McFerren, GFrost, P2009-10-072009-10-072009-05McFerren, G and Frost, P. 2009. The Southern African advanced fire information system. Proceedings of the 6th International Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM) Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, 10-13 May 2009, pp 1-6978-91-633-4715-3http://www.iscram.org/ISCRAM2009/papers/http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3631Copyright ISCRAM'09. This paper is available online from http://www.iscram.org/ISCRAM2009/papers/This paper concerns the development of the South African Advanced Fire Information System (AFIS). Researchers describe a use case of wildfires causing electricity transmission lines to be adversely affected. This use case provided the rationale for investment into a system for detecting and monitoring wildfires. AFIS functionality is described and quantifies its user acceptance and benefits before discussing ongoing research and implementation efforts to allow AFIS to become a standards-compliant, service-oriented system serving the original use case but re-deployable or re-usable by other organisations for similar or alternative purposes. The paper ends with a view of future work that will potentially allow AFIS to reach a wider audience.enAdvanced fire information systemAFISElectricity transmission linesFiresInformation systemsCrisis responseCrisis managementWildfiresISCRAM'09Conference PresentationMcFerren, G., & Frost, P. (2009). Southern African advanced fire information system. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3631McFerren, G, and P Frost. "Southern African advanced fire information system." (2009): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3631McFerren G, Frost P, Southern African advanced fire information system; 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3631 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - McFerren, G AU - Frost, P AB - This paper concerns the development of the South African Advanced Fire Information System (AFIS). Researchers describe a use case of wildfires causing electricity transmission lines to be adversely affected. This use case provided the rationale for investment into a system for detecting and monitoring wildfires. AFIS functionality is described and quantifies its user acceptance and benefits before discussing ongoing research and implementation efforts to allow AFIS to become a standards-compliant, service-oriented system serving the original use case but re-deployable or re-usable by other organisations for similar or alternative purposes. The paper ends with a view of future work that will potentially allow AFIS to reach a wider audience. DA - 2009-05 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Advanced fire information system KW - AFIS KW - Electricity transmission lines KW - Fires KW - Information systems KW - Crisis response KW - Crisis management KW - Wildfires KW - ISCRAM'09 LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2009 SM - 978-91-633-4715-3 T1 - Southern African advanced fire information system TI - Southern African advanced fire information system UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3631 ER -