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An 8 page paper which examines how computers can assist fire departments in terms of expediency in tracking fires, responding to calls, fire prevention, fire simulations and providing public education on fire-fighting. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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File: TG15_TGcomfir.rtf
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marvel which is featured in most American households for business or recreation. Computers not only entertain, but educate and inform. They can predict, calculate data, generate charts, provide
graphic images for instant analysis and efficiently transport information with a phone modem. Therefore, its easy to understand why computers have become indispensable tools for fire-fighting. They have,
in many ways, emerged as the "ultimate firefighter," for they can be in many places at once and quickly process large blocs of information, which assists in detection, prediction, tracking
and tracking. Using computers in fire service is nothing new. During the 1970s and 1980s, the devastation produced by wildfires in the west and midwest demanded drastic technological measures.
When fires destroyed a large portion of Montana in August of 1985, the problem of extinguishing the flames was compounded by the areas inaccessibility to roads (Walton, 1985).
So, the weary firefighters, at a loss as to how to keep the fire from spreading, huddled around a computer instead of a campfire (Walton, 1985). They entered information
on wind patterns and velocity, probability of rain, types and amounts of vegetation in the affected area, et cetera (Walton, 1985). Based upon these variables, the computer was able
to accurately predict the conditions in which the fire would burn out (Walton, 1985). This revolutionary computer "expert system," referred to as BEHAVE, was developed by the U.S.
Forest Service (Walton, 1985). This system required firefighters to either drive near or fly over the fire-ravaged area, make careful notes and enter them into the fire departments computer
system for rapid analysis and assessment (Walton, 1985). The computer also assists in calculating the fires intensity and how fast it will spread to other areas (Walton, 1985).
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