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Spread Speed of Forest Fire based on Slope  

An, Sang-Hyun (충북대학교 응용생명환경학부)
Shin, Young-Chun (충북대학교 응용생명환경학부)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation / v.8, no.4, 2008 , pp. 75-79 More about this Journal
Abstract
As Information Technology developed, Information requirement has been went higher. In the field of GIS(Geographic Information System) more information is processed more quickly and accurately. Especially, quick analysis of forest fire information (topography, ignition point, weather condition, etc.) over a wide area is essential in order to minimize victim, environmental damage, and economical damage, decide course of evacuating, estimate a fire spread course, and attack resource arrangement. We determined a fire spread distance at each unit time through an experiment with various slope degrees and distinction of flat, upslope and downslope. For the tests on the upslope, as the slope increased, the rate of spread increased. On the downslope in contrast with the upslope, as the slope increased, the rate of spread decreased. We analyzed a spread rate of forest fire on each slope as the method classified upslope(+) and downslope(-) using the results obtained from the experiment. Consequently, the proposed method is able to be used to effectively support the attack of forest fire by providing accurate predictions of fire spread.
Keywords
GIS; Forest Fire; Slope; Fire Spread Rate;
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