Klamath NF Pocket Cards

1. Klamath NF Pocket Cards Fire Season 2002 KNF Pocket Card 2002

2. Why Pocket Cards? • In response to the Thirtymile Accident Prevention Plan the Chief of the Forest Service directed that each fireline supervisor will be issued a pocket card for the fuel types on their home unit • Additionally, fireline supervisors will be issued a pocket card before deployment on assignment by the receiving unit KNF Pocket Card 2002

3. Why Pocket Cards? (Cont.) • Pocket Cards are intended to enhance firefighter Situational Awareness through: • Relating current conditions to historical thresholds of fire danger • In both familiar and unfamiliar firegrounds • Visualizing measurements of fire danger indicators and relationships KNF Pocket Card 2002

4. Pocket Card Elements • Pocket Cards display – • Location KNF Pocket Card 2002

5. Pocket Card Elements (cont.) • Pocket Cards display – • In the Upper Left Corner: • A graph of highest recorded data, as well as • A graph of average recorded data • For a specific Fire Danger Indicator • For a specific Fuel Model KNF Pocket Card 2002

6. Pocket Card Elements (cont.) • Pocket Cards display – • In the Lower Left Corner: • A graph of two memorable years • References to wildfires of note • For the Fire Danger Indicator in question KNF Pocket Card 2002

7. Pocket Card Elements (cont.) • Pocket Cards display – • In the Upper Right Corner: • Weather Station Information • Graph explanations • Local thresholds of observed and calculated Fire Danger indicators which should be available to all firefighters • In this case: • 20’ Windspeed • Relative humidity • Air Temperature • 1000 hr Fuel Moisture KNF Pocket Card 2002

8. Pocket Card Elements (cont.) • Pocket Cards display – • In the Lower Right Corner: • An explanation of BI and what to look out for • Notes on past experience KNF Pocket Card 2002

9. Pocket Card Elements • Pocket Cards display – • Location KNF Pocket Card 2002

10. Pocket Card Elements (cont.) • Pocket Cards display – • In the Upper Left Corner: • A graph of highest recorded data, as well as • A graph of average recorded data • For a specific Fire Danger Indicator • For a specific Fuel Model KNF Pocket Card 2002

11. Pocket Card Elements (cont.) • Pocket Cards display – • In the Lower Left Corner: • A graph of two memorable years • References to wildfires of note • For the Fire Danger Indicator in question KNF Pocket Card 2002

12. Pocket Card Elements (cont.) • Pocket Cards display – • In the Upper Right Corner: • Weather Station Information • Graph explanations • Local thresholds of observed and calculated Fire Danger indicators which should be available to all firefighters • In this case: • 20’ Windspeed • Relative humidity • Air Temperature • 1000 hr Fuel Moisture KNF Pocket Card 2002

13. Pocket Card Elements (cont.) • Pocket Cards display – • In the Lower Right Corner: • An explanation of BI and what to look out for • Notes on past experience KNF Pocket Card 2002

14. KNF Central Fire Danger Key Points - • KNF Fire Danger Rating Areas 204 and 208 • NFDRS indices from 3 fire weather stations are compiled and stored by WIMS : • Collins Baldy (High Elevation) • Oak Knoll (Low Elevation) • Callahan (Low Elevation) • With use of Fire Family Plus software correlations were made between occurrences of ≥100 acre fires and various WIMS outputs KNF Pocket Card 2002

15. KNF Central Fire Danger Key Points (cont) - • 100 acre fires start showing up at when Burning Index (BI) exceed 55 (81st percentile) • Correlations between Energy Release Component above 60 • Local thresholds reflect observations from Scott River valley and Oak Knoll locations: • Wind speeds exceeding 8mph • Relative humidities below 20% correlate with large fires • Maximum daily air temperatures above 90 indicate large fire possibilities KNF Pocket Card 2002

16. Pocket Card Elements • Pocket Cards display – • Location KNF Pocket Card 2002

17. Pocket Card Elements (cont.) • Pocket Cards display – • In the Upper Left Corner: • A graph of highest recorded data, as well as • A graph of average recorded data • For a specific Fire Danger Indicator • For a specific Fuel Model KNF Pocket Card 2002

18. Pocket Card Elements (cont.) • Pocket Cards display – • In the Lower Left Corner: • A graph of two memorable years • References to wildfires of note • For the Fire Danger Indicator in question KNF Pocket Card 2002

19. Pocket Card Elements (cont.) • Pocket Cards display – • In the Upper Right Corner: • Weather Station Information • Graph explanations • Local thresholds of observed and calculated Fire Danger indicators which should be available to all firefighters • In this case: • 20’ Windspeed • Relative humidity • Air Temperature • 1000 hr Fuel Moisture KNF Pocket Card 2002

20. Pocket Card Elements (cont.) • Pocket Cards display – • In the Lower Right Corner: • An explanation of BI and what to look out for • Notes on past experience KNF Pocket Card 2002

21. KNF East Fire Danger Key Points - • Fire Danger Rating Area 220 • NFDRS indices from 2 RAWS weather stations are compiled and stored by WIMS : • Van Bremer • Juanita • With use of Fire Family Plus software correlations were made between occurrences of ≥100 acre fires and various WIMS outputs KNF Pocket Card 2002

22. KNF East Fire Danger Key Points (cont) - • 100 acre become more frequent when the Burning Index (BI) exceeds 50 (55th percentile) • Correlations between Energy Release Component above 50 • Local thresholds reflect weather observations on large fire days from the mountains to the west and east overlooking Butte Valley • Late afternoon wind speeds frequently exceed 15-2- MPH, leading to large fire growth. Winds from the south, southwest and west are of concern • Relative humidities below 20% correlate with large fires • Maximum daily air temperatures above 80 indicate large fire possibilities KNF Pocket Card 2002

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