Assess and manage forest fire risk to facilities and infrastructure
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Challenge ID: |
HCP-4306 |
Originator: |
Onshore: Hatfield |
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Title: |
Assess and manage forest fire risk to facilities and infrastructure. |
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Theme: |
ON 4.3: Environmental monitoring - Natural Hazard Risk Analysis |
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Consortium Lead: |
Hatfield |
Interviewed Company: |
Hatfield |
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Geography: |
ON.REG.03 - Canada |
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Challenge Description |
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What is not possible / not adequately addressed at present? |
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Forest fire risk assessment based on seasonal conditions and fuel loads. Management of fire breaks. Evacuation routes planning. Management of brush thinning, removal of woody debris. Monitoring the location of active fires and evaluation of risks. |
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What effect does this challenge have on operations? |
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Forest fire risk is an operational health and safety issue. Reduction of risks can improve safety and potential economic losses. |
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Thematic information requirements: |
Land cover Land use |
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What do you currently do to address this challenge? How is this challenge conventionally addressed? |
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Typically rely on government information for up to date information. Evaluation of fire risk can be based on forest structure as well as surface vegetation composition. |
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What kind of solutions do you envisage could address this challenge? |
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Ongoing monitoring of risks and fire events during the forest fire season. |
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What is your view on the capability of technology to meet this need? Are you currently using EO tech? If not, why not? |
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Operational fire risk monitoring in some areas. Other regions are at various stages in developing fire risk models - coarse scales tend to be the norm. Need EO to better support fire monitoring. |
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Challenge Classification |
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Impact on Lifecycle (0=none, 4=high): |
Climate / Topography / Urgency: |
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Pre-license: |
0 |
Climate class: |
Generic climate |
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Exploration: |
4 |
Topographic class: |
Forest / woodland, Grassland |
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Development: |
4 |
Seasonal variations: |
Dry season focus |
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Production: |
4 |
Impact area: |
Health and Safety |
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Decommissioning: |
2 |
Technology urgency: |
3 - Immediately (0-2 years) |
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Challenge Information Requirements |
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Update frequency: |
Daily |
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Data currently used: |
Field assessment, aerial imagery and status reports. |
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Spatial resolution: |
Regional |
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Thematic accuracy: |
Not specific |
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Required formats: |
Not specific |
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Timeliness (Vintage): |
Reference data |
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Geographic extents: |
Regional |
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Existing standards: |
None |
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