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RANKING CRITERIA

Text Box: Slope (Percent Rise) Dataset: As research has shown, wildfires tend to advance uphill and the ability of firefighters to suppress uphill fires lowers significantly. Therefore, higher slopes where given higher rank value for fire risk.

Slope (% Rise) Rank
From To
0 5 Class 1
Class 2
5 25 Class 3
Class 4
25 375 Class 5

Text Box: Aspect (Degrees) Dataset: The ranking criteria for this data set were obtained from the Virginia State Wildfire risk Assessment. They describe slopes facing south as to be receiving more direct light from the sun making them more conductive to wildfires.

Direction Azimuth (°) Rank
N, E, NE 0-102.5 Class 1

W, NW 247.5- 337.5 Class 3

S, SE, SW 102.5-247.5 Class 5

Text Box: Fire stations: The classification fire stations were based on my common sense. I assumed areas closer to a station where of lower risk since the response time for fire fighters was much faster.

Distance (meters) Rank
From To
0 8000 Class 1
8000 12000 Class 2
12000 16000 Class 3
16000 20000 Class 4
20000 Higher Class 5

Text Box: Roads Layer: The roads classification was based more on common sense. I assumed that areas bordering the roads had easy access for firefighter’s therefore lower fire risks.

Distance (meters) Rank
From To
0 400 Class 1
400 1000 Class 2
1000 2000 Class 3
2000 5000 Class 4
5000 Higher Class 5

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