Fire Emission Production Simulator (FEPS)

Project Description

The original Emissions Production Model (EPM) was designed to help managers estimate and mitigate the rates of heat, particles, and carbon gas emissions from controlled burns of harvest-slash residue in Pacific Northwest forests. The latest version of the Fire Emissions Production Simulator (FEPS) is housed within the Fuel and Fire Tools (FFT). FFT integrates FCCS with Consume and FEPS into a single user interface, and offers direct linkages to the Pile Calculator and Digital Photo Series. FEPS can be used for most forest, shrub, and grassland types in North America and the world. The program allows users to produce reasonable results with very little information by providing default values and calculations; advanced users can customize the data they provide to produce very refined results. Total burn consumption values are distributed over the life of the burn to generate hourly emission and release information. Data managed include the amount and fuel moisture of various fuel strata, hourly weather, and a number of other factors.

Purpose and Scope

The Fire Emission Production Simulator (FEPS) manages data concerning consumption, emissions, and heat release characteristics of prescribed burns and wildland fires.

Project Deliverables

FEPS Computer Program
FEPS User Guide

This research was partially funded by the National Fire Plan, and we acknowledge finding from the Joint Fire Science Program under Project JFSP 98-1-9-05.