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Course: Wildfire risk modeling using BurnP3+

This three day, in-person course provides a foundation for developing and running spatially-explicit wildfire risk models using the BurnP3+ package for SyncroSim. The course covers wildfire simulation modeling concepts, how to use BurnP3+ to create models of ignitions, burning conditions and fire growth to explore wildfire risk and susceptibility across a landscape, and how to interpret and share model results. Examples of BurnP3+ simulations using both cell-based (Cell2Fire) and vector-based (Prometheus) fire growth models under a range of environmental conditions will be presented.

Dates: April 28-30, 2025 (Monday 12:30 to 4:30 MT; Tuesday and Wednesday 8:30 to 4:30 MT)

Location: University of Alberta, Edmonton

Instructors: Leonardo Frid (ApexRMS), Katie Birchard (ApexRMS), Chris Stockdale (Canadian Forest Service), and Brett Moore (Canadian Forest Service)

Audience

This course is designed for those who are new to BurnP3+ and would like to increase their understanding of fire growth simulation modeling. This includes those who have been introduced to fire growth models through various workshops or projects, but now wish to build and run models themselves. The course is computer-exercise based, fast-paced, and delves into advanced modeling topics. Although no software knowledge is required to participate, an introductory understanding of the R programming language is recommended.

Learning Objectives

  • Fire growth modeling concepts, as they have been applied to estimates of wildfire susceptibility and risk across a landscape
  • How to create and run a fire growth simulation model in BurnP3+, and how to interpret model results
  • How to obtain and prepare data required to run BurnP3+
  • Approaches for incorporating uncertainty and variability into fire growth simulation models
  • How to use alternative scenarios to compare model outcomes given varying fire growth models, management strategies, and weather data
  • How to run BurnP3+ using the R programming language

Topics Covered

  • Theory behind fire growth simulation models
  • Building reproducible BurnP3+ models: configuring model inputs, such as weather and fuel data, and partitioning analyses using pipelines and dependencies in SyncroSim
  • Running BurnP3+ models: comparing alternative scenarios, viewing model output, and exporting results
  • Publishing BurnP3+ model outputs: visualizing and sharing model results using SyncroSim Cloud
  • Introduction to scripting workflows with BurnP3+ in R using the rsyncrosim package

What's Included

  • 20 hours of instruction and support from knowledgeable instructors over 3 days
  • Introduction to BurnP3+ training manual and exercises
  • Morning and afternoon coffee/snacks (lunch is not provided)

Sign-up

Standard Early-Bird (Before Feb 28, 2025)
Regular $1800 $1600
Student/Postdoc $900 $800

All fees listed above are in CAD. Cancellation with a $50 fee is possible up to March 28th, 2025.

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