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dc.contributor.author Frost, PE
dc.contributor.author Scholes, RJ
dc.date.accessioned 2009-01-09T10:08:49Z
dc.date.available 2009-01-09T10:08:49Z
dc.date.issued 2007
dc.identifier.citation Frost, PE and Scholes, RJ. 2007. Advanced fire information system. In: The Full Picture. Edited by Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Secretariat, pp 168-169 en
dc.identifier.isbn 97892990047408
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2789
dc.description Copyright: 2007 Group on Earth Observations en
dc.description.abstract The South African Advanced Fire Information System (AFIS) is the first near real-time satellite-based fire monitoring system in Africa. It was originally developed for, and funded by, the electrical power utility Eskom, to reduce the impact of wild fires on regional electricity supply.1 Fires underneath the 28,000 km of power lines can cause flashovers which severely affect electricity supply. The loss of life and destruction of property caused every year by wildfires further emphasised the need to develop an operational, early warning fire information system that could alert the disaster management, fire-fighting, farming and forestry communities on the location and trajectory of blazes, as well as capturing information on the frequency and distribution of fires for researchers. en
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher Group on Earth Observations en
dc.subject Fire monitoring system en
dc.subject Fire information system en
dc.subject Group on Earth Observations en
dc.title Advanced fire information system en
dc.type Book Chapter en
dc.identifier.apacitation Frost, P., & Scholes, R. (2007). Advanced fire information system., <i></i> Group on Earth Observations. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2789 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Frost, PE, and RJ Scholes. "Advanced fire information system" In <i></i>, n.p.: Group on Earth Observations. 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2789. en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Frost P, Scholes R. Advanced fire information system. [place unknown]: Group on Earth Observations; 2007. [cited yyyy month dd]. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2789. en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Book Chapter AU - Frost, PE AU - Scholes, RJ AB - The South African Advanced Fire Information System (AFIS) is the first near real-time satellite-based fire monitoring system in Africa. It was originally developed for, and funded by, the electrical power utility Eskom, to reduce the impact of wild fires on regional electricity supply.1 Fires underneath the 28,000 km of power lines can cause flashovers which severely affect electricity supply. The loss of life and destruction of property caused every year by wildfires further emphasised the need to develop an operational, early warning fire information system that could alert the disaster management, fire-fighting, farming and forestry communities on the location and trajectory of blazes, as well as capturing information on the frequency and distribution of fires for researchers. DA - 2007 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Fire monitoring system KW - Fire information system KW - Group on Earth Observations LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2007 SM - 97892990047408 T1 - Advanced fire information system TI - Advanced fire information system UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2789 ER - en_ZA


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