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Klamath NF Pocket Cards

Klamath NF Pocket Cards. Fire Season 2002. 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

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Klamath NF Pocket Cards

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  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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