 Prefire Fuel Characteristics and Fuel Consumption for Devils Table
and Kaboom Units
 
2007
Multi-Day Burn Pilot Executive Summary (143 kb)
2007 Multi-Day
Burn Pilot Final Report (2.7 MB)
FERA completed monitoring of the Devils Table and Kaboom units
in June 2007 as part of the multiple day burn (air quality) demonstration
project on the Naches Ranger District of the Okanogan and Wenatchee
National Forests. An Fuel Characteristic
Classification System fuelbed was first selected based on the
fuelbed type to represent the sites. The woody fuel, litter, and
duff loading was then measured before and after each prescribed
fire to determine prefire fuel loading and total fuel consumption.
Finally, Consume 3.0
was used to predict fuel consumption, emissions, and heat release
rate.
The multiple day prescribed burn trials indicated that a fuels
inventory or an FCCS fuelbed selection provided a good match of
fuel loading input, and that Consume 3.0 was able to predict the
total consumption of fire in these units within an acceptable margin
of error. This indicates a the FCCS, or fuels inventory, coupled
with fuel moisture prediction and Consume 3.0 provides fuel loading
and fuel consumption predictive capable for front end inputs required
by BlueSky to estimate concentrations and smoke impacts.
Project Lead: Roger Ottmar
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