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Abstract
The Scottish Wildfire Operational Guidance (2013, p10) defines wildfire as ‘any uncontrolled vegetation fire which requires a decision or action regarding suppression’. Professional judgment is used to distinguish between minor vegetation fires and wildfire events. However, a consistent definition is needed for recording purposes, so wildfire events are also defined as vegetation fires meeting any one of five criteria. Three of these use Incident Recording System (IRS) data: geographical area 1 hectare; committed resource of 4 Fire and Rescue Service (FRS) appliances; resources committed for 6 hours. Such IRS-based criteria could provide a consistent GB-wide spatial evidence base on wildfire. The CFOA Wildfire Group have proposed IRS-based criteria to further sub-divide wildfire into five categories. This research therefore applied the IRS-based criteria and proposed categories to four financial years of IRS data (2009/10–2012/13) for England, Wales and Scotland. GIS software was used to map how the geography of wildfires changes between categories. With some exceptions, annual average number of category 1 (most minor fires) is highest in metropolitan areas, but shifts to more rural areas at category 5. The maps and graphs are intended to encourage discussion on how to refine the criteria and categories.
Original language | English |
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Publication status | Published - 10 Nov 2015 |
Event | Wildfires 2015 - Cambuslang, Glasgow Duration: 10 Nov 2015 → 11 Nov 2015 |
Conference
Conference | Wildfires 2015 |
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City | Cambuslang, Glasgow |
Period | 10/11/15 → 11/11/15 |
Keywords
- wildfire definition
- vegetation fire
- fire statistics
- GIS
- risk management
- Incident Recording System (IRS)
- mapping
- fire size
- fire resources
- FRS resources
- Chief Fire Officers’ Association (CFOA)
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Wildfires 2015: The UK Wildfire Prevention Conference
Bruce, M. (Chair), Stacey, R. (Member of programme committee), Mcmorrow, J. (Member of programme committee), Gazzard, R. (Other) & Hedley, P. (Other)
9 Oct 2015 → 11 Nov 2015Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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Chief Fire Officers Association Wildfire Forum (External organisation)
McMorrow, J. M. (Academic expert member)
May 2012 → Nov 2015Activity: Membership › Membership of network › Research
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Fire and Rescue Statistics User Group (External organisation)
McMorrow, J. M. (Academic expert member)
2012 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of network › Research