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Forest fire hazard mitigation in Lebanon using remote sensing and GIS. Towards a sustainable mechanism for forest fire fighting in Lebanon . نحو آلية مستدامة لمكافحة حرائق الغابات في لبنان. Ghaleb Faour, CNRS Lebanon. National Forest Fire Information System. Forest Fire Risk Map.
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Forest fire hazard mitigation in Lebanon using remotesensing and GIS Towards a sustainable mechanism for forest fire fighting in Lebanon نحو آلية مستدامة لمكافحة حرائق الغابات في لبنان Ghaleb Faour, CNRS Lebanon
National Forest Fire Information System Forest Fire Risk Map National level Municipality level Objective • The specific objective of this project was to implement Geographic Forest Fire Information System including the database collection and analysis, development of a fire risk map at the National level and at municipality level for the five pilot areas namely Ramlieh, Kornayel, Ras El Matn, Dmit and Mtein.
Forest fire hazard mitigation in Lebanon using remotesensing and GIS Fire database Collection of forest fire archives • Lebanese Civil Defense (2002-2003) • Newspaper Al Nahar (1983 – 2003) • Ministry of Environment (1994-1998) • Ministry of Agriculture (1996-2002) • General Directory of Civil Aviation-Meteorological Department (2002-2003)
Forest fire hazard mitigation in Lebanon using remotesensing and GIS Fire database Data conversion and management
Forest fire hazard mitigation in Lebanon using remotesensing and GIS Fire database Statistical analysis
Causes of forest fire occurrence Natural conditions Anthropic conditions
Forest fire hazard mitigation in Lebanon using remotesensing and GIS Identification of burnt areas
Forest fire hazard mitigation in Lebanon using remotesensing and GIS Fire Risk Map
Forest fire hazard mitigation in Lebanon using remotesensing and GIS Forest Fire Risk Map Fire occurrence map
Forest fire hazard mitigation in Lebanon using remotesensing and GIS National Forest Fire Risk Map
Fire Risk Map at Municipality level • Same methodology • local parameters • Higher precision: - Slope/Aspect: from contours lines 10m - Landuse: updated at 1/5000 - Evapo-transpiration/nb of fires: the same - NDVI: from SPOT image (10m resolution)
Forest fire hazard mitigation in Lebanon using remotesensing and GIS Fire Risk Map at municipality level
Forest fire hazard mitigation in Lebanon using remotesensing and GIS Fire Risk Map at municipality level
Conclusion • The obtained forest fire risk maps can be used in assigning in tactical decisions on prioritizing fires for initial attack. • They give an indication of forest fires at long-term and they will be utilized by policy-makers to protect area suffering from fires. • More work is required to better quantify values and risks, as well as suppression capability. • The incorporation of a spatial climate model would improve fire behavior predictions.