Severe Fire Danger Index: A Forecastable Metric to Inform Firefighter and Community Wildfire Risk Management

Type
Literature
Publication
Jolly, W.M.; Freeborn, P.H.; Page, W.G.; Butler, B.W. Severe Fire Danger Index: A Forecastable Metric to Inform Firefighter and Community Wildfire Risk Management. Fire 2019, 2, 47.
Year Published
2019
Organization
USDA Rocky Mountain Research Station
Description

Researchers from the USFS Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory have developed an early-warning system, called the Severe Fire Danger Index (SFDI), which could anticipate the conditions that promote large, high intensity fires with the goal of providing advanced notice to fire-prone communities and preventing wildland firefighter entrapments and fatalities.