2002 SAF National Convention Theme: Forests at Work

Monday, 7 October 2002: 3:45 PM
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.

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