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GIS Needs in Wildfire Emergency Operations
Loren PfauPSU GEOG 588
15 December 2010
OverviewIntroductionBackgroundResearchData Needs of Selected PartiesRecommendations
BackgroundWildfires are major annual events in the US
National Interagency Fire Center Statistics 10-year Average of 72,775 fires impacting 6.39 Milling acres 2010 through 26 November experienced 66,315 fires impacting
6.39 Million acresThe Fourmile Canyon fire that occurred west of Boulder,
CO in September 2010 destroyed 169 homes and caused an estimated $217 Million in damages
Wildfires are challenging emergency operationsDifficult to predictFast-moving, long-lastingSpan multiple jurisdictions and agenciesPotential for significant risks to lives and property
Research FindingsCurrent use of GIS in wildfire operations are highly
traditional in natureTop-down, command & control modelNational Wildfire Coordinating Group Standard: “GIS
Standard Operating Procedures on Incidents”Challenge: current layers needed for situational
awareness
Social media sources are becoming significantSDSU researchBut there are limitations
The challenge, and opportunity, is to bridge the two
Citizen Mashup - Fourmile Canyon Fire
Ramsay, Adam. “Social Media Helps with the Boulder Fire.” 9 September 2010. Retrieved on 12 December 2010 from: http://www.examiner.com/online-media-in-denver/social-media-helps-with-the-boulder-fire
Data Needs of Selected PartiesEmergency Management
NIMS / ICSField CrewsLaw EnforcementGeneral PublicMedia
RecommendationsNew generations of GIS for wildfire management
need to take into account social media applicationsBoth for making information available to the public
and as a means of acquiring information from the public
Systems design needs to Take into account nontraditional usersPlan for flexibility
During wildfire emergencies devote resources to non-traditional GIS tasks such as identifying and monitoring social media sites and traditional media outlets
High-level Architecture