2002 SAF National Convention Theme: Forests at Work

2B.4

Wildland Fire Risk Managment Using High-Resolution Imagery

George Greenwood, Space Imaging, Thornton, CO; and J. Yonker

With fire supression costs on the rise, effective wildland fire managment is focusing more efforts on risk assessment and prevention programs. This presentation reviews mitigation strategies and application services that are now being used by land managers to reduce the risk of fire. Learn new technology applications to prevent wildland fire, how risk assessments are developed for forested lands and typical pre-event, incident, support, and post event applications of imagery.

Session 2B, Corporate Presentations - Page 2
Monday, 7 October 2002, 1:30 PM-4:30 PM

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