Forest fire induced Natech risk assessment: A survey of geospatial technologies

Mohsen Naderpour, Hossein Mojaddadi Rizeei, Nima Khakzad, Biswajeet Pradhan*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Forest fires threaten a large part of the world's forests, communities, and industrial plants, triggering technological accidents (Natechs). Forest fire modelling with respect to contributing spatial parameters is one of the well-known ways not only to predict the fire occurrence in forests, but also to assess the risk of forest-fire-induced Natechs. This study is a review of methods based on geospatial information system (GIS) for modelling forest fires and their potential Natechs that have been implemented all over the world. The present study conducts a systematic literature review of the methods used for forest fire susceptibility, hazard, and risk assessment, while dividing them into four general categories: (a) statistical and data-driven models; (b) machine learning models; (c) multi-criteria decision-making models, and (d) ensemble models. In addition, some forest fire detection techniques using satellite imagery are reviewed. A comparison is also conducted to highlight the research gaps and required future research. The results of the present research assist decision makers to select the most appropriate techniques according to specific forest conditions. Results show that data-driven approaches are the most frequently applied methods while ensemble approaches are more accurate.

Original languageEnglish
Article number106558
JournalReliability Engineering and System Safety
Volume191
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019

Keywords

  • Forest fire
  • Geospatial information system
  • Industrial plants
  • Natech
  • Risk

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