Wildfire prediction and resource planning

[Stephen Guerin]

Wired article forwarded by David Breeker. The article explains the advantage
of combining wildfire prediction combined with resource plannng. Doesn't
seem to have a modeling component, though...


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Wildfire Prediction Heats Up

A new agency in the Pacific Northwest is in the business of forecasting
wildfires. It's one of 11 such units across the nation using current weather
data and past fire patterns to predict which blazes will grow and where to
put the resources.

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,64511,00.html?tw=wn_story_mailer



-Steve

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[Frank Wimberly]

Stephen,

What a coincidence.  I talked to those people (Fitzpatrick and Marsha) about
a half hour before your mail arrived.  As for modeling, they do use logistic
regression to predict lightning strikes but there is nothing like
agent-based modeling that they use that I am aware of.  They gave me a lot
of additional information about their methods much of which can be found via
the page www.or.blm.gov/nwcc

Frank

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Research Scientist, Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, University of
West Florida
Phone:   [phone] or 505 670-9918 (cell)
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-----Original Message-----
From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf
Of Stephen Guerin
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 1:52 PM
To: Friam
Subject: [FRIAM] Wildfire prediction and resource planning

Wired article forwarded by David Breeker. The article explains the advantage
of combining wildfire prediction combined with resource plannng. Doesn't
seem to have a modeling component, though...


--------------

Wildfire Prediction Heats Up

A new agency in the Pacific Northwest is in the business of forecasting
wildfires. It's one of 11 such units across the nation using current weather
data and past fire patterns to predict which blazes will grow and where to
put the resources.

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,64511,00.html?tw=wn_story_mailer



-Steve

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http://www.redfish.com    [hidden email]
624 Agua Fria Street      office: [phone]
Santa Fe, NM 87501        mobile: [phone]


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[Bruce Sawhill]

I  published results of a model of lightning strikes on a growing mixed  
forest landscape along with Melissa Savage, it is in the Journal of  
Theoretical Biology, something like Aug. 2000.  This was built in  
Swarm.  We always felt that such a model could be used for resource  
planning and the like.

Cheers,

Bruce


On Tuesday, August 10, 2004, at 09:15 AM, Frank Wimberly wrote:

> Stephen,
>
> What a coincidence.  I talked to those people (Fitzpatrick and Marsha)  
> about
> a half hour before your mail arrived.  As for modeling, they do use  
> logistic
> regression to predict lightning strikes but there is nothing like
> agent-based modeling that they use that I am aware of.  They gave me a  
> lot
> of additional information about their methods much of which can be  
> found via
> the page www.or.blm.gov/nwcc
>
> Frank
>
> ---
> Frank C. Wimberly       140 Calle Ojo Feliz       Santa Fe, NM 87505
> Research Scientist, Institute for Human and Machine Cognition,  
> University of
> West Florida
> Phone:   [phone] or 505 670-9918 (cell)
> [hidden email] or [hidden email]
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On  
> Behalf
> Of Stephen Guerin
> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 1:52 PM
> To: Friam
> Subject: [FRIAM] Wildfire prediction and resource planning
>
> Wired article forwarded by David Breeker. The article explains the  
> advantage
> of combining wildfire prediction combined with resource plannng.  
> Doesn't
> seem to have a modeling component, though...
>
>
> --------------
>
> Wildfire Prediction Heats Up
>
> A new agency in the Pacific Northwest is in the business of forecasting
> wildfires. It's one of 11 such units across the nation using current  
> weather
> data and past fire patterns to predict which blazes will grow and  
> where to
> put the resources.
>
> http://www.wired.com/news/technology/ 
> 0,1282,64511,00.html?tw=wn_story_mailer
>
>
>
> -Steve
>
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> Santa Fe, NM 87501        mobile: [phone]
>
>
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