This paper concerns the development of the South African Advanced Fire Information System (AFIS). Researchers describe a use case of wildfires causing electricity transmission lines to be adversely affected. This use case provided the rationale for investment into a system for detecting and monitoring wildfires. AFIS functionality is described and quantifies its user acceptance and benefits before discussing ongoing research and implementation efforts to allow AFIS to become a standards-compliant, service-oriented system serving the original use case but re-deployable or re-usable by other organisations for similar or alternative purposes. The paper ends with a view of future work that will potentially allow AFIS to reach a wider audience.
Reference:
McFerren, G and Frost, P. 2009. The Southern African advanced fire information system. Proceedings of the 6th International Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM) Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, 10-13 May 2009, pp 1-6
McFerren, G., & Frost, P. (2009). Southern African advanced fire information system. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3631
McFerren, G, and P Frost. "Southern African advanced fire information system." (2009): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3631
McFerren G, Frost P, Southern African advanced fire information system; 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3631 .