Fire hazard team report CEOS disaster management support group.

The purpose of this report is to review potential requirement for space-based observations in fire management. This report was developed under the auspices of the Disaster Management Support Group (DMSG) of the G-7 Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS). This document was prepared by an international working group, which has experience in the field of remote sensing as applied to wildland fire management. The fire team identifies, in this paper, seven major requirements. These requirements could substantially improve wildland fire management programs, should CEOS augment existing satellites or develop new Earth observation satellites as recommended. Requirements address the different temporal, spatial and spectral characteristics needed in different phases of fire management and geographic areas of interest. These requirements include fuels mapping, risk assessment, detection, monitoring, mapping, burned area recovery, and smoke management.