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    Canadian Glossary
    • Buildup Index (BUI)
    • Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System (CFFDRS)
    • Drought Code (DC)
    • Duff Moisture Code (DMC)
    • Fine Fuel Moisture Code (FFMC)
    • Fire Behavior Prediction (FBP)
    • Fire Weather Index (FWI)
    • Foliar Moisture Content (FMC)
    • Grass Curing
    • Hourly Fine Fuel Moisture Code (HFFMC)
    • Initial Spread Index (ISI)
    Fire Danger Glossary
    • Energy Released Component (ERC)
    • Fire Behavior Index (FBI)
    • Fire Potential Index Composite (FPIC)
      • Putting the Fire Potential Index Composite (FPIC) to Use
      • Suggested Trainings for Customers
    • Fire Potential Wind Index (FPWI)
    • Fireline Intensity (FLI)
    • Flame Length (FL)
    • Head Fire Intensity (HFI)
    • Ignition Probability or Probability of Ignition (POI)
    • National Fire Danger Rating System - Version 2016 (NFDRS16)
    • Pyrocumulonimbus Firepower Threshold (PFT)
    • Rate of Spread (ROS)
    • Rothermal Model
    • Spread Component (SC)
    Fire Risk Glossary
    • Building Loss Factor Index (BLF)
    • Buildings Impacted/Threatened
    • Extended Attack Assessment Index (EAA)
    • Initial Attack Assessment (IAA)
    • Population Impacted/Threatened
    • Terrain Difficulty Index (TDI)
    Fuels Glossary
    • Surface Fuels
    • Canopy Fuels
    • Dead Fuel Moisture Content (DFMC)
      • Moisture 1H
      • Moisture 10H
      • Moisture 100H
      Live Fuel Moisture Content (LFMC)
      • Herbaceous Live Fuel Moisture Content (HLFMC)
      • Woody Live Fuel Moisture Content (WLFMC)
    Utilities Glossary
    • Circuit
    • Distribution Line (DL)
    • Enhanced Powerline Safety Settings (EPSS)
    • Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS)
    • Risk Associated with an Ignition Location (RAIL)
    • Risk Associated with Value Exposure (RAVE)
    • Service Center
    • Substation
    • Transformers (TF)
    • Transmission Line (TL)
    • Zone of Protection (ZOP)
    • Operating Company (OpCo)
    Weather Glossary
    • Automated Surface Observation Station (ASOS)
    • European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
    • Global Forecast System (GFS)
    • High Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR)
    • Relative Humidity (RH)
    • Surface Downwelling Shortwave Flux
    • Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF)
    • Wind Gust
    • Wind Speed
    • WindNinja
    • National Weather Service (NWS)

Glossary of Terms and Metrics

A guide to the terms and metrics used in Technosylva’s products.

    Canadian Glossary

    • Buildup Index (BUI)
    • Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System (CFFDRS)
    • Drought Code (DC)
    • Duff Moisture Code (DMC)
    • Fine Fuel Moisture Code (FFMC)
    • Fire Behavior Prediction (FBP)
    • Fire Weather Index (FWI)
    • Foliar Moisture Content (FMC)
    • Grass Curing
    • Hourly Fine Fuel Moisture Code (HFFMC)
    • Initial Spread Index (ISI)

    Fire Danger Glossary

    • Energy Released Component (ERC)
    • Fire Behavior Index (FBI)
    • Fire Potential Index Composite (FPIC)
    • Fire Potential Wind Index (FPWI)
    • Fireline Intensity (FLI)
    • Flame Length (FL)
    • Head Fire Intensity (HFI)
    • Ignition Probability or Probability of Ignition (POI)
    • National Fire Danger Rating System - Version 2016 (NFDRS16)
    • Pyrocumulonimbus Firepower Threshold (PFT)
    • Rate of Spread (ROS)
    • Rothermal Model
    • Spread Component (SC)

    Fire Risk Glossary

    • Building Loss Factor Index (BLF)
    • Buildings Impacted/Threatened
    • Extended Attack Assessment Index (EAA)
    • Initial Attack Assessment (IAA)
    • Population Impacted/Threatened
    • Terrain Difficulty Index (TDI)

    Fuels Glossary

    • Surface Fuels
    • Canopy Fuels
    • Dead Fuel Moisture Content (DFMC)
    • Live Fuel Moisture Content (LFMC)

    Utilities Glossary

    • Circuit
    • Distribution Line (DL)
    • Enhanced Powerline Safety Settings (EPSS)
    • Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS)
    • Risk Associated with an Ignition Location (RAIL)
    • Risk Associated with Value Exposure (RAVE)
    • Service Center
    • Substation
    • Transformers (TF)
    • Transmission Line (TL)
    • Zone of Protection (ZOP)
    • Operating Company (OpCo)

    Weather Glossary

    • Automated Surface Observation Station (ASOS)
    • European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
    • Global Forecast System (GFS)
    • High Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR)
    • Relative Humidity (RH)
    • Surface Downwelling Shortwave Flux
    • Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF)
    • Wind Gust
    • Wind Speed
    • WindNinja
    • National Weather Service (NWS)
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