• Journal of agriculture & life science
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• v.45 no.4
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• pp.29-35
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• 2011

A forest fire was one of the huge disasters and damaged human lifes and a properties. Therefore, many countries operated forest fire forecasting systems which developed from forest fire records, weather data, fuel models and etc. And many countries also estimated future state of forest fire using a long-term climate forecasting like GCMs and prepared resources for future huge disasters. In this study, we analyzed relationships between forest fire occurrence and meteorological factors (the minimum temperature ($^{\circ}C$), the relative humidity (%), the precipitation (mm), the duration of sunshine (hour) and etc.) for developing a estimating tools, which could forecast forest fire regime under future climate change condition. Results showed that forest fires in this area were mainly occurred when the maximum temperature was $10{\sim}200^{\circ}C$, when the relative humidity was 40~60%, and when the average wind speed was under 2m/s. And forest fires mainly occurred at 2~3 day after rainfall.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.58-68
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• 2002

Recently as recognition to prevent nature disasters is reaching the climax, the most important job of government official is to provide information related to the prevention of nature disasters through the Web and to bring notice to prevent disaster under people. Especially, if the case of daily forest fire hazard index is provided within visualization on Web, people may have more chances to understand about forest fire and less damages by large scale of forest fire. Forest fire hazard index presentation system developed in this paper presents daily forest fire hazard index on map visually also provides the information related to it in text format. In order to develop this system, CBDP(Component Based Development Process) is proposed in this paper. This development process tries to emphasize the view of reusability so that it has lifecycle which starts from requirement and domain analysis and finishes to component generation. Moreover, The concept of this development process tries to reflect component based method, which becomes hot issue in software field nowadays. In the future, the component developed in this paper may be possibly reused in other Web GIS application, which has similar function to it so that it may take less cost and time to develop other similar system.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.69-83
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• 2023

Forest fires increase the risk of subsequent soil erosion and mass movement in burned areas, even under rainfall conditions below landslide alert thresholds, by destroying plants and vegetation and causing changes to soil properties. These effects of forest fires can alter runoff in burned areas by altering soil composition, component minerals, soil water repellency, soil mass stability, and soil fabric. Heat from forest fires not only burns shallow organic matter and plants but also spreads below the surface, affecting soil constituents including minerals. This study analyzed X-ray diffraction and physical properties of topsoil and subsoil obtained from both burned and non-burned areas to identify the composition and distribution of clay minerals in the soil. Small amounts of mullite, analcite, and hematite were identified in burned soils. Vermiculite and mixed-layer illite/vermiculite (I/V) were found in topsoil samples from burned areas but not in those from non-burned areas. These findings show changes in soil mineral composition caused by forest fires. Expansive clay minerals increase the volume of soil during rainfall, degrading the structural stability of slopes. Clay minerals generated in soil in burned areas are therefore likely to affect the long-term stability of slopes in mountainous areas.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.74-83
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• 2018

In order to secure safety and improve work efficiency of forest firefighting crews, performance evaluation criteria for safety gloves were developed. Since the standard for forest firefighting safety gloves is not available in Korea, we started the study based on the standard for firefighting safety gloves operated by KFI. 12 test items were selected excluding 5 test items out of the 17 test items through the consultation of stakeholders and the review of foreign standards. Two types of general safety gloves used by forest firefighting crews and one firefighting gloves were tested by applying KFI standard and the results were compared. Materials such as nylon or polyurethane which are weak to fire are not suitable for forest firefighting safety gloves. We compared the criteria of KFI, ISO 16073, NFPA 1977, NFPA 1971 and BS EN 659, and finally selected 12 test items and acceptance criteria suitable for the work environment of forest firefighting crews in Korea.

• Journal of Korean Society of Disaster and Security
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.17-25
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• 2024

Recent climate change has led to an increase in the probability of forest disasters (forest fires, landslides). However, disaster systems providing information for forest disaster response lack unified information provision. Therefore, this study aims to provide essential disaster information from a unified system for swift disaster response. To achieve this goal, we conducted a fundamental study on the necessary components for designing a forest disaster platform, explored methods for visualizing platforms enabling swift response and information provision during forest disasters through case studies, and presented the findings. Our results indicate that both domestic and international forest disaster response platforms commonly utilize spatial information to provide location-specific information. Key components identified for designing a response platform for forest disasters include constructing forest disaster big data, including climate information for target areas, developing technology for integrated diagnosis of forest disasters at each stage, and designing tailored safety care services for disaster areas.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.442-445
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• 2011

2005년 4월 강원도 산불로 인해 낙산사 화재가 발생하여 많은 문화재의 손실이 발생하여 문화재에 대한 소중함과 경각심을 일깨워 주었으며 화재로 인해 발생하는 문화재 손실을 막기 위해 많은 노력이 요구되었다. 본 연구는 강원도 중요 목조문화재인 낙산사 화재 발생 후 6년이 지난 현 지점에서, 주민 방재의식조사를 통해 낙산사 주변지역의 방재의식 변화에 대해 알아보고 이를 바탕으로 문화재 방재대책을 제안하고자 한다.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.43 no.6
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• pp.883-896
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• 2023

As human activities in Korea are spread throughout the mountains, forest fires often affect residential areas, infrastructure, and other facilities. Hence, it is necessary to detect fire-damaged areas quickly to enable support and recovery. Remote sensing is the most efficient tool for this purpose. Fire damage detection experiments were conducted on the east coast of Korea. Because this area comprises a mixture of forest and artificial land cover, data with low resolution are not suitable. We used Sentinel-2 multispectral instrument (MSI) data, which provide adequate temporal and spatial resolution, and the k-nearest neighbor (kNN) algorithm in this study. Six bands of Sentinel-2 MSI and two indices of normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and normalized burn ratio (NBR) were used as features for kNN classification. The kNN classifier was trained using 2,000 randomly selected samples in the fire-damaged and undamaged areas. Outliers were removed and a forest type map was used to improve classification performance. Numerous experiments for various neighbors for kNN and feature combinations have been conducted using bi-temporal and uni-temporal approaches. The bi-temporal classification performed better than the uni-temporal classification. However, the uni-temporal classification was able to detect severely damaged areas.

• 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.02a
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• pp.153-156
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• 2008

Comparative analysis of forest fire danger rating on the forest characteristics of thinning area and non-thinning area on forest fire burnt area was studied in this work. To investigate the effect of thinning slash in forest fire, Gangneung-si Wangsan-myeon, Ulgin-gun Wonnam-Myeon, Samchok-si Gagok-Myeon, in which forest fire broke out, were selected. As a result that investigated forest fire danger ratio between thinning slash and non-thinning slash, leeward scorching ratio(36%), crown damage ratio(29%), mortality of branch at the former are higher than those at the latter, leeward scorching ratio of tree, where thinning slash is around, is 10%-20% higher than that of independent tree. So I estimate that thinning slash has a some effect on the intensity of forest fire. And the result to investigate damage of forest fire according to tree species shows that leeward scorching ratio of conifer is 5% higher than that of non-conifer, and mortality of branch of the former is 19% higher than that of the latter. It is considered that forest fire may affect directly to a tree trunk if it diffuse to piled thinning tree because there was no space between thinning trees and trees. Furthermore, it was found that re-ignition had a chance to occur due to lots of piled thinning trees.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.51-58
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• 2007

The present study surveyed 750 graduate and undergraduate students who were living or not living in Gangwon province concerning the characteristics of disasters in Gangwon province, people's consciousness of disaster prevention, etc. According to the results of analysis, all the respondents thought that the possibility of disasters is higher in Gangwon province(74.0%) than in any other province. Compared to non-residents, Gangwon province residents tended to perceive that the possibility of storm and flood disasters and forest fires is high in Gangwon province. As to reasons for frequent disasters in Gangwon province, the respondents mentioned disadvantageous natural conditions, the shortage of disaster prevention facilities and local residents' low consciousness of disaster prevention. As to methods for enhancing people's consciousness of disaster prevention in Gangwon province, they considered essential the expansion of disaster prevention facilities and education on disaster prevention. In particular, 62.1% of the respondents did not have experiences in disaster education. This suggests the necessity for extending disaster education.

• 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.192-192
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• 2011

교토의정서에서 지구온난화의 원인이 되는 온실가스로 $CO_2$, $CH_4$, $N_2O$, HFCs, PFCs, $SF_6$를 규제하고 있다. 규제하는 6대 온실가스 가운데 $CO_2$가 가장 대표적이며, 우리나라의 연료연소에 의한 $CO_2$ 배출량은 세계 10위로 기후변화 진행속도는 세계 평균속도보다 빠르게 진행되고 있다. 이러한 기후변화에 대응하기 위하여는 온실가스 배출로 인한 DB구축 연구가 선행되어야 하며, 산림부분에 있어서는 연료의 열적특성 구명 연구가 극도로 미진한 국내현실에서 기초 data 확보를 위한 연구가 시급한 실정이다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 산불발생 시 온실가스 배출량의 DB를 구축하기 위하여 산불발생 시 배출되는 탄소배출량을 예측하고자 산림 가연물의 연소실험을 수행 하였다. 연소실험은 산림 연료 가운데 지표연료 10가지(소나무낙엽, 굴참나무낙엽, 소나무솔방울, 밤나무밤송이껍질, 방아풀, 주름조개풀, 칡, 엉겅퀴, 김의털, 고비)를 대상으로 콘칼로리미터 장비를 이용하여 이산화탄소와 일산화탄소 배출량을 분석하였다. 탄소배출량 실험에 앞서 지표연료들의 함수율을 측정한 결과, 10가지 지표연료 가운데 고사한 연료(낙엽, 솔방울, 밤송이)는 9~24% 정도, 생연료인 초본류 6가지는 181~484% 정도인 것으로 나타났으며, 솔방울과 밤송이의 경우 9~10%로 가장 수분을 적게 함유하고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 탄소배출량 분석 결과, 50g 중량에 대한 10가지 지표연료들의 이산화탄소 총배출량은 28~98g 정도, 일산화탄소 총배출량은 0.76~4.08g 정도 배출하는 것으로 나타나 연료별 차이를 보였으며, 특히, 고사한 연료와 생연료의 탄소배출량 차이는 큰 것으로 나타났다. 일산화탄소 총배출량은 고사한 연료(소나무낙엽, 굴참나무 낙엽, 소나무 솔방울, 밤나무 밤송이)는 3.24~4.08g 정도, 생연료 초본류 6가지(방아풀, 주름조개풀, 칡, 엉겅퀴, 김의털, 고비)는 0.76~2.73g 정도 배출하는 것으로 나타났다. 이산화탄소 총배출량은 함수율이 현저히 낮은 4가지 연료(소나무 낙엽, 굴참나무 낙엽, 소나무 솔방울, 밤나무 밤송이 껍질)들은 52~98g 정도, 함수율이 높은 6가지 초본류는 28~48g 정도의 이산화탄소를 배출하는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서, 고사한 연료인 소나무 낙엽, 굴참나무 낙엽, 소나무 솔방울, 밤나무 밤송이는 초본류 보다 상대적으로 이산화탄소와 일산화탄소 배출량이 많은 것으로 나타났으며, 특히, 소나무 솔방울은 가장 많은 이산화탄소와 일산화탄소를 배출하는 것으로 나타났다. 상대적으로 방아풀과 주름조개풀은 각각 28g과 35g으로 이산화탄소 배출량이 작은 것으로 나타났다. 따라서, 산불발생 시, 소나무의 솔방울은 10가지 지표연료 가운데 상대적으로 많은 이산화탄소와 일산화탄소를 배출할 것으로 사료된다.