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Wildland Firefighting (3rd Edition)Chapter 1 - Wildland Fire Behavior: Fuel, Weather, TopographyBy the Numbers The National Fire Danger Rating system (NFDRS) lists 20 standard fuel models. The NFDRS models are aligned with 13 fire-behavior models to predict large area daily fire danger ratings. NFPA 1574, Aids to Determining Fuel Models for Fire Behavior, provides a complete explanation of fire behavior models. Fuels exposed to heat from the sun can reach 150oF. Most wildland fuels must be heated between 400oF to 700oF to ignite. Live fuels usually have a moisture content from 35% to 250%