IBFRA conference presentation (August, 2011)

1. MANAGEMENT OF ACTIVE FOREST FIRES ON THE BASIS OF THEIR BEHAVIOR PREDICTION A.V. Volokitina, M.A. Korets, T.M. Sofronova Институт леса им.В.Н.Сукачева СО РАН 15 th IBFRA Conference , Boreal Forests in a Changing World, August 15-21, 2011, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

5. Fire Behaviour Prediction (FBP) (principle scheme ) Information database Constant information Current information Pyrological description Vegetation fuel maps by periods of a fire season Current fire danger maps according to drought classes Model of fire behaviour prediction Weather data Periods of a fire season Fire behaviour prediction Fire type Fire spread Fire intensity Fire effects Forest inventory data Forest types schemes

7. SOFTWARE FOR VF MAPS CREATION ( language С++; ОС Windows SE, 2000, XP, Vista)

8. VF MAP ( spring, fall ) for Chunsky ranger district ( includes primary fire carriers and pyrological description )

9. VF MAP (summer) for Chunsky ranger district ( includes primary fire carriers and pyrological description )

12. VF Map for Spring/ Fall in Nature Reserve “Stolby”

13. VF Map for Summer in Nature Reserve “Stolby”

14. FRAGMENT OF OPERATIONAL VF MAP for spring / fall in the Chunsky ranger district

15. Flow-chart of programs for creation of VF maps in language С++; OC Windows: SE,2000,XP, Vista and for fire behavior prediction in language Avenue for ESRI ArcView GIS 3.2

22. Performance Tests Simulation of fire # 10 detected June 13, 2009 (5 ha of area burnt) and suppressed June 15, 2009 (total burnt area 60 ha) in the forest inventory unit # 89 of the Novokhaysk Ranger District

25. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME! Институт леса им.В.Н.Сукачева СО РАН