🗺️🔥 GIS: A Critical Tool for Wildfire Management 🔥🗺️ The National Interagency Fire Center recently highlighted how Geographic Information Systems (GIS) played a crucial role in responding to the Lava Fire. GIS empowers fire managers to: ✅ Map fire perimeters in real-time to inform firefighting efforts ✅ Analyze terrain and vegetation to predict fire behavior ✅ Coordinate resources effectively to protect communities and ecosystems In wildfire response, every second counts. Tools like GIS provide the critical data needed to make informed decisions, ensuring the safety of people, property, and natural landscapes. Let’s celebrate the power of GIS in safeguarding our world from wildfires and building resilience for the future. 🌍✨ #GISDay #WildfireResilience #FireManagement #GISForGood #ClimateAction #MappingTheFuture #DataDrivenDecisions
Who created all of those maps you see of wildland fire incidents? It's your GIS specialists! On #GISDay we want to give a shoutout to everyone in the GIS world, especially those whose work supports wildland fire management. On a wildland fire incident, a Geographic Information System Specialist (GISS) is responsible for providing timely and accurate spatial information about the incident to be used by all facets of the Incident Management Team and national coordination system. Data gathered by GISS is used to create detailed maps about the incident to be shared internally and with the public. GIS specialists are a critical piece of wildland fire management, thanks for all you do! 📸 Photo from InciWeb, on the 2024 #LavaFire in Idaho.
