Generation of Division Level Fire Maps Using Satellite-derived Fire Data
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https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2018/v144i4/129308Keywords:
Forest fire, Fire map, Fire monitoring, Planning, Management.Abstract
Effective control over forest fires demands that the scarce men and material resources to detect and douse these fires are utilised in the most optimal and efficient manner. Creation of division-level fire maps is an extremely crucial exercise in this cause, since they facilitate the analysis of the efficacy of the current deployment of fire-fighting resources, and also guide the redeployment of these resources to those regions that need them the most. In this paper, we describe the creation of division-level fire maps by utilising satellite-derived fire data from the NASA FIRMS (Fire Information for Resource Management System) database, together with the GPS coordinates of the fire-fighting resource bases. The process utilising freely available data is simple and scalable, and can be extended to any other region with ease. It permits the prompt recognition of fire hot-spot regions and an analysis of the fire-fighting resource bases, so vital for supervisory and management purposes.References
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