USE OF THE CANADIAN FOREST FIRE WEATHER INDEX METHOD IN DETERMINING FOREST FIRE VULNERABILITY (CASE STUDY WEST KALIMANTAN)

• Main Author: BAIHAQI (NIM : 12809021); Pembimbing : Drs. Joko Wiratmo, MP, ALFADH
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/17887
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

In 2012, there were 5,027 registered hotspots, spread over the period of January to September in West Kalimantan. August is the month with the highest number of hotspots. In this case we need a preventive action to minimize the impact of wildfires, one of them by calculating the value of vulnerability fires in West <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Kalimantan with the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index (FWI). This study was performed to calculate the vulnerability of forest fires based on the ease of ignition and the availability of fuel for fires on 1-31 August 2012. FWI input data such as meteorological observation data is obtained from NOAA Global Summary Of the Day (GSOD) dated 1 June to 31 August 2012. The highest level of vulnerability occurs in Ketapang area on August 10, 2013 with a value of 14 that classified extreme by FWI. High degree of vulnerability tend to spread to the western region, central and east of West Kalimantan. The calculation of the forest fires vulnerability value shows the accuracy ratio 0.65, with threat score ratio 0.52. The calculation by using FWI system tends to overestimate with BIAS value 1.50.