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Marc ParisienCanadian Forest Service
Northern Forestry Centre, Edmonton AB
The Burn-P3 fire simulation model
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A landscape model that simulates the ignition and spread wildfires
A tool initially designed for long-term planning of fire management activities
A Windows-based software
What is Burn-P3?
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100Nb
BP ii
Fire spread simulation
(Prometheus)
Fire perimeter
Ignition *
Fuels (“snapshot”)
Topography
Weather duration*daily conditions*
I N P U T B P M O D E L O U T P U T
*probabilistic
0.1% 10050,00050
Burn-P3 general design
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The Burn-P3 software
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Burn-P3 user documentation
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Risk analysis
Beverly et al. (2009, For. Ecol. Manage)
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Fuels and topography
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Burn probability Flame length
Parisien et al. (Nat. Haz.)
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Burn probability Flame length
Parisien et al. (Nat. Haz.)
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Likelihood of burning
Burn probability and fire effects
Potential fire impacts
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Simulating the ignition and spread captures the spatial context of wildfires
Burn-P3 is a data-hungry model… but we have lots of data
Incorporating natural variability increases the accuracy of modeled BP
After the initial time investment, it’s fairly easy to run what-if scenarios
Concluding remarks
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15Thank youPhoto: Simon Hunt (Parks Canada)