Unit 3

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Identify and describe basic wildland fuel characteristics.

2. Identify and describe seven characteristics of fuels that affect wildland fire behavior.

3. Identify and define by size class the four dead fuel timelag categories used to classify fuels.

4. Describe how fuel availability is essential to predicting wildland fire behavior.

5. Describe the fuel model concept and its utility for predicting wildland fire behavior.