PRODUCING FIRE FAMILY PLUS GRAPHS

Click on File - > Open

OPEN FIRE FAMILY PLUS DATABASE

Click on Database

Click on “Open”

SELECT A STATION OR SIG (SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP) IN THE WORKING SET

Select Station or SIG

Click on “Open”

SELECT YEAR RANGE WHICH YOU WISH TO ANALYZE

• Select Year Range Using Up and Down Arrows

• For the end year use the previous year. This ensures if new max or min indices are being set in the current year they will be highlighted.

Available Years in Database for Station or SIG

Check “Enable Auxiliary Year Overlays” box

SELECT THE MONTH AND DATE RANGE WHICH YOU WISH TO ANALYZE

• Select Month and Date

range using the drop down and up and down arrows

SELECT THE ANALYSIS PERIOD LENGTH (HOW DATA IS DISPLAYED ON THE GRAPHS)

• Select Analysis Period Length by using the drop down box.

• A smaller period (1 or 2 day) will show greater short term variability on the graphs.

• A larger period (3+) will smooth out how the data is displayed and show overall trends better.

SELECT THE FIRE OCCURRENCE DATA TO BE ANALYZED

Click on “Fire Associations”

SELECT THE FIRE OCCURRENCE DATA TO BE ANALYZED

Click on Forest, Park, Refuge, etc.

Click on Agency Region

Click on, District(s) if available.

VIEW LISTING OF SELECTED FIRE OCCURRENCE DATA TO BE ANALYZED

Click on “View Fires”

VIEW LISTING OF SELECTED FIRE OCCURRENCE DATA TO BE ANALYZED

You can Sort Fires by date, size cause, etc. by right clicking on column and clicking “Ascending” or “Descending”

Close window when you are done viewing fires .

CLICK ON THE CLIMATOLOGY HOT KEY TO BEGIN RUNNING FIRE FAMILY PLUS GRAPHS

Click on the “Climatology Reports “ Hot Key

SELECT THE VARIABLES TO BE DISPLAYED IN FF+ GRAPHS

Click on the variables which you wish display in FF+ Graphs under “Stats Graph”

Selections are displayed in “Selected Outputs” at bottom

Use scroll bar to view additional variables

CLICK ON “RUN” TO PRODUCE FF+ GRAPHS

Click on “Run” to produce FF+ Graphs

FF+ GRAPHS ARE DISPLAYED IN TILES

Click on graph which you would like to edit or save. The desired graph will display on top.

EDIT YEARS DISPLAYEDClick “Overlays” hotkey to edit the year(s) and overlay display options.

EDIT YEARS DISPLAYED

Click on year, line width and style and then click dropdown which will appear to edit. Click on color to edit color.

Click on “New” to add a year to graph, “Delete” to remove the last year in list.

Click on “Apply” to view changes. Click “Ok” to close Overlay options.

EDIT GRAPH OPTIONS

Click on “Graph Options” hotkey to edit things such as max and min line options, etc.

Changing Min 1000 hour fuelmoisture line to red to indicate the driest fuel moisture levels in the selected date span is one option to consider.

EDIT GRAPH OPTIONS

Click on “Line at Average” tab to edit things such as max and min line options, etc.

Click on “Color” to change blue min line to red. This will display the lowest fuel moisture in the selected date range.

Choose line width by toggling up or down arrows.

EDIT GRAPH COLOR OPTIONS

Click/highlight color of choice.

Click “OK” to confirm color choice for line display.

CHOOSE LINES TO BE DISPLAYED

Click on or off lines to display. Not displaying the Max line on a fuel moisture is one choice to consider.

APPLY GRAPH OPTIONS

Click on “Apply” to change only the graph highlighted.

Click on “Apply to All” to change all of the graphs which you currently have run.

CLOSE GRAPH DISPLAY OPTIONS WINDOW

Click on “Close” to close Graph Display Options window.

SAVE GRAPHS Click on “File>Save>Graph” to save highlighted Statistics Graph as an image (Stats Graph displayed on the left). Highlighted graph displayed

or top graph of open tiled graphs .

SELECT IMAGE DIMENSION Select Image dimensions by using up or down arrows or leave 640x480 as default.

Click on “Save”

SELECT LOCATION TO SAVE IMAGE

Select location on computer to save image.

SELECT IMAGE TYPE TO SAVE IMAGE AS

Select Image type you wish to save image as in the drop down menu.

TYPE IN IMAGE NAME OR OVERWRITE PREVIOUS IMAGE, THEN SAVE

Type in Name you wish to save image as or overwrite previous image. The click “Save”.