FOREST SERVICE HANDBOOK
Cadillac, Michigan
JANUARY 1991
FSH 5109.14 INDIVIDUAL FIRE REPORT HANDBOOK
H-M Supplement No. 4
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Page Code
2.21--1 thru --2
Superseded
New
(Number of Sheets)
1
1
DIGEST:
Changes specific item instructions.
It is my decision to not obtain public involvement in this manual
supplement because the subject matter is exempt according
to 36 CFR 216.3.
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2.21 - Specific Item Instructions.
IDENTIFICATION
4.
Fire Management Analysis Zone.
District(s)
FMAZ
Baldwin and White Cloud
Manistee and Cadillac
Mio, Tawas, and Harrisville
Code
FMAZ I
FMAZ II
FMAZ III
1
2
3
OCCURRENCE
8. Time of Discovery. Enter the month, day, year, hour, and
minute the fire was discovered. Do not code to the nearest hour as in
item 7.
9. Detection Method. Aircraft under contract to the Forest
Service and used on aerial detection will be coded (7).
ACTION
14. Time of Initial Action. Enter the
and minute that initial suppression action was
the fire. For confinement/surveillance fires,
surveillance. Do not code to the nearest hour
month, day, year, hour,
started at the site of
enter time of first
as in item 7.
15. Time Final Suppression Strategy Attained. Enter the month,
day, year, hour, and minute that the initial suppression strategy in
item 12 -- or, if this is an escaped fire, the final suppression
strategy from the escaped fire situation analysis -- was achieved. Do
not code to the nearest hour as in item 7.
DESCRIPTION
18.
Description.
FFF funds only.
19. FMAZ NVC Per Acre Per FIL.
without negative sign.)
FIL I
*
-
(Values are negative; code
FIL II
FIL III
-
FMAZ I
( ) $ 15
( - ) $215
( ) $1065
FMAZ I I
(-) $228
(-) $297
( ) $1021
FMAZ III
( -)
(-) $ 94
(-) $1752
$ 32
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23. Fire Intensity Level. Actual observed flame length can be
used or the flame length can be determined using the burning index
(BI).
Burning Index (BI)
0-20
21-40
41-60
61-80
81-120
121+
24.
25.
Flame Length
0-2.0 feet
2.1-4.0 feet
4.1-6.0 feet
6.1-8.0 feet
8.1-12.0 feet
12.1+ feet
Code FIL
1
2
3
4
5
6
Representative Weather Station.
National Forest
Code
Manistee
Huron
203802
202902
Fuel Mode11Cover Type.
Code
A
L
C
H
R
U
E
K
J
I
Fuel Models
Annuals - short grass
Perennials - short grass
Open pine with grass
Short needle pine - white pine
Hardwoods, litter, leaf-on, summer
Long needle pine - red pine
Hardwood litter, leaf-off
Light slash 0-12 T/A
Medium slash 13-34 T/A
Heavy slash 35+ T/A
Fuel models are described in USDA-Forest Service Research
Paper RM-84, 2/72; National Fire-Danger Rating System by Deeming,
Lancaster, Fosberg, Furman, and Schroeder.
*Other fuel models are described in Anderson's "Aids to
Determining Fuel Models for Estimating Fire Behavior," Int. Mtn. F&RES,
GTR INT-122, 1982.
Code
01
02
03
04
05
Cover Type
Jack pine
Red pine
White pine
White pine-hemlock
Hemlock
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