Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team

Consume

CONSUME is a user-friendly software application designed for resource managers and scientists with some working knowledge of Microsoft Windows® applications. Land managers and researchers input fuel characteristics, lighting patterns, fuel conditions, and meteorological attributes, then CONSUME outputs fuel consumption and emissions by combustion phase.

Consume 3.0

CONSUME 3.0 is designed to import data directly from the Fuel Characteristic Classification System (FCCS), and the output is formatted to feed other models and provide usable outputs for burn plan preparation and smoke management requirements. Additionally, training and a user’s manual are available. CONSUME can be used for most forest, shrub and grasslands in North America.

Selected Publications

Joint Fire Science Program. 2009. Consume 3.0--a software tool for computing fuel consumption. Fire Science Brief. 66, June 2009. 6 p
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Ottmar, Roger D.; Prichard, Susan J.; Vihnanek, Robert E.; Sandberg, David V. Modification and validation of fuel consumption models for shrub and forested lands in the Southwest, Pacific Northwest, Rockies, Midwest, Southeast, and Alaska. Final report.
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Ottmar, R.D.; Sandberg, D.V.; Bluhm, A. 2003. Biomass consumption and carbon pools. Poster. In: Galley, K.E.M., Klinger, R.C.; Sugihara, N.G. (eds) Proceedings of Fire Ecology, Prevention, and Management. Misc. Pub. 13. Tallahassee, FL: Tall Timbers Research Station.

Team Lead: Roger Ottmar

This research was partially funded by the National Fire Plan, and we acknowledge funding from the Joint Fire Science Program under Project 98-1-9-06.