THE DATABASE OF THE FOREST FIRE CHARACTERISTICS

UDC 630*431

Pushkin Andrey Aleksandrovich – PhD (Agriculture), Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Forest Inventory. Belarusian State Technological University (13a, Sverdlova str., 220006, Minsk, Republic of Belarus). E-mail: pushkin@belstu.by

Kotsan Vladimir Vasil’evich – PhD Agriculture, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, the Department of Forest Inventory. Belarusian State Technological University (13a, Sverdlova str., 220006, Minsk, Republic of Belarus). E-mail: Wolodia250@belstu.by

Mashkovsky Vladimir Petrovich – PhD (Agriculture), Associate Professor, Senior Researcher, the Department of Forest Inventory. Belarusian State Technological University (13a, Sverdlova str., 220006, Minsk, Republic of Belarus). E-mail: mashkovsky@belstu.by Sidelnik Nikolai Yaroslavovich – PhD (Agriculture), Senior Lecturer, the Department of Forest Inventory. Belarusian State Technological University (13a, Sverdlova str., 220006, Minsk, Republic of Belarus). E-mail: sidelnik@belstu.by

 Sevruk Pavel Vladimirovich – PhD (Agriculture), Senior Lecturer, the Department of Forest Inventory. Belarusian State Technological University (13a, Sverdlova str., 220006, Minsk, Republic of Belarus). E-mail: sevrukpv@belstu.by

DOI: https://doi.org/ 10.52065/2519-402X-2024-276-1.

Key words: forest fire, forest stand, mathematical model, database, meteorological indicators, elliptical model, information system.

For citation: Pushkin A. A., Kotsan V. V., Mashkovsky V. P., Sidelnik N. Ya., Sevruk P. V. The database of the forest fire characteristics. Proceedings of BSTU, issue 1, Forestry. Nature Management. Processing of Renewable Resources, 2024, no. 1 (276), pp. 5–14 (In Russian). DOI: 10.52065/2519-402X-2024-276-1.

Abstract

As part of the development of methodological recommendations for predicting the spread of forest fires, one of the first stages of work is the creation of a database with their detailed characteristics. In order to identify research objects, an analysis of registered forest fires was carried out on the basis of departmental documentation of the Ministry of Forestry and the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Field research covered ten forestry institutions of the Ministry of Forestry. In the forest, based on previously prepared cartographic materials, the actual boundaries of the fires were surveyed using a GNSS receiver and the taxational stands characteristics were clarified. In the office conditions, based on the spatial analysis, the meteorological station closest to the place of forest ignition was determined and based on the time of the start of extinguishing and eliminating the forest fire, information about meteorological indicators during the spread of the forest fire was collected. All collected information is accumulated in the database and divided into three parts: meteorological data, forestry and taxation data and general data on forest fire. The prepared database includes a detailed description of 101 forest fires that occurred in the forest fund of the Republic of Belarus for the period 2018–2022. The characteristics collected in the field will allow us to consider the process of spreading a forest fire from different sides and develop algorithms for their forecasting. The methodology provides for the improvement of computational algorithms, taking into account subsequent updates of the database, which includes new information about fires occurring in the forest fund. This approach will allow to constantly increase the accuracy of the spatio-temporal modeling of the possible development of forest fires.

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