A GIS based operational system for wildland fire crisis management II. System architecture and case studies

Vakalis, D; Sarimveis, H; Kiranoudis, CT; Alexandridis, A; Bafas, G

dc.contributor.author	Vakalis, D	en
dc.contributor.author	Sarimveis, H	en
dc.contributor.author	Kiranoudis, CT	en
dc.contributor.author	Alexandridis, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Bafas, G	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:19:45Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:19:45Z
dc.date.issued	2004	en
dc.identifier.issn	0307-904X	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/15694
dc.subject	Fire management	en
dc.subject	Fire simulation	en
dc.subject	GIS	en
dc.subject	Operational system	en
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Multidisciplinary	en
dc.subject.classification	Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications	en
dc.subject.classification	Mechanics	en
dc.subject.other	Computer simulation	en
dc.subject.other	Forestry	en
dc.subject.other	Geographic information systems	en
dc.subject.other	Mathematical models	en
dc.subject.other	Meteorological problems	en
dc.subject.other	Fire crisis management	en
dc.subject.other	Fire hazards	en
dc.subject.other	fire management	en
dc.subject.other	forest fire	en
dc.subject.other	fuzzy mathematics	en
dc.subject.other	GIS	en
dc.subject.other	numerical model	en
dc.subject.other	simulation	en
dc.subject.other	vegetation type	en
dc.title	A GIS based operational system for wildland fire crisis management II. System architecture and case studies	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/j.apm.2003.10.006	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2003.10.006	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2004	en
heal.abstract	The most important characteristic of major forest fire incidents, from a societal perspective, is their potentiality to seriously and irreversibly damage regions of significant natural beauty. In addition, the extent and severity of such incidents may significantly affect the Population and the environment of the adjacent areas. Following a forest fire event, effort should be made to limit such effects. Management decisions should be based on rational and quantitative information based on the site specific circumstances and the possible consequences. To produce such information we have developed an operational system for managing large-scale wildland fire incidents. Its architecture involves an integrated framework of GIS and RDBMS technology systems equipped with interactive communication capabilities. The operational system was developed for Windows 98 platforms, for the region of Penteli Mountain Attika. The fire simulation tool of the operational system that was based on a fuzzy/neural system for the estimation of fire spread and a corresponding discrete contour propagation model for estimating fire consequences as a function of influencing factors such as terrain characteristics, vegetation type and density and meteorological conditions was presented in a related work [Appl. Math. Model. 28 (2004), this issue]. Several case studies,are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach. (C) 2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	en
heal.publisher	ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC	en
heal.journalName	Applied Mathematical Modelling	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.apm.2003.10.006	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000189273800005	en
dc.identifier.volume	28	en
dc.identifier.issue	4	en
dc.identifier.spage	411	en
dc.identifier.epage	425	en