First Order Fire Effects Model (FOFEM)

This is a model that can be used to predict first-order fire effects, or the immediate consequences of a fire, for both prescribed burning and wildfires. This tool is designed to help land managers assess fire impacts and severity, plan effective and useful prescribed fires, and for other uses. The metrics used to determine consequences are tree mortality, fuel consumption, emissions/smoke production, and soil heating. From an adaptation perspective, this tool may be useful to support forest impact assessments pertaining to wildfires.

An updated version of this software was released in 2016. Updates in FOFEM Ver. 6.3.1 include: 

  • Updated soil heating logic for duff and non-duff models
  • Updated litter and herb consumption equations, and updated some default fuel loadings for the southeast
  • New pocosin duff consumption equation added
  • FLM fuelbeds updated to match LANDFIRE attribute table
  • Accepts new FFI file imports files that include monitoring status

 

If you have any trouble accessing the website link above, please find here an archived page. You may find this has limited use. 

https://web.archive.org/web/20170131195223/https://www.fs.usda.gov/ccrc/tools/fofem

Publication Date: July 2016

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