GIS data support technique for forest fire management and decision support system: A Sebangau National Park, Kalimantan case

Numerous science and engineering fields are involved when handling forest fire disasters. Social sciences contribute to analyze the human behavior behind the forest fire phenomena, while science and engineering principles can be applied to investigate the physical and environment variables involved. The use of a Geographic Information System (GIS) as a computer system that manages the comprehensive variables influence on the forest fire is proposed is proposed. Capturing, processing and displaying the data generating valuable information related to specific locations is possible through satellite and computer utilities, which turn into powerful assistants for forest fire management with the aid of a decision support system. Data fusion from different sources with different formats and the relevant processing requirements with a large variety of complexities are the challenges that are addressed in the present work. Our proposed method results in a specific informative map with specific characteristics of variables of the forest. These maps are very useful for mitigating forest fire disaster as well as for making informed decisions about optimal resources allocation.