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- Burning_Index abstract "Burning Index (BI) is a number used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to describe the potential amount of effort needed to contain a single fire in a particular fuel type within a rating area. The National Fire Danger Rating System (NFDRS) uses a modified version of Bryam's equation for flame length - based on the Spread Component (SC) and the available energy (ERC) - to calculate flame length from which the Burning Index is computed.The equation for flame length is listed below:where:j is a scaling factor, SC is the spread component, and ERC is the Energy Release Component.Consequently, the equation for the Burning Index is:where is the Burning Index scaling factor of (10/ft). Therefore, dividing the Burning Index by 10 produces a reasonable estimate of the flame length at the head of a fire. A unique Burning Index (BI) table is required for each fuel model.".
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- Burning_Index subject Category:Fire.
- Burning_Index subject Category:Firefighting.
- Burning_Index comment "Burning Index (BI) is a number used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to describe the potential amount of effort needed to contain a single fire in a particular fuel type within a rating area.".
- Burning_Index label "Burning Index".
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