Forest fire prevention and detection

In online mode, information on forest fires, on fire-prevention facilities, and associated forest fire resources is being tracked. Information entered through the program is displayed in different layers of the PC maps, and includes information on forest fires and their contours, information about facilities and resources of firefighting purposes, weather conditions, wildfire hazard, etc. The user of the software system can enter and edit information directly from these maps. Within the software package the following problems associated with the planning and operational management of the forest fire services are solved:

• calculation of the constitution
• calculation of the structure and modes of operation
• prediction and assessment of fire hazard due to weather conditions
• forecast of forest fire
• choosing the most effective tactics, techniques and tools for the suppression of them
• automation of the manager’s work when the forest fires are detected, etc.

Automated recording of facilities, activities and resources for fire suppression can increase the visibility, accuracy and timeliness of information provided. Makes editing easy and improves the efficiency of recording of preventive measures.

• Introducing databases of fire suppression facilities, resources and activities in real-time mode
• Accounting of resources located on leased forest areas and in settlements
• Accounting of the actually existing and planned facilities and activities
• Displaying objects, resources and activities on the computer maps
• Entering and editing information directly from the map
• The creation of various forms of reporting documentation
• The selection of information by any criteria
• Statistical analysis of data
• Detection of forest fires

• review of the panoramic image area formed by taken shots
• video coming from TV stations via cellular
• automatic control of positioning to construct panoramic image of the area
• switching from one camera view to another
• creation, storage, recording and displaying the markers of the detected smoke-points
• displaying the received information on a computer map, which allows the dispatcher to quickly adopt an effective solution for the delivery of necessary power and fire-fighting equipment to the smoke point

At FBU “SPbNIILH” a system to support management decision-making in the fight against forest fires is being developed. The system is a set of programs that predict the development of forest fire, depending on forest growth and weather conditions and terrain. In addition, it will imitate the options of forest fire suppression by using different tactics, tools and methods for it. The result of the work of the system is the choice of the most effective option which provides a minimum of damage and costs associated with the forest fire.