Monitoring & Post-Fire Evaluation Flashcards
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In the NPS Fire Monitoring Handbook, which monitoring level covers long-term change (such as 5+ years) in vegetation composition and structure?
Answer: Level 4 - Long-term change
FMH Level 4 tracks long-term trends after the short-term changes covered by Level 3.
Which item is most important to include in a post-burn report?
Answer: Actual weather, fire behavior, acres burned, objectives achieved, and any problems or escapes
Post-burn documentation records actual conditions and results compared with the plan for accountability and learning.
Burn unit objectives call for a 'mosaic' effect. Which monitoring metric best measures it?
Answer: Percent of the unit area burned versus unburned, with patch distribution
Patchiness and the percent of area burned directly measure a mosaic objective.
Several seasons after a burn, cheatgrass cover has increased sharply. What should the post-fire evaluation do?
Answer: Record the invasive species response and consider it in future burn timing and treatment plans
Invasive species expansion is a key post-fire effect and should inform adaptive management.
A water drop placed on mineral soil after a burn beads up for more than 40 seconds. What does this suggest?
Answer: Possible fire-induced water repellency (hydrophobicity)
A long water drop penetration time indicates water-repellent soils, which raise runoff and erosion risk.
Why do monitoring programs set target confidence levels and minimum detectable change when deciding how many plots to install?
Answer: To make sure enough plots exist to statistically detect meaningful change
Sample size analysis makes sure the monitoring design has enough statistical power to detect real changes.
Which post-burn data source best documents the actual fire behavior observed during ignition?
Answer: Fire behavior observations (flame length, rate of spread) recorded on monitoring forms during the burn
Fire behavior recorded in real time captures what actually happened, for comparison with predictions.
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