GIS-Based Fire Behavior Analysis

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GIS-Based Fire Behavior Analysis

• By
• Li Wu

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Introduction to GIS

• GIS is a technology that enables the users to do
  geographic spatial analysis to get the useful
  information.
• GIS consists of computer hardware and software
  for spatial data input, data management, data
  analysis and output that have been digitized and
  registered to a common coordinate system.

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The Relationship of GIS Functions
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FARSITE Description

• FARSITE is a stand-alone fire behavior simulation
  model. It is used to simulate wild land fire
  behavior under complex conditions of terrain,
  fuels, and weather.
• FARSITE incorporates models for surface fire,
  crown fire, spotting, fire acceleration, and fuel
  moisture to produce maps of fire behavior in
  vector and raster formats.

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Conclusion

• GIS can manage and provide spatial data for the
  fire behavior simulation in a more efficient way.
• GIS-based fire behavior analysis surpasses manual
  methods for the manipulation of complex data to
  analyze fire behavior.