Northern Rockies Fire Behavior Workshop
February 5-7, 2008
Fire behavior specialists from across the Northern Rockies met February 5-7, 2008, in the Northern Rockies Training Center Missouri River Room, Missoula, to discuss fire behavior modeling programs, data sources, weather issues and prediction, decision-support systems, and case studies from specific fires in the Northern Rockies region. This two-day workshop brought together specialists from the Rocky Mountain Research Station Fire Sciences Laboratory,Fire Aviation and Air, the National Center for Landscape Fire Analysis, the Montana DNRC, the National Weather Service (NOAA), the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, several National Forests, and the Fire Modeling Institue (FMI) to talk about their work, field questions, and interact. Laurie Kurth, the fire behavior specialist from FMI, presented information on weather selection. She also presented a comparison of the features of RERAP and FSPro, two modeling approaches that can be used in fire behavior prediction.
The agenda followed for this workshop is outlined below:
Tuesday 2/05/08
Welcome |
Risa Lange-Navarro |
BehavePlus |
Tobin Kelley |
LANDFIRE |
Jeff Jones |
Wind Wizzard/Safety Zone |
Bret Butler |
Weather Selection |
Laurie Kurth |
RERAP versus FSPro |
Laurie Kurth |
Wednesday 2/06/08
Workshop Updates |
Risa Lange-Navarro |
Wildland Fire Decision Support System |
Rob Seli |
Effectiveness of Fuel Treatments |
Shane DelGrosso |
2008 Rombo Case Study |
Tonya Opperman & Bart Hoag |
2008 Conger Fire Behavior findings |
Carl Seielstad |
Horton-Hay Fire Case Study |
Don Wagner |
Rattlesnake Fire Case Study |
Don Wagner & Matt Butler |
Thursday 2/07/08
FBAN/LTAN Trainees & Mentees |
Risa Lange-Navarro |
NWCG-FENWT-Fire Behavior Committee |
Risa Lange-Navarro |
NWS Updates (New Activity Planner, etc) |
Marty Whitmore |
FBAN/LTAN & IMET Interaction |
Bob Nester |
Research Application |
Vita Wright |
Other Thoughts and Closeout |
Risa Lange-Navarro |
