FCCS Tutorial STUDENT WORKBOOK

FCCS Tutorial

STUDENT WORKBOOK





Land Management Tool Training Package
Fire and Environmental Applications Team
USFS - PNW Research Station
Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory
400 North 34th Street, Suite 201
Seattle, Washington 98103
TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION................................................................................................. 1
Instructions for Installing the FCCS Software.........................................................3
FCCS TUTORIAL 5
Welcome to the FCCS 1.0 Tutorial...................................................................... 6
Part 1: Introduction to Fuel Characteristics Classification System (FCCS) 1.0 ... 7
What is FCCS? ..................................................................................................8
Why is the FCCS needed?...................................................................................9
Who uses FCCS? .............................................................................................10
What can you do with FCCS? ............................................................................11
What is a Fuelbed? ..........................................................................................12
How Were the FCCS Fuelbeds Developed?...........................................................13
Fuelbeds by Region .........................................................................................14
Using the FCCS ...