Modeling of the spread behavior of forest fires based on GIS and cellular automation (Case Study: Babolrood basin, Mazandaran)

Forest fires are recognized as a major threat to the safety of human life, infrastructure and the environment. In recent years, despite global warming, forest fires have increased. One of the best ways to understand fire behavior and thus to deal with it is to simulate fire behavior and how to spread fire. Therefore, in this study, using cellular automation method based on Alexandridis model, fire simulation was carried out in some forests of northern Savadkouh county in Mazandaran province. For this purpose, using the topography, vegetation as well as wind speed and direction, the fire spread behavior was simulated, and the result was compared with actual fire. The results showed that the accuracy of the simulated model is 0.84% which indicates that the model is suitable. Therefore, considering the specific conditions of Iranian forests, cellular automation is useful for simulating forest fires