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A Publication of the
National Wildfire Coordinating Group
PMS 436-3
NFES 2220
Fire Behavior N omograms
MARCH 1992
The "Fire Behavior Nomograms" are excerpted from "How.to Predict the Spread and Intensity of Forest and Range Fuels", Richard C. Rothermel, June 1983, with the exception of the nomogram for fuel model #7 which was updated for this publication.
Additional copies of this publication may be ordered from the Great Basin Cache, National Interagency Fire Center, 3833 S. Development Ave., Boise ID 83705. Consult the current "NWCG NFES Catalog Part 2: Publications" at https://www.nwcg.gov/ for current prices and ordering procedures. Order NFES 2220.
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