Dan M. Jimenez

Treesearch Publications

• Michael J. Campbell, Katherine A. Mistick, Dan M. Jimenez, Philip E. Dennison. 2025. GeoLCES: Geospatial support for evaluating wildland firefighter lookouts, communications, escape routes, and safety zones
• Dan M. Jimenez. 2023. The Safe Separation Distance Evaluator: Is my safety zone big enough?
• Bret W. Butler, C. Teske, Dan M. Jimenez, Joseph J. O'Brien, Paul A. Sopko, Cyle E. Wold, Mark G. Vosburgh, Ben Hornsby, E. Louise Loudermilk. 2016. Observations of energy transport and rate of spreads from low-intensity fires in longleaf pine habitat-RxCADRE 2012
• Bret W. Butler, Natalie S. Wagenbrenner, Jason M. Forthofer, B. K. Lamb, Kyle S. Shannon, D. Finn, R. M. Eckman, K. Clawson, Larry S. Bradshaw, Paul A. Sopko, S. Beard, Dan M. Jimenez, Cyle E. Wold, Mark G. Vosburgh. 2015. High-resolution observations of the near-surface wind field over an isolated mountain and in a steep river canyon
• Dan M. Jimenez. 2010. Firefighter Math - a web-based learning tool
• Mark A. Finney, Dan M. Jimenez, Jack D. Cohen, Isaac C. Grenfell, Cyle E. Wold. 2010. Structure of diffusion flames from a vertical burner
• Dan M. Jimenez, Mark A. Finney, Jack D. Cohen. 2010. Design and construction of gas-fed burners for laboratory studies of flame structure
• Dan M. Jimenez, Bret W. Butler, K. Hiers, Roger D. Ottmar, Matthew B. Dickinson, R. Kremens, Joseph J. O'Brien, Andrew T. Hudak, C. Clements. 2009. Rx-CADRE (Prescribed Fire Combustion-Atmospheric Dynamics Research Experiments) collaborative research in the core fire sciences
• Dan M. Jimenez, Jason M. Forthofer, James Reardon, Bret W. Butler. 2007. Fire behavior sensor package remote trigger design
• Bret W. Butler, Mark A. Finney, Larry S. Bradshaw, Jason M. Forthofer, Chuck McHugh, Rick Stratton, Dan M. Jimenez. 2006. WindWizard: A New Tool for Fire Management Decision Support
• Dan M. Jimenez, Bret W. Butler, Jim J. Reardon. 2003. Stem mortality in surface fires: Part II, experimental methods for characterizing the thermal response of tree stems to heating by fires

Data and Tools

• Tool
  

  Wildfire Safety Evaluator (WiSE) App

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/firelab/products/dataandtools/wildfire-safety-evaluator-wise-app
• Tool
  

  Safe Separation Distance Evaluator (SSDE)

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/firelab/products/dataandtools/safe-separation-distance-evaluator-ssde

• Project
  

  Mann Gulch History

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/firelab/projects/manngulch
• Project
  

  Fundamental Wildland Fire Spread Research

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/firelab/projects/firespread
• Project
  

  Firefighter Safety Zone Research

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/firelab/projects/ffsz
• Program
  

  Fire, Fuel, and Smoke

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/programs/firefuelsmoke
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station
• Project
  

  Understanding Fire Response to Spatial Variations in Vegetation and Wind

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/firelab/projects/vegetationandwind
• Project
  

  RxCadre Project

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/firelab/projects/rxcadre
• Project
  

  Rifle Bullet Ignition

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/firelab/projects/riflebulletignition
• Project
  

  Fuel Break Effectiveness: Expanding our understanding of changing fire behavior specific to variations in fuel treatments and wind

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/projects/bil-fuel-break-effectiveness-expanding-our-understanding-changing-fire-behavior
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station

Articles

• Article
  

  GeoLCES: A new framework to analyze wildland fire safety protocols

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/firelab/articles/geolces-new-framework-analyze-wildland-fire-safety-protocols
• Article
  

  The 75th anniversary of the Mann Gulch Fire

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/firelab/articles/75th-anniversary-mann-gulch-fire

Other Publications

• General
  

  Change to Safety Zone Calculation Field Test for Incident Management Teams

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/firelab/understory/change-safety-zone-calculation-field-test-incident-management-teams

Multimedia

• Video

  Lab to field: Using the latest technology to research fire behavior

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/products/multimedia/videos/lab-field-using-latest-technology-research-fire-behavior
• Video

  Meet Dan Jimenez, Forest Service Research Engineer

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/products/multimedia/videos/meet-dan-jimenez-forest-service-research-engineer
• Webinars

  Fire Science You Can Use: Science for Safe Wildfire Operations

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/products/multimedia/webinars/fire-science-you-can-use-science-safe-wildfire-operations
• Video

  Mann Gulch Fire sparks Missoula Fire Lab

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/firelab/products/multimedia/videos/mann-gulch-fire-sparks-missoula-fire-lab
• Video

  SSDE Demonstration Video

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/firelab/products/multimedia/videos/ssde-demonstration-video
• Video

  Watch The Forest Service Burn Down A Forest For Science

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/firelab/products/multimedia/videos/watch-forest-service-burn-down-forest-science

• Rutgers University, B.S., Chemical Engineering
• Washington State University, M.S., Civil/Environmental Engineering