Characterizing Community Fire Risk from Satellite Data and Airborne Lidar

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM MST

Location: Embassy Suites, Elderberry

Submitter(s)

Cam Brown, MF, RPF (he/him/his)

Manager RMT Group
Forsite Consultants Ltd
Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada

Speaker(s)

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Trevor Hooper

Lidar Technology Developer
Forsite Consultants Ltd
Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada
Kate Bezooyen, FIT (she/her/hers)

Wildfire Management Specialist
Forsite Consultants Ltd, British Columbia, Canada

The session will highlight the use of remotely sensed data (Lidar and Satellite imagery) to characterize wildfire fuels in ways that help land managers assess and moderate the risks of wildfire with greater resolution than previously available.

Learning Objectives:

Understand how remote sensing data can be used to provide fine-scale fuel maps.
Understand how fuel characteristics can be used to assess risk.