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Step 13: Comparing calculated results
You can see by comparing the calculated potentials for the Oregon Field Site and the Oregon Field Site - heavy loading that sites with heavier woody fuel loadings in the district have a much greater surface fire hazard.  Scroll down to view both reports.

As FMO for your district, you might present these results as justification for fuel treatment programs in lodgepole pine forests with heavy fuel loadings.  You also could use the FCCS as a planning tool by simulating a fuels reduction and estimating the reduction in fire hazard.

The FCCS offers a variety of reports you might use in your fire management planning, including the fire potentials, summary of your inputs (which record the fuel environment), a general report, and detailed calculated and summarized fuel characteristics by stratum and categories in the Stratum & Categories Report.
 


Potential Heavy Woody Fuels Medium Woody Fuels
SFB: Surface Fire Behavior Potential 4 5
Reaction potential 4.5 3.5
Spread potential 4.4 5.3
Flame length potential 3.7 3.3
CFP: Crown Fire  Potential 2 2
Crown fire initiation potential 3 2.7
Crown-crown transmissivity 0 0
Crown fire spreading potential 2.4 1.5
AFP: Available Fuel Potential 6 3
Flame available fuel potential 2.4 1.5
Smolder available fuel potential 1.5 0.9
Residual smolder available fuel potential 2.0 0.4
FCC Potential 426 523