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References

Automated Flight Following
(AFF)

  • AFF
  • AFF (AFF with Google
    Earth)

Northern Utah Aviation Plans

Calculators and Identifiers

Safety and Training

Local / Regional

Geographical

 

Local Weather Services

Regional

Smoke Monitoring
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Fire Mangement Fuels and NFDRS Fire Safety Local Fire Resources

Information and Planning

Maps

Fuel Moistures The strong influence that variations in live and dead fuel moisture content have on fire behavior has been recognized by wildland fire managers. Fuel moistures help drive the suppression staffing and funding decisions. Guidelines for prescribed burning call for accurate values for the moisture content of fuels (USDI 2000). Although live and dead fuels are a major influence on fire behavior, they are only two of many conditions affecting fire behavior. Fuel moisture values should be used in conjunction with the effects of other fire behavior influences. Knowledge of the values and trends of fuel moistures can greatly improve the accuracy of fire hazard, fire behavior and fire effects predictions for use in fire suppression, fire prevention, prescribed fire activities and fire rehabilitation.

  • Energy Release Component (ERC) The (ERC) Energy Release component is a number related to the 24-hour potential for worst-case, total energy released per unit area (square foot) within the flaming front at the head of a fire. The energy release component is tracked daily by the Northern Utah Interagency Fire Center staff and is used along with other indicators of fire danger to determine the daily preparedness level. ERC charts for the Northern Utah Mountains and Salt Lake Desert Fire Danger Rating areas are updated daily during the fire season.
  • Burning Index (BI) The (BI) Burning Index is an estimate of the potential difficulty of fire containment as it relates to flame length at the head of a fire. The Burning index is tracked daily by the Northern Utah Interagency Fire Center staff and is used for determining the number and type of firefighting resources that are automatically dispatched to a smoke report before anything else is known about the fire (dispatch level). BI Charts for the Northern Utah Mountains and the Salt Lake Desert Fire Danger Ratings are updated daily during the fire season.

Salt Lake Desert FDR

Wasatch Mountains FDR

Uinta Mountains FDR

General Safety Information

Type III Team

  • NU Type III IMT Plan
  • NU Type III IMT SOPs
  • NU Team Roster
  • NU Team Rotation

Northern Utah (NU) Type II Crew

  • 2009 NU Crew Plan
  • Blank Crew Manifest
  • NU Crew Organization Expectations (doc)
  • 2009 NU Crew Rotation
  • NU Crew Inventory
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Contacts Fire Prevention Fire Training Fire Employment

Local Centers

Surrounding Dispatch/ Fire Centers

Training Guidelines

Training
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