Tutorial Index
Welcome to the FCCS Tutorial
Part 1: Introduction to FCCS
What is FCCS?
Why is FCCS Needed?
Who uses FCCS?
What can you do with FCCS?
What is a fuelbed?
How were the FCCS fuelbeds developed?
Fuelbeds by region
Fuelbed pathways
Using the FCCS fuelbeds
Calculating fuel characteristics
Predicting surface fire behavior
FCCS fire potentials
Part 2: Installing FCCS
Installing and downloading FCCS
Part 3: Using FCCS
Opening FCCS
Welcome to FCCS
Getting help
Search for Fuelbed
Using the fuelbed search form
Information on search variables
Refining a fuelbed query
Select fuelbed by filename
Edit Fuelbed
Entering and editing data
Common/Scientific name lookup tool
Canopy - trees
Canopy - snags
Canopy - ladder fuels
Shrubs
Nonwoody fuels
Woody fuels - all downed and dead wood
Woody fuels - sound wood
Woody fuels - rotten wood
Woody fuels - stumps
Woody fuels - woody fuel accumulations
Litter-lichen-moss
Ground fuels - duff
Ground fuels - squirrel middens
Ground fuels - basal accumulations
Customize fuelbed
Managing fuelbed files
Saving custom fuelbeds
Creating reports
Printing and viewing reports
Exporting results to Consume 3.0
Part 4: Case Studies
Southern Case Study
Step 1: Selecting a fuelbed
Step 2: Assembling data
Step 3: Canopy
Step 4: Shrub
Step 5: Nonwoody fuels
Step 6: Woody fuels
Step 7: Litter-Lichen-Moss
Step 8: Ground fuels
Step 9: Customize fuelbed
Step 10: Fire potentials
Step 11: Comparing fire potentials
Step 12: Surface fire behavior
Western Case Study
Step 1: Selecting a fuelbed
Step 2: Assembling data
Step 3: Canopy
Step 4: Snags
Step 5: Shrubs
Step 6: Nonwoody fuels
Step 7: Woody fuels
Step 8: Litter-Lichen-Moss
Step 9: Ground fuels
Step 10: Customize fuelbed
Step 11: Fire potentials
Step 12: Creating a comparison fuelbed
Step 13: Comparing results