Date of Award
6-2014
Document Type
Masters Capstone Project
Degree Name
M.S. in Geographic Information Science
Organizational Unit
College of Natural Science and Mathematics, Geography and the Environment
Keywords
Firewise Communities/USA®, Fire prevention, Homeowner’s insurance policies
Abstract
In an effort to collect boundaries of Firewise Communities/USA® participants in Colorado for academic and professional research, fire prevention efforts of homeowner’s insurance policy holders, and community-level risk planning, an instructional document for Google Maps Engine to self-define was developed. Ten ‘test communities’ were asked to participate, with a 60% response rate. From these responses, no initial problems or difficulties were noted. One boundary was used to model fire behavior in ArcMap, utilizing Spatial Analyst for fuel mitigation and the Wildland Fire Assessment Tool plugin to run behavior models with raster outputs. In conclusion, when Firewise communities worked in conjunction surrounding private and public land, the resulting fire risk was reduced at a greater rate versus the community working alone.
Copyright Date
6-1-2014
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
All Rights Reserved.
Publication Statement
Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Rights Holder
Jennifer Muha
Provenance
Received from author
File Format
application/pdf
Language
English (eng)
Extent
59 pgs
File Size
8.5 MB
Recommended Citation
Muha, Jennifer, "Delineating Firewise Communities/USA® Developing Self-Mapping Techniques for Communities for Wildland Fire Behavior Modeling" (2014). Geography and the Environment: Graduate Student Capstones. 55.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/geog_ms_capstone/55