GFMC EARLY WARNING PORTAL: DAILY GLOBAL AND REGIONAL FIRE WEATHER AND CLIMATE FORECASTS & BACKGROUND MATERIALS
Vietnam: Forest Fire Warning
In Vietnam, information about forest fire and fire warning can be found on website of the Forest Protection Department. The website provides information about:
- Means for forest fire prevention, yearly since 2007 (http://www.kiemlam.org.vn/Desktop.aspx/List/Phong-chay-chua-chay-rung/)
- Forest Fire Prevention Commanding Board, yearly since 2007 (http://www.kiemlam.org.vn/Desktop.aspx/List/Ban-chi-huy-PCCCR/)
- Burnt areas, yearly since 2007 (http://www.kiemlam.org.vn/Desktop.aspx/List/Dien-tich-rung-bi-chay/)
- Data on forest fire events, yearly since 2005 (http://www.kiemlam.org.vn/Desktop.aspx/List/Baove-va-PCCCR/)
- Guidelines on forest fire prevention (http://www.kiemlam.org.vn/Desktop.aspx/List/d-load/)
- Forest Fire Danger Index (http://www.kiemlam.org.vn/Desktop.aspx/List/Cap-du-bao-chay-rung/Bien_bao_hieu_cap_du_bao_chay_rung/)
- Forest sector in Vietnam uses one system of Forest Fire Danger Index, ranging from I to V as below:
Forest Fire Danger Index
Degree of danger:
I: Low level
II: Medium level
III: High level
IV: Dangerous level
V:Extremely dangerous level
Forest Fire Warning: one can directly access daily updated information about:
(i) Forest fire warning across Vietnam by clicking on CẢNH BÁO CHÁY RỪNG on the right corner of the homepage
(http://www.kiemlam.org.vn/Desktop.aspx/Home/Trang-chu/).
This icon is depicted by a burning forest background; after entering into forest fire warning page, one should see the updated information about forest fire warning of the day from Forest Protection Department. It is easy to see two tabs on the middle of the screen, the current page (also the default page) contains lists of areas warned for forest fire categorized by warning levels. The adjacent tab is the map that shows the areas on the country map.
(ii) Fire hotspots detected from satellite by clicking on ĐIỂM CHÁY TỪ VỆ TINH just below the forest fire warning
(http://www.kiemlam.org.vn/Desktop.aspx/Home/Trang-chu/ ).
This icon is recognized by a satellite flying above burning mountains. After clicking on ĐIỂM CHÁY TỪ VỆ TINH, one should see the same structure of information arrangement with CẢNH BÁO CHÁY RỪNG. However, the information is updated from satellite.
