Methods

Fuel flammability

Fuel moisture content

Bend test for estimating moisture content of leaf litter or fine slash

Weather based fuel moisture assessment

Remote automated system for measuring fine dead fuel moisture

Canopy bulk density

Canopy base height

Canopy cover

Shrub-fuel bulk density

Grass ignitability

Fuel loading models

Litter and duff fuel load

Surface fuel load

Surface fuel bed depth

Herbaceous fuel load