Forest Fire Risk Assessment: An Illustrative Example from Ontario, Canada

Table 1

Fire Behavior Prediction System fuel types [10].

Group/Identifier	Descriptive name
Coniferous
C-1	Spruce-lichen woodland
C-2	Boreal spruce
C-3	Mature jack or lodgepole pine
C-4	Immature jack or lodgepole pine
C-5	Red and white pine
C-6	Conifer plantation
C-7	Ponderosa pine-Douglas-fire
Deciduous
D-1	Leafless aspen
Mixedwood
M-1	Boreal mixedwood-leafless
M-2	Boreal mixedwood-green
M-3	Dead balsam fir mixedwood-leafless
M-4	Dead balsam fir mixedwood-green
Slash
S-1	Jack or lodgepole pine slash
S-2	White spruce-balsam slash
S-3	Coastal cedar-hemlock-Douglas-fir slash
Open
O-1	Grass