@article{ref1,
title="Fire danger index efficiency as a function of fuel moisture and fire behavior",
journal="Science of the total environment",
year="2018",
author="Torres, Fillipe Tamiozzo Pereira and Romeiro, Joyce Machado Nunes and Santos, Ana Carolina de Albuquerque and de Oliveira Neto, Ricardo Rodrigues and Lima, Gumercindo Souza and Zanuncio, José Cola",
volume="631-632",
number="",
pages="1304-1310",
abstract="Assessment of the performance of forest fire hazard indices is important for prevention and management strategies, such as planning prescribed burnings, public notifications and firefighting resource allocation. The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of fire hazard indices considering fire behavior variables and susceptibility expressed by the moisture of combustible material. Controlled burns were carried out at different times and information related to meteorological conditions, characteristics of combustible material and fire behavior variables were recorded. All variables analyzed (fire behavior and fuel moisture content) can be explained by the prediction indices. The Brazilian EVAP/P showed the best performance, both at predicting moisture content of the fuel material and fire behavior variables, and the Canadian system showed the best performance to predicting the rate of spread. The coherence of the correlations between the indices and the variables analyzed makes the methodology, which can be applied anywhere, important for decision-making in regions with no records or with only unreliable forest fire data.<br><br>Copyright © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0048-9697",
doi="10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.121",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.121"
}