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The fire spread predictions used in the current United States fire prediction system are based upon a semi-empirical formulation first presented by Rothermel in 1972. This system has been
implemented operationally in the form of programmable hand-held calculators in the late 1970s (Rothermel, 1983), the BEHAVE minicomputer program in the middle 1980s (Andrews, 1986),
and the FARSITE fire spread model in the middle 1990s (Finney, 1998). The Rothermel fire behavior model, and variants thereof, require detailed stand-level vegetation properties listed in
table below in order to accurately predict fire spread. NOTE: SAV = Surface-to-Area Volume . |
