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What fires are threats?
What fires are threats?
Fires deemed as threats are those that will exceed ten acres in size, totaling roughly $13,000 of damage (according to fs.usda.gov). The model uses data given once a fire has started to predict whether a fire might exceed ten acres and therefore require external assistance, obviously variable dependent upon whether a location already has the necessary supplies to topple it.
"Threat Fires" Last Nearly 3x Longer Than Their Counterparts
"Threat Fires" Last Nearly 3x Longer Than Their Counterparts
Approximately one in seven fires exceed ten acres, and unsurprisingly, require more external aid to combat them than the smaller ones
The Longest-Lasting Fires are the Bigger Ones
The Longest-Lasting Fires are the Bigger Ones
A random sample of 85,863 non-threat fires showed much fewer devastatingly long fires (>300 days) than the larger ones, and are consistently shorter in length (<200 days)
Predicting the existence of large fires can therefore save innumerable lives and a plethora of money.
Predicting the existence of large fires can therefore save innumerable lives and a plethora of money.
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