Importing FlamMap input file into FlamMap 6.0 Desktop - Landscape Fire Behavior

Important! You will need both the Landscape download, for the landscape GeoTiff, and the Landscape Fire Behavior Model output download, for the modeling inputs.

  1. Open FlamMap 6.
  2. Open a new FlamMap project by navigating to File and clicking New.

  3. Open the Landscape file for the modeling by navigating to Landscape and clicking Open Landscape.

    'open landscape' option in the drop-down menu.

  4. Navigate to the landscape folder with the landscape file, select it, then click Open.

    landscape file visible in the file explorer

  5. Import the IFTDSS FlamMap6 input file by clicking to Analysis Area and clicking Import.

    'import' option visibile in the drop-down menu for 'Analysis Area'.

  6. Change the file type to “WFDSS input files (*.input)” from the drop-down menu.

    'WFDSS input files' option shown in the drop-down menu to the right of the file name field.

  7. Navigate to the Landscape Fire Behavior model download folder that contains the input file, select it, then click Open.

    'input' file visible in the file explorer.

  8. The Run Window opens, the first three tabs are populated with the inputs and outputs that match IFTDSS.

    tabs shown along the top of the new run window.

    Below are the inputs as displayed in IFTDSS. These are used as inputs to run Landscape Fire Behavior (FlamMap6 Basic).

    LFB inputs window displayed in IFTDSS, each input is listed.

    The FlamMap Inputs tab, shown below, is populated with the same wind, crown fire, and fuel moisture inputs used in IFTDSS.

    Flammap inputs window showing the same inputs as those used in IFTDSS

    The FlamMap Fire Behavior Options tab is populated with same outputs requested by IFTDSS.

    flammap model options showing the same outputs selected as those used by iftdss.

  9. Click Launch Basic FB to recreate the run from IFTDSS.