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Analysis of forest fire occurrences based on the mapping of heat spots and their most susceptible areas
| Resumo: | Forest fires have been occurring each season with greater complexity and intensity, making the management of this disaster difficult and increasing damage and losses. This article intends to analyse 1,105 hot spots compared with the responses to the 1,559 forest fire incidents attended by the Military Fire Brigade of the State of Rio de Janeiro (CBMERJ) between 2015 and 2022. A positive relationship was noted between the records of occurrences/hot spots, which was stronger in the wet season and weaker in the dry season. The results suggest that as the number of hot spots increases, the number of vegetation fires also increases. The statistically significant correlation reflects the intricate interaction of climatic, anthropogenic, and geospatial variables. It was concluded that there is a need to build a new mapping that is convergent with the corporation's response actions and the pressing demand for public policies that regulate land use in a more conscious way, aiming at preventive education of the population to reduce risk of this disaster. |
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| Autores principais: | Queiroz Trinta, Paulo |
| Outros Autores: | Fonseca, Diego Donato; Sobrinho , Marco Antonio Basques; Camargo, Leandro de Souza; Silva, Luciene Pimentel da |
| Assunto: | Fogo em vegetação desastre ambiental redução de risco de desastres Vegetation fire environmental disaster disaster risk reduction |
| Ano: | 2025 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | unknown |
| Instituição associada: | Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Territorium |
| Resumo: | Forest fires have been occurring each season with greater complexity and intensity, making the management of this disaster difficult and increasing damage and losses. This article intends to analyse 1,105 hot spots compared with the responses to the 1,559 forest fire incidents attended by the Military Fire Brigade of the State of Rio de Janeiro (CBMERJ) between 2015 and 2022. A positive relationship was noted between the records of occurrences/hot spots, which was stronger in the wet season and weaker in the dry season. The results suggest that as the number of hot spots increases, the number of vegetation fires also increases. The statistically significant correlation reflects the intricate interaction of climatic, anthropogenic, and geospatial variables. It was concluded that there is a need to build a new mapping that is convergent with the corporation's response actions and the pressing demand for public policies that regulate land use in a more conscious way, aiming at preventive education of the population to reduce risk of this disaster. |
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