Fire Severity Mapping

Thanks to my colleague John Lyon for working on some new GIS resources with me last week in preparation for the final courses in the first tranche of ESRI / GA courses. These have now been concluded, but we will be running more ESRI / GA courses in the new academic year.

Fire Severity Index mapping was the focus for the work, with an eye to the recent stories on the news about fires on the upland moorlands of England. Although fires might not form part of most KS3 curricula, they do appear on many exam specs, and also come into the area of natural hazards. For some schools, this might actually be a more common hazards than the hurricanes or tornadoes that do appear on the schemes of work.

Natural England has some FIRE SEVERITY MAPS where you can explore your own area and see the risk, and how it might change over time. Firefighters were hoping for rain to dampen down the fires...

A related exercise in the Peak District is on our website: Peak Practice.

As the warm, dry weather continues, many areas remain on high alert....

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