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The Oklahoma Fire Danger Model (Carlson and
others 1996) is a cooperative effort between Oklahoma State
University and the Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory, with
programming and operational support from the University of
Oklahoma. Using weather from the Oklahoma Mesonet, Oklahoma's
real-time automated weather station network of over 110 stations,
the Fire Danger Model integrates a 1-km fuels map and 1-km relative
greenness from weekly satellite imagery to produce daily NFDRS
indices over the state of Oklahoma.
Model output occurs 11 times daily
(hourly during the afternoon) and consists of maps and tables of
fire weather information. The KBDI index is updated once daily. The
model is used extensively in Oklahoma for management decisions
related to prescribed burning as well as wildfire outbreaks. It is
used to assist the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Forestry
Division, in declaring Red Flag Fire Alert days and in recommending
Burn Bans to the Governor.