Prepare, Respond, Renew: GIS for Wildland Fire

GIS for Wildland Fire helps responders prepare,respond,renew,and visualize wildfire threats in real time,using data to model the direction and rate of spread and give communities time to prepare or prevent the next wildland fire.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 120 pages
Publication date: 18 April 2024
Publisher: ESRI Press

Wildfires pose a significant threat to lives, property, and the environment, with increasing areas where development meets nature and more days of hot and dry weather exacerbating their impact. The response to and recovery from wildfires is complex and resource-intensive, with budgets, economies, communities, and environments all affected. Geographic information systems (GIS) are increasingly being used by responders to analyze wildfires and visualize threats in real time. Prepare, Respond, Renew: GIS for Wildland Fire explores real-life stories of wildland fire agencies successfully using GIS technology for preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery and rehabilitation workflows. GIS helps firefighters model how wildfires spread depending on weather, geologic features, and human development, allowing them to predict the direction and rate of spread of wildfires and give communities, nature preserves, fire departments, and homeowners time to prepare or prevent the next wildland fire. The book includes a section on next steps that provides ideas, strategies, tools, and actions to help jump-start your own use of GIS for wildland fire management. Online resources, including additional stories, videos, new ideas and concepts, and downloadable tools and content, complement the book.

Dimension: 203 x 139 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781589487703