Comparing the Fire Danger Rating Systems of Canada and the US: FWI versus NFDRS

Benjamin Schwarz (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

24 Seiten

2014 | 14001 A. 1. Auflage
GRIN Verlag
978-3-656-73243-3 (ISBN)

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Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject Forestry / Forestry Economics, grade: 1,3, University of Toronto, language: English, abstract: This paper describes and compares conceptually the Fire Weather Index (FWI) system of Canada and the National Fire Danger Rating System (NFDRS) of the USA. The relatively simple FWI system rates fire danger for all Canada and is based on empirical field-data derived from a single fuel type. The laboratory-based NFDRS, in contrast, allows more specification for distinct fire danger areas and models fuel moisture more abstract and in different classifications. Relative strengths and weaknesses with regard to the vegetative conditions in the particular country are discussed. The use of empirical data and the good and simple representation of soil moisture are the major strengths of the FWI system. The NFDRS wins through its possibility to model specifically a distinct fire danger area and through the consideration of live fuel moisture content. The conclusion of this paper is that both systems can benefit from each other. A combination of the simplicity of the FWI and specialization on a distinct area through the site descriptors similar to the ones of the NFDRS is proposed.

Benjamin Schwarz, geb. 1937 in Schlesien, Germanistik- und Kunststudium in Göttingen und Berlin. An der FUB wissenschaftlich tätig, seit 1975 Übersetzer diverser Autoren.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.9.2014
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	49 g
Themenwelt	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
Schlagworte	Danger rating • Dangerrating • fire • Fire danger modelling • Firedangermodelling • Forest Fire • ForestFire • Forest Weather Index • ForestWeatherIndex • FWI • National fire danger rating system • Nationalfiredangerratingsystem • nfdrs
ISBN-10	3-656-73243-4 / 3656732434
ISBN-13	978-3-656-73243-3 / 9783656732433
Zustand	Neuware