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Cechet, R.P.
Abstract
Imagine you are an incident controller sitting in front of a computer screen that is showing you where a fire that's just started is likely to head. Not just that, but also what houses and other structures in the fire's path are likely to burn, and even the number and type of people living in the area - children, adults, elderly. In addition imagine that you can quantify the uncertainty in both the fire weather and also the state of the vegetation so as to deliver a range of simulations relating to the expected firespread which allow the incident controller to address 'what if' scenarios. Think of the advantages of such a program in making speedy, accurate decisions about where best to send fire trucks and fire-suppression aircraft; in being able to issue timely, locality-specific warning messages; in judging whether this fire will become so bad that it might warrant recommending not only an early, orderly evacuation of communities in its way, but also identifying the least risky roads for people to get to safety. A computer program that will not only be able to help with all this and more in a fire, but will also be capable of use at any time in identifying what structures, streets and communities would be at risk should a fire occur, enabling those at risk to undertake remedial work around their properties in advance to make them better fire-ready. This will be achieved by building up a library of possible / credible fire impact scenarios based on the knowledge of observed (historical) severe fire weather conditions as well as vegetation information (fuel type/amount/moisture).
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- risk analysis
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- Earth Sciences
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2012-01-01T00:00:00
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