FARSITE

FARSITE is a simulation software used for fire behavior analysis, fire growth modeling, and fuel treatment evaluation. With FARSITE, fire managers can predict the spatiotemporal spread of a wildfire by incorporating topography, fuel conditions, and weather inputs. FARSITE was developed by the USDA Forest Service and is a well-established tool used for operational fire management and scientific research.

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Last Updated March 2, 2026, 18:17 (UTC)
Created March 2, 2026, 18:17 (UTC)
creationMethod <p>This code was created to implement the components of a FARSITE simulation using input data from FIRIS, LANDFIRE, and Synoptic. The IPython notebook fetches fire perimeters, weather perimeters, and landscape data, generates a .lcp input file using the lcpmake binar, then runs the TestFARSITE binary to predict fire spread from the first observed perimeter to the second. The predicted perimeter is compared against the observed perimeter using area error metrics and visualized on a basemap.</p>
creatorEmail h7ahmed@ucsd.edu
creatorName Hena Ahmed
dataAuthType public
dataType IPYNB
docsURL https://research.fs.usda.gov/firelab/products/dataandtools/farsite
issueDate 2026-03-01
lang en
lastUpdateDate 2026-03-01
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pocEmail h7ahmed@ucsd.edu
pocName Hena Ahmed
publisherEmail h7ahmed@ucsd.edu
publisherName Hena Ahmed
purpose <p>This directory was created to provide a minimal, self-contained example of a single FARSITE wildfire spread simulation (<a href="https://research.fs.usda.gov/firelab/products/dataandtools/farsite" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://research.fs.usda.gov/firelab/products/dataandtools/farsite</a>).</p>
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usageInfo <p>Install requirements by running ./install_packages.sh via command line in the main directory. Provide email address (for LANDFIRE Product Services access) at the top of the notebook, and run the IPython notebook from top to bottom to retrieve input data and run a FARSITE simulation step.</p>