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HexFire: A Flexible and Accessible Wildfire Simulator.

Nathan H Schumaker¹, Sydney M Watkins², Julie A Heinrichs³

¹U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment, Corvallis, OR 97333, USA.

|October 10, 2022

Summary

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A new wildfire simulator, HexFire, offers a simplified approach for scientists to model fire spread and its ecological impacts. This tool is designed for non-specialists, making complex wildfire dynamics more accessible for broader research applications.

Keywords:

HexFire HexSim fire impacts fire management fire model fire simulation

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Area of Science:

Ecology
Environmental Science
Computational Science

Background:

Wildfire frequency and severity are increasing globally.
Existing wildfire simulators are often complex, time-consuming, and difficult to parameterize.
This presents a barrier for scientists and practitioners outside of fire specialization.

Purpose of the Study:

Introduce HexFire, a parsimonious wildfire simulator.
Design HexFire for rapid adoption by non-fire specialists.
Facilitate the integration of wildfire dynamics into broader ecological research.

Main Methods:

Developed a simplified wildfire simulator, HexFire.
Detailed the simulator's design and underlying mechanisms.
Utilized heuristic examples to demonstrate fire spread and behavior generation.

Main Results:

HexFire effectively represents fire spread and interactions with fuel breaks.
The simulator can generate diverse emergent fire behaviors.
HexFire demonstrates flexibility for coupling with other environmental models.

Conclusions:

HexFire provides a practical tool for non-specialists to incorporate wildfire modeling.
It serves as a proxy for more complex simulators, aiding ecological impact assessments.
HexFire can simulate interactions with fuel breaks and fire suppression efforts.