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Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment (FASMEE)

The FASMEE experiments are coordinated highly instrumented prescribed burns that involve multiple research teams simultaneously recording measurements of a wide range of characteristics related to the fires. Image: USDA Forest Service

The Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment (FASMEE) is a large collaborative, multifaceted fire research project that involves scientists from across the US, including many from the South. Our partners at the Tall Timbers Research Station Wildland Fire Science Program are heavily involved in FASMEE, with research on fire behavior, smoke dynamics, and fire effects. Be sure to read more about the FASMEE stand-replacement prescribed burns that were held at the Fishlake National Forest and Dixie National Forest over the past couple of years. Want to learn more? Check out the FASMEE media coverage, including the videos posted below and a story from Vice News. Check out this amazing view from inside one of the FASMEE prescribed stand-replacement burns!


USDA Forest Service video explaining the FASMEE project and some of the research teams involved.
An introduction to the FASMEE project and an overview of some of the research teams. Video by the Desert Research Institute

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