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FIREMON: Fire Effects Monitoring and Inventory System is an agency independent, plot level sampling system designed to characterize changes in ecosystem attributes over time. The system consists of a sampling strategy manual, standardized sampling methods, field forms, Access database, and a data analysis program. FIREMON is a desktop application created for computers running Windows 2000 or XP operating systems. The system was developed by the U.S. Forest Service, Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey, National Park Service and Systems for Environmental Management. Funding was provided by the Joint Fire Science Program.
The FIREMON sampling strategy manual, method descriptions, field forms, Access database, and a data analysis program are available on the FRAMES Website: http://frames.nbii.gov/firemon. The FIREMON publication CD is available from the USDA, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Publishing Services. You can order the CD from their Website: http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/publications or contact RMRS Publications at (970) 498-1392.
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