
%0 Journal Article
%A Vasconcelos, MJ 
%A Guertin, DP 
%T FIREMAP - Simulation of Fire Growth With a Geographic Information System
%J International Journal of Wildland Fire
%D 1992/06/01
%V 2
%N 2
%P 87-96
%K Fire behavior modeling; Geographic information systems
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/WF9920087
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/WF9920087 
%X FIREMAP is a simulation system designed to estimate wildfire characteristics in spatially non-uniform environments and simulate the growth of fire in discrete time steps. This simulation system integrates Rothermel's behavior prediction model (Rothermel 1972) with a raster- based geographic information system. The outputs can be displayed as digital maps. This paper describes the concepts behind FIREMAP and compares simulation results with a real fire occurrence. The predicted burned area (138 ha) and the real burned area (132 ha) have a similar overall shape. 
