GIS and Wildfire Management - The Development of a Wildfire Threat Analysis Model.
Fires are an ever-present risk in Australia's hot, dry environment.
The threat that wildfire poses to human and natural assets is well documented. This project describes the development of a Wildfire Threat Analysis Model to help quantify threat for the purpose of managing wildfires. The model amalgamates risk, hazard and asset modules to produce a final threat to commercial and natural assets. This output allows bushfire management committees to improve community understanding of wildfire threat, improve wildfire management techniques and form a strategic basis for forest fuel management planning. This knowledge is essential if State Forests is to develop an economically sustainable forest management system.