Near Surface Fuels : Any fuels found at a height of 0.5-1.5 metres above the ground surface. Near surface fuels are found above surface fuels and have a vertical component to their structure.
Dr. Robert Stacey (compilor), European Glossary of Wildfire Terminology (Covering areas of wildfire environment, fire behaviour, fuel, topography, weather, wildfire suppression operations, safety, incident command, tactics, cartography and map reading, equipment, aerial operations, wildfire preparation, prevention and recovery, prevention and detection, fire investigation and restoration), EUFOFINET (European Forest Fire Networks) Project, Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service, Northumberland UK 2012 (1st Ed.). http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/literature/EUFOFIN ET-Fire-Glossary.pdf, (For Fr - Brit) {808}