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ASA: About this Data | Data Sources & How often we consume SFMS Data

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Description

**Describe the task**

Add to the ASA About this Data section

"A Fire Zone is under a Fire Behaviour Advisory if greater than 20% of the combustible land (trees, grass, slash) is forecast to have a Head Fire Intensity between 4,000 and 10,000 kW/m.

A Fire Zone is under a Fire Behaviour Warning if greater than 20% of the combustible land is forecast to have a Head Fire Intensity greater than 10,000 kW/m.

The [fuel types](https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/background/fueltypes/c1) chosen for the text bulletin are the most common fuel types in a zone that meet or exceed the Fire Behaviour Advisory threshold of 4,000 kW/m."

**Acceptance Criteria**
- [ ] Data Sources
- [ ] How are weather forecasts incorporated into SFMS?
- [ ] How often we consume SFMS Data:
[ Legacy SFMS system runs 5 times per day. 8am and 5:45pm forecasts, and 3 actual/daily runs in the early afternoon (roughly 1:30, 2:30, 3:30pm) ]
- [ ] Add information re: our HFI Pixel Threshold:
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**Next Steps**
- Asa Go About this Data will be updated in: https://github.com/bcgov/wps/issues/4777

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start with the ASA “About this Data” section and review the follow-up issue #4777, where this update is planned. Confirm that the data sources, SFMS weather-forecast use, consumption schedule, fire-behaviour wording, and HFI pixel threshold are documented there, then verify the completed section against the acceptance criteria.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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