FARSITE: Fire Area Simulator-model development and evaluation

Mark A. Finney

doi:10.2737/RMRS-RP-4

FARSITE: Fire Area Simulator-model development and evaluation

Informally Refereed

Authors:	Mark A. Finney
Year:	1998
Type:	Research Paper
Station:	Rocky Mountain Research Station
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.2737/RMRS-RP-4
Source:	Res. Pap. RMRS-RP-4, Revised 2004. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 47 p.

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Abstract

A computer simulation model, FARSITE, includes existing fire behavior models for surface, crown, spotting, point-source fire acceleration, and fuel moisture. The model's components and assumptions are documented. Simulations were run for simple conditions that illustrate the effect of individual fire behavior models on two-dimensional fire growth.

Keywords

fire growth modeling, fire behavior models, fire simulation

Citation

Finney, Mark A. 1998. FARSITE: Fire Area Simulator-model development and evaluation . Res. Pap. RMRS-RP-4, Revised 2004, Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 47 p.