Fires

FIRES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA AND GLOBAL

FIRES ARE NOW MANAGED BY THE CSIR- MERAKA INSTITUTE AS AFIS. PLEASE CONTACT THEM FOR THE NEW SYSTEM ON FIRES : URL: http://afis.meraka.org.za/afis/

GLOBAL FIRES: SEE NO. 2 FOR FULL DETAILS.

1. SOUTHERN AFRICA

ON THIS WEBSITE ONLY.

FULL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO THE CSIR .

1.1 BACKGROUND

THE ADVANCED FIRE INFORMATION SYSTEM(AFIS) IS THE FIRST NEAR REAL TIME OPERATIONAL SATELLITE

FIRE MONITORING SYSTEM IN SOUTHERN AFRICA. IT DELIVERS LOCATIONS OF ACTIVE FIRES ON A MAP.

1.2 UPDATING OF FIRES

THE FIRES ARE DETECTED BY TWO DIFFERENT SATELLITES(MODIS AND MSG)AT DIFFERENT TIMES- TOGETHER

IT IS EVERY 15 MINUTES .

1.3 WHAT SIZE CAN BE DETECTED?

* MODIS: ABOUT 100 SQ M.

*MSG: ABOUT 500 SQ M.

1.4 HOW ARE THE FIRES INDICATED ON THE MAP?

* MODIS: RED SPOTS. * MSG: PURPLE SPOTS.

THUS- ALL RED AND PURPLE SPOTS ARE FIRE LOCATIONS.

1.5 HOW TO ACCESS THE PROGRAMME-"AFIS SENSOR WEB FIRE MAPPER".

1.5.1 CLICK HERE

1.5.2 CLICK ON "OPEN MAP"- BOTTOM OF YELLOW BOX.

1.5.3 THE AVIS SENSOR WEB FIRE MAPPER IS NOW OPEN.

1.5.4 FIRES LAST 24 HOURS:

TICK THE FOLLOWING: FIRST FOUR SQUARE BOXES (LAYERS RIGHT HAND SIDE MAP).

CHANGE "START DATE"(RIGHT BOTTOM) TO DATE OF YESTERDAY.

1.5.5 FIRES LAST 15 MINUTES:

TICK THE FOLLOWING : SQUARE BOXES NO.2 AND 3.

1.5.6 TICK ALSO THE FOLLOWING BOXES- FOR BASIC VIEWING:

* MAJOR CITIES- INDICATED AS BLUE ON THE MAP.

* LABEL PROVINCE- NAME OF PROVINCE INDICATED ON MAP.

* SOUTH AFRICA PROVINCE.

* COUNTRIES .

* ALLWAYS "REFRESH MAP"(BOTTOM RIGHT) AFTER YOU MADE CHANGES.

1.6 OTHER OPTIONS IN THE PROGRAMME

THERE ARE MANY OPTIONS IN THE PROGRAMME. YOU CAN FOR EG. DETERMINE EXACTLY WHERE THE

FIRES ARE:NAME TOWN, CO-ORDINATES, ROADS, POWER LINES,ETC. YOU CAN ZOOM IN, ETC.

THIS WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR FARMERS, ESKOM, TELKOM,ETC. MAKE A PRINTOUT OF THE

GUIDE(LEFT HAND TOP OF YELLOW PAGE) AND STUDY IT.

1.7 EXAMPLE OF THE MAP WHAT YOU WILL SEE

2. GLOBAL FIRE MAP- COLOUR PHOTO OF WORLD

The latest fire map by NASA of the whole world over a period of ten days. Coloured dots indicate locations with

at least one fire during the period. This is one of the most impressive photos of earth ever- in full colour.

This is a huge photo( 8192X4096)and will take some time to download- the rewarding will be great!

CLICK HERE : PHOTO SIZE= 8192X4096(VERY BIG- MOST IMPRESSIVE).

CLICK HERE: PHOTO SIZE= 2048X1024( MUCH SMALLER).

TO ENLARGE THE PHOTOS: CLICK ON ARROWS IN RIGHT BOTTOM CORNER.

ARCHIVE OF GLOBAL FIRE MAPS: CLICK HERE.