FWAS watches the data sets and if it sees anything important it will send the firefighter an alert on their phone. They can look at the information contained in the alert, then look into more detail on that alert on their phone.
Scientists Dr. Sharon Hood (RMRS) and Dr. Kevin Ryan (retired) joined Turkish scientists at the Anatolian Forest Research Institute, located in Antalya, Turkey, to exchange information on forest ecology and forest fire research activities.
The IAWF Ember Award is given to recognize and acknowledge sustained achievement in wildland fire science. All nominees for the 2019 Award represent individuals who have and continue to make significant contributions in this area.
The WindNinja tool, developed by FFS Mechanical Engineer Jason Forthofer and Research Mechanical Engineer Bret Butler, is featured in a recent blog on the TracPlus website.
In mid-April, the Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory hosted three fire specialists from Morocco’s High Commission on Water, Forests, and Combating Desertification for a one-week study tour.
Research on fuel dynamics helps land managers describe the vegetation that burns during wildland and prescribed fires. FFS scientists investigate and design consistent, accurate, and comprehensive methods for quantifying wildland fuels, which vary spatially, differ in size, and change with time. Through laboratory and field studies, FFS scientists are developing tools to predict seasonal and multi-year changes in fuels that allow managers to more accurately predict fire behavior and fire effects. Improved data for fire behavior modeling and fuel hazard assessment and improved fuel dynamics algorithms for temporal models of fire behavior, fire danger, and fire effects are critical additions for the next generation of fire models.
