Frost, P2019-07-172019-07-172011Frost, P. 2011. Fire monitoring. In: Sustainable Development in Africa & Satellites, pp. 96-97http://www.satellites-and-africa.com/book/index.htmlhttp://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers15-08/010054957.pdfhttp://www.satellites-and-africa.com/files/assets/basic-html/index.html#1http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11031Chapter published in Sustainable Development in Africa & SatellitesFires kill and injure hundreds of people in South Africa each year, and is also responsible for damage to property and diseases such as athma due to smoke inhalation. The Advanced Fire Information System (AFIS) was started in 2003 as a service module of the Wide Area Monitoring Information System. WAMIS aims to deliver fire information products to researchers, Fire Protection Agencies and Disaster managers all over Southern Africa in support of decision-making in the monitoring of fires. It is the first real time operational satellite fire monitoring system in Southern Africa.enFire monitoringAfrican satellitesAfrican sustainable developmentRemote sensingFire trackingWide Area Monitoring Information SystemWAMISFire information systemsSatellite fire monitoring systemAdvanced Fire Information SystemAFISBook ChapterFrost, P. (2011). Fire monitoring., <i>Worklist;8751</i> http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11031Frost, P. "Fire monitoring" In <i>WORKLIST;8751</i>, n.p.: n.p. 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11031.Frost P. Fire monitoring.. Worklist;8751. [place unknown]: [publisher unknown]; 2011. [cited yyyy month dd]. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11031.TY - Book Chapter AU - Frost, P AB - Fires kill and injure hundreds of people in South Africa each year, and is also responsible for damage to property and diseases such as athma due to smoke inhalation. The Advanced Fire Information System (AFIS) was started in 2003 as a service module of the Wide Area Monitoring Information System. WAMIS aims to deliver fire information products to researchers, Fire Protection Agencies and Disaster managers all over Southern Africa in support of decision-making in the monitoring of fires. It is the first real time operational satellite fire monitoring system in Southern Africa. DA - 2011 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Fire monitoring KW - African satellites KW - African sustainable development KW - Remote sensing KW - Fire tracking KW - Wide Area Monitoring Information System KW - WAMIS KW - Fire information systems KW - Satellite fire monitoring system KW - Advanced Fire Information System KW - AFIS LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2011 T1 - Fire monitoring TI - Fire monitoring UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11031 ER -