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Philippines: New project uses technology to combat fire

Source(s): Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation
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By Dhel Nazario

FireCheck – a fire hazard mapping and fire spread modeling project funded by the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST-PCIEERD) – will aid in mapping out fire hazards and where it may spread to help authorities outsmart the disaster.

The project, implemented by the University of the Philippines-Cebu, seeks to provide emergency fire responders and officials, strategic planners and policy-makers a wealth of information for fire disaster assessment and risk evaluation to be able to combat, if not mitigate, the negative consequence of fire. It is headed by UP Cebu Professor and Firecheck Project Leader Aileen Joan Vicente.

She said FireCheck’s hazard maps identify highly dense residential areas in the cities that are prone to fire incidents considering the construction materials used in the area, building density and urban heat island.

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She said that they are also testing the FireCheck Attribution App, a mobile application that can display the community’s 3D maps tagged with information necessary for pre-fire response planning such as building properties and road attributes.

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Hazards Technical disaster
Themes Risk identification and assessment Urban risk and planning GIS and mapping
Country and region Philippines
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