Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations - Wildfire Management Branch
Fuel Hazard Assessment and Abatement in British Columbia
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A Guide to Fuel Hazard Assessment and Abatement in British Columbia Signed memorandum from Gary Townsend, Assistant Deputy Minister to all Forest Industry Licensees, Regional Executive Directors, District Managers, Fire Centre Managers and BC Timber Sales dated April 16, 2012 |
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British Columbia Fuel Hazard Assessment and Abatement Fire Risk Map |
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British Columbia Fuel Hazard Assessment and Abatement Fire Risk Map KMZ format (note: in order to use this map, you will need Google Earth installed) |
Photo Guides and other useful information
- Photo Fuel Plots link to webpage for Clearwater, Kamloops, Lillooet, Merritt, Penticton, Salmon Arm and Vernon.
- Field Sampling Procedures for Photo Series – Natural Stands - link to webpage
- Coarse Woody Debris - link to webpage
- Guide to Rating Fuel Loading and Fire Hazard Risk Assessment, April 2012, from the Coastal Fire Centre
- Coastal Slash Assessment Guide
- Douglas-Fir-Hemlock, Size Class 3, Partial Cut, A Series of 6 Levels
- Douglas Fir Hemlock, Size Class 1 – Precommercial Thinning – A Series of 4 Levels – pgs 15 – 24
- Douglas Fir Hardwood, Size Class 4, Clearcut – A Series of 7 Levels – pgs 25 – 40
- Douglas Fire Hardwood, Size Class 4 – Partial Cut – A Seres of 6 Levels – pgs 41-53
- Down and Dead Woody Fuel Loading authors: Ottmar, Roger D., Hardy, Colin C., Vihnanek, Robert E, 1990
- Photo guide to quantifying forest stands in British Columbia - photo guide #601 Nelson Forest Region
- Guide to Rating Fuel Loading - Vancouver Region 1984
Photo Guide for Quantifying Forest Stands in British Columbia Photo Guide #501 Forest Stands
| Document Name | Page number as it appears in document | PDF Document Page number | Description |
| Part 1 | i | 2 | Table of contents |
| ii | 3 | Acknowledgements | |
| iii | 4 | Abstract | |
| iv | 5 | Trees – Latin, Common Name & Abbreviations | |
| v | 6 | Brush and Shrubs – Latin and Common Name | |
| vi | 7 | Herbs – Latin and Common Name | |
| vii | 8 | Definition of Fuel Types | |
| viii | 9 | Key Words | |
| blank - C3-8 | 10 - 27 | Fuel Type C-3 - Mature Jack or Lodgepole Pine | |
| Part 2 | C3-9 – C3-16 | 1 – 15 | Fuel Type C-3 - Mature Jack or Lodgepole Pine (cont'd) |
| Blank – C4-5 | 16 – 26 | Fuel Type C-4 - Immature Jack or Lodgepole Pine | |
| Blank – C7-3 | 27 - 34 | Fuel Type C-7 – Ponderosa Pine – Douglas fir | |
| Part 3 | C7-4 – C7-20 | 1 - 34 | Fuel Type C-7 – Ponderosa Pine – Douglas fir (cont’d) |
| Part 4 | C7-21 – C7-28 | 1 - 15 | Fuel Type C-7 – Ponderosa Pine – Douglas fir (cont’d) |
| Blank – M2-24 | 16 – 64 | Fuel Type M-2 – Spruce Balsam | |
| Blank – O1-1 | 65 - 67 | Fuel Type O-1 – Open Range - Sagebrush |
Photo Guide for Quantifying Forest Stands in British Columbia #502 Modified Forest Stands
| Document Name | Page number as it appears in document | PDF Document Page number | Description |
| Part 1 | i | 2 | Table of contents |
| ii | 3 | Acknowledgements | |
| iii | 4 | Abstract | |
| iv | 5 | Trees – Latin, Common Name & Abbreviations | |
| Blank | 6 | Blank page | |
| v | 7 | Brush and Shrubs – Latin and Common Name | |
| vi | 8 | Herbs – Latin and Common Name | |
| vii | 9 | Definition of Fuel Types | |
| viii | 10 | Key Words | |
| blank - C3-4 | 11 - 19 | Fuel Type C-3 - Mature Jack or Lodgepole Pine | |
| blank - C4-6 | 20 - 33 | Fuel Type C-4 - Immature Jack or Lodgepole Pine | |
| Part 2 | C4-7 – C4-21 | 1 – 29 | Fuel Type C-4 - Immature Jack or Lodgepole Pine (cont'd) |
| Part 3 | Blank – C7-21 | 1 – 44 | Fuel Type C-7 – Ponderosa Pine – Douglas fir |
| Part 4 | C7-22 – C7-36 | 1 - 29 | Fuel Type C-7 – Ponderosa Pine – Douglas fir (cont'd) |
| Blank | 30 - 31 | Fuel Type M-2 – Spruce Balsam | |
| Part 5 | M2-1 - M2-3 | 1 - 5 | Fuel Type M-2 – Spruce Balsam (cont’d) |
| Blank – S1-7 | 6 – 20 | Fuel Type S-1 – Jack or Lodgepole Pine Slash | |
| Blank – S1-7 | 21 - 36 | Fuel Type S-2 – Spruce Balsam Slash | |
| Part 6 | S2-8 – S2-24 | 1 - 33 | Fuel Type S-2 – Spruce Balsam Slash (cont’d) |
| Blank – S3-2 | 34 - 39 | Fuel Type S-3 –Coastal Cedar – Hemlock – Douglas fir Slash | |
| Part 7 | S3-3 – S3-17 | 1 - 39 | Fuel Type S-3 –Coastal Cedar – Hemlock – Douglas fir Slash (cont’d) |
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