FEPS Tutorial STUDENT WORKBOOK Land Management Tool Training Package Fire and Environmental Applications Team USFS - PNW Research Station Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory 400 North 34th Street, Suite 201 Seattle, Washington 98103 Table of Contents Introduction .............................................................................................i Instructions for Installing FEPS Software....................................................iii FEPS Tutorial .........................................................................................iv Welcome to the FEPS v 1.1 Tutorial .........................................................1 Part 1: Background ..................................................................................2 What is FEPS? ........................................................................................ 3 History of EPM and FEPS.......................................................................... 4 Potential Applications .............................................................................. 5 Part 2: FEPS Basics ..................................................................................6 Basic Steps to Using FEPS........................................................................ 7 Installing FEPS ....................................................................................... 8 Upgrading and Reinstalling FEPS............................................................... 9 Starting FEPS....................................................................................... 10 Exiting FEPS ........................................................................................ 11 Menu Bar............................................................................................. 12 Tool Bar .............................................................................................. 13 Status Bar ........................................................................................... 14 Entering Data....................................................................................... 15 Validating Entered Data ......................................................................... 16 FEPS Online Help .................................................................................. 17 Part 3: Managing Events ........................................................................18 What is an Event?................................................................................. 19 User Events ......................................................................................... 20 User Default Events .............................................................................. 21 System Default Events .......................................................................... 22 Manage Events Screen .......................................................................... 23 Loading an Event.................................................................................. 24 Creating an Event ................................................................................. 25 Deleting an Event ................................................................................. 26 Exporting an Event ............................................................................... 27 Importing an Event ............................................................................... 28 Part 4: Data Entry ..................................................................................29 Overview of the Data Entry Screen.......................................................... 30 Entering Event Data.............................................................................. 31 Event Information Tab........................................................................... 32 Fuel Loading Tab .................................................................................. 33 NFDR Models..................................................................................... 35 FCCS Fuelbeds .................................................................................. 36 Default Fuel Loadings ......................................................................... 37 Fuel Moisture Tab ................................................................................. 38 Consumption Tab.................................................................................. 39 Importing Consumption Values from Consume or FOFEM ......................... 41 Resetting Consumption Values ............................................................. 42 Calculate and Save Consumption ......................................................... 43 Hourly Input Data Tab........................................................................... 44 Hourly Data View ............................................................................... 45 Daily Temperature and Humidity Extremes View..................................... 47 Tips for Editing Hourly Data................................................................. 48 Part 5: Reports ......................................................................................51 Report and Chart Options ...................................................................... 52 Creating Reports and Charts .................................................................. 53 Event Data Report ................................................................................ 54 Consumption / Emissions Results Report.................................................. 55 Buoyancy Results Report ....................................................................... 57 Emissions Results Report ....................................................................... 59 Printing Reports and Charts.................................................................... 60 Exporting Reports and Charts ................................................................. 61 Consumption by Combustion Stage Chart................................................. 62 Plume Rise Chart .................................................................................. 63 PM2.5 Emissions by Combustion Stage...................................................... 64 CO Emissions Chart .............................................................................. 65 Part 6: Case Studies...............................................................................66 Southern Case Study ............................................................................ 67 Step 1: Create an Event...................................................................... 68 Step 2: Event Information Tab............................................................. 69 Step 3: Fuel Loading Tab .................................................................... 70 Step 4: Fuel Moisture Tab ................................................................... 71 Step 5: Consumption Tab.................................................................... 72 Step 6: Hourly Input Data................................................................... 73 Step 7: Results.................................................................................. 74 Western Case Study.............................................................................. 75 Step 1: Create an Event...................................................................... 76 Step 2: Event Information Tab............................................................. 77 Step 3: Fuel Loading Tab .................................................................... 78 Step 4: Fuel Moisture Tab ................................................................... 79 Step 5: Consumption Tab.................................................................... 80 Step 6: Hourly Input Data................................................................... 81 Step 7: Hourly Emissions Results ......................................................... 83 Step 8: Plume Rise Results.................................................................. 84 i Introduction The Fire Emission Production Simulator (FEPS) is a user-friendly computer program designed for scientists and resource managers. The software manages data concerning consumption, emissions, and heat release characteristics of prescribed burns and wildland fire events. The original Emissions Production Model (EMP) 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. In updating EPM, a significant number of improvements were made to the usability, applicability, and accuracy of the model. The calculation approach was redesigned, and the model has been renamed FEPS. The most recent FEPS update, version 1.1, includes fuels data from the most popular fuelbeds in the Fuel Characteristic Classification System and produces hourly emission and heat release data for prescribed and wildland fires. It now accepts data imported from FOFEM, Consume 2.1, and Consume 3.0. FEPS can be used for most forest, shrub and grassland types in North America and may be applied to other regions of the world. FEPS incorporates a flexible user interface that allows users to customize a burning Event. Users may adjust fuel loadings, fuel moistures, fuel consumption algorithms, fuelbed proportions and fire growth rates to fit specific events, and can specify durnal changes in meteorological conditions that will modify plume rise. Furthermore, many intermediate