Application of GIS Tools in Weldland Fire Modeling for South Bulgarian Test Cases

Abstract

This article will present a summary of a work that has been done in a period of several years. The article illustrates how all available data and ICT tools which were available during this period in Bulgaria were used in wildland fire propagation modeling. The described test case is in south-central part of Bulgaria where the most fire-prone non-urban areas of the republic are. The data availability and the used tools to collect the missing pieces for simulations are described and visualized with pictures from the test simulations.

Keywords

• Forest fires
• GIS tools
• Environmental modeling
• ICT tools