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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)
Breadcrumbs
Glossary of Terms and Metrics
Weather Glossary
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