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Energy Release Component (ERC) The Energy Release Component (ERC) is an NFDRS index related to how hot a fire could burn. It is directly related to the 24-hour, potential worst case, total available energy (BTUs) per unit area (in square feet) within the flaming front at the head of a fire. The ERC can serve as a good characterization of a fire season as it tracks seasonal fire danger trends well. The ERC is a function of the fuel model and live and dead fuel moistures. Fuel loading, woody fuel moistures, and larger fuel moistures all have an influence on the ERC, while the lighter fuels have less influence and wind speed has none. ERC has low variability, and is the best fire danger component for indicating the effects of intermediate to long-term drying on fire behavior (if it is a significant factor) although it is not intended for use as a drought index. 63
Burning Index (BI) The Burning Index (BI) is an NFDRS index relating to the flame length at the head of the fire. BI is an estimate of the potential difficulty of fire control as a function of how fast and how hot a fire could burn. It has been scaled so that the BI value divided by 10 predicts the flame length at the head of a fire. For example, a BI of 75 would predict a flame length of 7.5 feet. BI is a function of the Spread Component and the Energy Release Component, and has moderate variability. It is sensitive to fuel models, and can trace seasonal trends reasonably well for models with heavy dead or live components. Because it uses wind and relative humidity, it is also very sensitive to weather observation errors. 64
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Table of Contents (continued) RED -
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Operational Leadership The most ess
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RESPECT Know your subordinates and
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Communication Responsibilities All
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Look Up, Down and Around (Pay speci
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Common Denominators of Fire Behavio
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LCES Checklist LCES must be establi
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Downhill Checklist Downhill firelin
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Advantages Strategy - Indirect Atta
Page 23 and 24: Structure Assessment Checklist Addr
Page 25 and 26: Structure Protection Guidelines Fir
Page 27 and 28: INCIDENT COMPLEXITY ANALYSIS (TYPE
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Page 31 and 32: Last Resort Survival LOOK AT YOUR O
Page 33 and 34: NOTES _____________________________
Page 35 and 36: HazMat IC Checklist Think Safety
Page 37 and 38: NFPA 704 HazMat Classification For
Page 39 and 40: Structural Triage and Search Assess
Page 41 and 42: Evaluating Search Urgency FACTOR RA
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Page 45 and 46: First Aid Guidelines LEGALITY Do on
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Page 49 and 50: Disaster Size-up Information TRIAGE
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Page 76 and 77: Haines Index (HI) The Lower Atmosph
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Page 82 and 83: Relative Humidity - 5000-9200’ El
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Page 100 and 101: Fire Cause Determination Checklist
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