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Wildland Fire Management RD&A - Fuels and Fire Ecology (formerly NIFTT) provides online courses (at no charge) related to LANDFIRE data.

LANDFIRE: Concepts, Data, and Methods introduces the LANDFIRE Program and data products. Course completion provides basic knowledge about LANDFIRE data.

Introduction to the 40 Fire Behavior Fuel Models provides an overview of the Scott and Burgan (2005) 40 Fire Behavior Fuel Models and associated resources and demonstrates the appropriate fuel model selection process.

Using Fire Behavior Nomographs to Estimate Fire Behavior Characteristics describes the history of nomographs to estimate fire behavior; illustrates a wind vectoring chart that combines wind speed, wind direction, and slope steepness; describes new nomographs format; and illustrates a new chart to estimate non-heading spread rate and flame length.

Fire Regime Condition Class (FRCC) (sponsored by the National Interagency Fuels Coordination Group) introduces theories and principles of FRCC and teaches the Standard Landscape Worksheet Method to assess landscape condition class. FRCC certification is available upon course completion.

GIS Tools for Fuels, Fire, and Vegetation Management using LANDFIRE Data has multiple lessons - which can be taken separately - on LANDFIRE data tools.

Introduction to Fuel Loading Models (FLMs) introduces a surface fuel classification system for predicting fire effects, such as smoke emissions and soil heating, from on-site fuels.

Introduction to the Fuel Characteristic Classification System (FCCS; version 2.0) provides information on how to download, install, & use the FCCS software. Real-world applications are covered and an exercise is included.

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