FlamMap

FlamMap is a fire analysis desktop application that ONLY runs in a 64-bit Windows Operating System environment. It can simulate potential fire behavior characteristics (spread rate, flame length, fireline intensity, etc.), fire growth and spread and conditional burn probabilities under constant environmental conditions (weather and fuel moisture). With the inclusion of FARSITE it can now compute wildfire growth and behavior for longer time periods under heterogeneous conditions of terrain, fuels, fuel moistures and weather.)

For more background information, please visit the FlamMap Project page.

Required geospatial Landscape Data

The FlamMap program requires eight geospatial data layers to create a valid landscape file (.LCP)

• Topographic (Elevation, Slope, Aspect)
• Fire Behavior Fuel Models
• Forest Canopy Cover
• Forest Canopy Height
• Forest Canopy Base Height
• Forest Canopy Bulk Density

Required geospatial data for use in FlamMap for the Continental United States, Alaska, and Hawaii can be accessed from the LANDFIRE Program: https://www.landfire.gov/index.php.

WindNinja

WindNinja’s conservation of Mass Solver using domain average winds has been incorporated into FlamMap allowing for the use of gridded wind information generated within the program for any simulation. Effects of diurnal influences on winds can also be incorporated in any simulation. Gridded winds using desk top WindNinja’s full mass and momentum solver can also be used in any simulation as well. Please see the WindNinja page for more information.

SpatialFOFEM

SpatialFOFEM a spatial implementation of the point-scale FOFEM model is available in FlamMap6.2. Currently, it only provides quantitative fire effects information for fuel consumption, carbon loading, and combustion emissions using a GeoTIFF spatial representation of fuels (typically based on LANDFIRE mapped FCCS fuel beds LF FCCS). FlamMap includes a set of tutorials and data as examples to work through and gain understanding on how to use the application within FlamMap. More information on the Spatial FOFEM application is available at SpatialFOFEM.

Training

An online tutorial is included in the online Help and example data sets are provided with the installation download. The installation zip file (see below) contains Program Installation Instructions and other supporting documentation. Please read prior to installing the FlamMap software. Currently, no formal training course exists for FlamMap.

Technical Support

The first level of technical support is provided through your local support channels. Second level technical support is provided by the USDA Forest Service Fire and Aviation Interagency Incident Applications (IIA) HelpDesk.

HelpDesk Contact Information:

• Phone: (866) 224-7677 or (616) 323-1667,
• Fax: (616) 323-1665
• E-mail: iia-helpdesk@usda.gov
• Website: https://iiahelpdesk.nwcg.gov/

The IIA HelpDesk is available for help with software issues only and cannot answer fire behavior modeling questions.

Principal Investigators: 

Mark Finney
Charles McHugh (retired)