Integrating Fire Behavior Models and Geospatial Analysis for Wildland Fire Risk Assessment and Fuel Management Planning

Table 1

Vegetation and fire behavior models used in conjunction with ArcFuels.

Model and citation	Description	Linkage within ArcFuels	Case studies
Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) [52]	Individual-tree, distance-independent growth and yield model	Calls the program, creates input data, processes output data, plus allows interaction in execution	[53–56]
Fire and Fuels Extension to FVS (FVS-FFE) [18]	Stand-level simulations of fuel dynamics and potential fire behavior over time	Calls the program, creates input data, processes output data, plus allows interaction in execution	[57, 58]
Stand Visualization System (SVS) [59]	Generates graphics depicting stand conditions	Calls the program, creates input data	N/A
NEXUS [17]	Stand-level spreadsheet that links surface and crown fire prediction models	Calls the program, creates input data	[60–62]
BehavePlus [63]	Stand-level fire behavior, fire effects, and fire environment modeling system	Calls the program	[64–67]
BehavePlus (SURFACE module) [68]	Stand-level fire behavior, fire effects, and fire environment modeling system	Fully integrated (Behave calculator in Wildfire Models tool)	N/A
FlamMap [20]	Landscape-level fire behavior mapping and analysis program	Calls the program, creates input data, processes output data	[69]
FARSITE [19]	Fire spread simulator	Calls the program, creates input data, processes output data	[62, 67, 69]
FOFEM [13]	Stand-level first order fire effects modeling system	Calls the program	[70]

N/A denotes not available.