Spatial Fire Management System

Author: Peter Englefield
Organization: Canadian Forest Service

Northern Forestry Centre
5320-122 Street
Edmonton, T6H 3S5
Alberta, Canada

Phone: (780) 435-7254
Fax: (780) 435-7359
penglefi@nrcan.gc.ca

The Spatial Fire Management System is an advanced fire management information system that integrates fire science models and decision support planning modules into a geographic information system. It is designed to be used by fire management agencies for daily operational planning purposes at the strategic, tactical, and landscape levels.

The system incorporates a full implementation of the Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System, providing assessments of fire ignition and growth potential and predicted fire behavior. It also includes tools for resource allocation planning and wildfire threat rating.

The system is delivered as a set of interdependent ArcView GIS extensions.