From 3D Fuels to Fire Spread: Drs. Russ Parsons, Mark Finney, Sam Hillman | LANDFIRE Office Hour

This month's LANDFIRE Office Hour brings together three leading voices in fuels and fire science: Russ Parsons on Fast Fuels and its 3D data pipeline, Mark Finney on physics-based fire behavior modeling, and Sam from Forest Fire Management Victoria on a new universal fuel assessment approach out of Australia. Together they cover how high-resolution fuels data, from lidar to imagery-derived canopy models, is reshaping fire behavior prediction, firefighter training, and landscape-scale planning. If you work in fuels management, fire modeling, or wildfire research, this conversation offers a rare look at where the science is headed next. Resources mentioned in the presentation: FastFuels: https://docs.fastfuels.silvxlabs.com/... FastFuels pub: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.202... https://ninjastorm.firelab.org/spread... lacunr Pub: https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.70126 TreeMap 2023: https://www.fs.usda.gov/rds/archive/c... FastFuels API: https://github.com/silvxlabs/FastFuel... FastFuels Github: https://github.com/silvxlabs/fastfuel... 0:00 Intro 0:00:08 Fast Fuels overview: philosophy, data on-ramps & LANDFIRE connection 0:02:50 Applications: fire model support, visualization, training & decision-support tools 0:05:04 Emerging capabilities: wind modeling, canopy inputs, LANDFIRE refresh potential 0:07:05 Case studies: Montana on-ramp examples & treatment simulations 0:13:18 New tech demos: game engine wildfire sim & Fast Eddy wind modeling 0:17:56 Closing summary & Q&A 0:19:29 Mark: physics-based fire behavior modeling intro & model dimensions 0:23:23 Core fire physics: combustion, heat transfer, ignition, spread 0:24:32 The 1D model: formulation, burning rates, flame dynamics 0:34:44 Applications & machine learning surrogate model 0:39:00 Data gaps & the challenge for LANDFIRE 0:41:07 Sam: Australia's fuel assessment work & why fuels matter 0:46:10 Limitations of current fuel assessment tools 0:49:48 Proposing a universal fuel assessment guide & test results 0:58:01 New tech, ratings & future collaboration opportunities 1:06:40 Q&A: standards, science-to-management bridge, gappiness/clumpiness & lacunarity Want more short-form LANDFIRE Info? Join the email list: http://eepurl.com/baJ_BH Subscribe: YouTube channel:    / landfirevideo   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/land... Find LANDFIRE data and products https://landfire.gov/ Still have a question? Shoot us an email landfire@tnc.org (we're here to help!) #LANDFIRE #FastFuels #FireBehaviorModeling #WildfireScience #FuelsManagement #LANDFIREOfficeHour