional refinement
Stratum description
Fuelbed Stratum Screens- Woody –
All, Sound, Rotten, Stumps, WFA
All Woody
Sound
Size classes
- 0 - 3 inches
- > 3 inches
Fuelbed Stratum Screens- Woody –
All, Sound, Rotten, Stumps, WFA
Stumps
- Sound
- Rotten
- Lightered pitchy
Fuelbed Stratum Screens- Woody –
All, Sound, Rotten, Stumps, WFA
Woody FuelAccumulations
(WFA)
- Piles
- Jackpots
- Windrows
Fuelbed Stratum Screens- Litter Lichen Moss –
Litter Lichen Moss
Litter arrangement &
litter type refinements
Moss type
Fuelbed Stratum Screens- Ground fuels –
Duff, Squirrel middens, Basal accumulations
Duff
Derivation: Parent material
Fuelbed Stratum Screens- Ground fuels –
Duff, Squirrel middens, Basal accumulations
Squirrel Middens
Basal accumulations
Customize fuelbed
Selection criteria
Data quality rating
Site name
Description
Customize fuelbed
User information www.fs.fed.us/pnw/fera/fccs
FCCS Reports
FCCS ReportsReport types
Report header
PrintingBack
Format Output
• Potential
• General
• Strata & Categories
• Combustion
• Input
FCCS Reports- Types -
FCCS Reports- Printing -
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