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SE Asia Fire Danger Rating System Project

SE Asia Fire Danger Rating System Project. Current Fire Management systems SE Asia FDRS Project Example from Indonesia. Outline. Fire Management in SE Asia. Thailand: “No honor to fight the fire which can be prevented !!!”. Example prevention programs. Education Media

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SE Asia Fire Danger Rating System Project

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  1. SE AsiaFire Danger Rating System Project

  2. Current Fire Management systems SE Asia FDRS Project Example from Indonesia Outline

  3. Fire Management in SE Asia • Thailand: “No honor to fight the fire which can be prevented !!!”

  4. Example prevention programs • Education • Media • Government influence

  5. Fire Detection • Satellite images of entire SE Asia • Patrols in Thailand and Malaysia • Public hotline in Thailand and Malaysia

  6. Fire Suppression • Mostly hand tools and trucks with water tanks

  7. Initiation of SEA FDRS The crisis of 1997 • Haze and Fire Related Damages estimated at over US$6 Billion in the region in 1997-98 • Health • Tourism • Timber and Agricultural B&W Bicycle.tif from purchased photos

  8. Initiation of SEA FDRS • The Regional Haze Action Plan (RHAP) • an attempt to prevent such losses again • reducing the probability of fires • combining fire suppression resources to fight the fires • One of the mechanisms proposed was a regional Fire Danger Rating System (FDRS).

  9. Initiation of SEA FDRS • In 1999, the Canadian International Development Agency requested the Canadian Forest Service implement the Southeast Asia FDRS Project. • Canada is a leader in developing and operating FDRS as a cornerstone of fire management

  10. Fire Danger Rating System Evaluates the fire environment on regular intervals and in an objective way. Interpretation provides information and guidelines for fire management Fire Danger • The ability of a fire to start, spread and do damage

  11. Fire Danger Interpretation Class Ignition Spread Control Unlikely Slow Easy Low Moderate High Extreme Readily Rapid Difficult

  12. Benefits of a FDRS for Southeast Asia • Provide an early warning system for fire and smoke events • Promote the wise use of fire • Support prevention of fire and smoke • Assist in managing fire fighting resources • Transfer science, policy and technology

  13. Goals of SEA FDRS Project • Enhance the capacity of organizations in Southeast Asia to manage land and forest fires, and associated haze. • Strengthen environmental management capacity • Enhance cooperation in transboundary issues

  14. Current project activities • Indonesia since April 2000 • Sabah, Malaysia, since November 2001 • National Malaysia since November 2002 • Discussions on future activities with ASEAN international organization, Sarawak and Brunei.

  15. Example from Indonesia

  16. System implementation Develop a decision-aid tool to identify critical time periods when prescribed burning should be limited or restricted Fire Danger Rating Systems can be this kind of tool.

  17. System Implementation cont’d • Adaptation • Recalibrate the Canadian FDRS for local tropical conditions to support fire prediction, prevention and mitigation decision-making and actions. • Operation • Technology transfer so that co-operating agencies will sustainably maintain and operate an FDRS. • Application • Education of cooperating resource management agencies to understand and develop actions based on outputs of FDRS.

  18. Progress on the Indonesia FDRS Ongoing Near completion Weather Topography Fuels Emissions Factors Fire Weather Fire Behavior Fire Emissions Guides and Systems developed by Fire Management Research Fire Management Resources Values at Risk Fire Management Decisions

  19. Fire climate • Understanding El-Nino affects

  20. Fire Climate Climate distributions from 6-year NCDC data

  21. FFMC calibration to Ignition Potential

  22. FWI calibration to Difficulty of Control

  23. DC calibration to Smoke Potential • With calibrated threshold of Extreme DC class, the average probability of severe haze within 2 weeks = 0.79 • Average % false alarm days = 3.8% Recent conditions, 19 August Smoke Potential map and MODIS hotspots

  24. Daily FDRS Operations • Established access and data systems to daily weather with cooperation of Australia • FDRS weather-based computations and mapping occurring in Jakarta

  25. Fuel characterization • Field studies on peat moisture and grass biomass

  26. Fuel mapping • Distribution of fuel groups in Sumatra

  27. Smoke dispersal Smoke from Borneo pollutes air in Malaysia Smoke from Sumatra disperses into atmosphere

  28. Communications • Information on FDRS to fire policy makers, fire managers, public and NGOs • Website: www.fdrs.or.id

  29. Status • Some work is complete, other studies are ongoing • Use of the FDRS by resource management agencies will depend on current and future activities • Adaptation • Operation • Application

  30. Questions?

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