Temperature
Relative Humidity
Wind
Rain
Wind
Fire Weather
Observations
Find Fuel
Moisture Code
(FFMC)
Duff Moisture
Code
(DMC)
Drought Code
(DC)
Temperature
Relative Humidity
Rain
Temperature
Rain
Initial Spread
Index
(ISI)
Buildup
Index
(BUI)
Fire Weather
Index
(FWI)
Fuel
Moisture
Codes
Fire
Behavior
Indexes
4 Basic Weather data at
noon as inputs
First 3 indexes telling
Fuel Moisture, indicate
how easy fuel can be
ignited.
Other 3 telling Fire
Behavior (rate of spread
& fire intensity)
Fig. 26.6
Structure of
fire weather indices and codes of MMD adopting the Canadian system (Natural Resources Canada 2020; Malaysian Meteorological
Department 2020)
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F. Parish et al.