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The OT Fire Spread Model enhances the preventive and predictive capabilities of our Wildfire Solution by providing robust insights for the first 12 hours after a fire starts or is detected by our system. By taking into account field elevation, fuel types, and wind patterns, it offers a reliable initial assessment of expected fire behavior. This assessment can be combined with other methods to support better decision-making.
It is important to mention that as an action for our goal of reaching accuracy, we are already using:
Wind-Forecasts that fit better for the specific location you are currently running the models, which increases accuracy due to the short-term variable among those forecasts we can name ECMWF IFS (Global, 9km), CERRA (Europe, 5km until 2021), ERA-5 (Global, 10km), WindNinja for localized wind conditions.
Fuel Map provided by the ESA WorldCover project with a 10-meter resolution and 10 distinct land cover classes (e.g., tree cover, cropland, urban areas).
Elevation input is provided by the Copernicus Digital Elevation Model (DEM) and has a 30-meter resolution, including natural and man-made structures.
Initial Fire Fronts from the OroraTech Active Fire dataset that use real-time data or manually run it from a desired location in the Wildfire Solution.
How to use it?
From a Cluster
Select the cluster you are interested in and scroll down to the submenu Fire Spread within the Clusters menu on the left side of the screen, click on Calculate. for the next 12 hours, each color represents an hour.
From a Custom Shape
Open the Layers Tab and click on User Data then Add Layer.
Draw a GeoJson File on the map.
Click on Calculate the Fire Spread within the details of the shape that popped up on the left side of the screen.
From a Marker
Click right on any point on the map and set a marker.
Click on Calculate the Fire Spread within the details of the shape that popped up on the left side of the screen.
Please notice that every color layer represents one hour in the model.
We hope this information was helpful for you. Thanks for using the Wildfire Solution Help Center!
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