The Fire Information Engine

ABSTRACT

The recently established Center for Fire Research and Outreach at the University of California, Berkeley has developed a web-based toolkit, the Fire Information Engine Toolkit (FIET), for wildfire-related needs. The FIET is intended to meet the needs of diverse user groups (homeowners, decision-makers, including fire operations, and researchers) at a variety of scales (local, community, and regional levels) before, during, and after wildfires. During the initial phase of the FIET, we have focused on developing pre-fire tools for homeowners and decision-makers at the local and community levels. For example, we have developed a science-based, parcel-level structure vulnerability assessment and ranking approach that will help homeowners and communities to identify hazards and prioritize planning and mitigation activities. A version of this assessment can be completed anonymously by homeowners interested in decreasing their vulnerability to wildfire, and a similar version can be downloaded and used by decision-makers on a community-wide level. In addition, we have developed a number of innovative web-based Geographic Information System (webGIS) applications including an interface to display results of the structure vulnerability assessment at a community level, as well as search-by-address maps of California's wildland-urban interface (WUI), fire threat, fire recurrence, and upcoming changes to building codes. In collaboration with researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the next phases of the FIET development will concentrate on enhancing the available tools, including incorporating real-time weather into fire behavior modeling and tools for evacuation modeling of natural disasters.     

网络化柑橘生产布局与管理决策咨询系统的研制

建立网络化柑橘生产布局与管理决策咨询系统,加速农业信息港建设,是提高水果生产效益,实现农业种植结构调整的关键．本研究以Internet网络为支撑,综合运用ASP服务器端脚本开发技术、组件式GIS技术、网络GIS技术、多媒体技术和模型构建技术,设计出全国一省级一市县三个层次的网络化柑橘生产布局与管理决策咨询系统,系统包括全国优质柑橘分布图、病虫害与品种、栽培技术、评价预测、市场信息和统计数据等模块,具有柑橘空问分布信息查询、病害辅助诊断、橘园适宜性评价、柑橘产量预测和网络教学等功能,目前正应刖于浙江省黄岩区柑橘生产布局与管理,效果良好。