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Fire Extent and Severity Mapping (FESM)

Fire severity is a metric of the loss of biomass caused by fire. In collaboration with the NSW Rural Fire Service, DPIE Remote Sensing & Regulatory Mapping team has developed a semi-automated approach to mapping fire extent and severity through a machine learning framework based on sentinel 2 satellite imagery. The statewide severity map has standardised classes to allow comparison of different fires across the landscape. The FESM severity classes include: unburnt, low severity (burnt understory, unburnt canopy), moderate severity (partial canopy scorch), high severity (complete canopy scorch, partial canopy consumption), extreme (full canopy consumption).

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    Fire Extent and Severity Mapping (FESM) (You are here)

  • 03 May 2023
    Department of Planning and Environment

    Fire Extent and Severity Mapping (FESM) Published

    Fire severity is a metric of the loss of biomass caused by fire. In collaboration with the NSW Rural Fire Service, DPIE Remote Sensing & Regulatory Mapping team has...
    • SEED Web Map
    • PDF
    • TXT
    • ARCGIS REST SERVICE
    • Environment,
    • Biodiversity Assessment,
    • Burnt Area,
    • Burnt Areas,
    • Canopy,
    • Environment,
    • Fire Severity,
    • Land Management and Biodiversity Conservation,
    • Refugia,
    • Rehabilitation,
    • Wildfires
    View Dataset Show on SEED Map

    • Fire Extent and Severity Mapping (FESM) 2020/21

  • 03 May 2023
    Department of Planning and Environment

    Fire Extent and Severity Mapping (FESM) 2020/21 Published

    Fire severity is a metric of the loss of biomass caused by fire. In collaboration with the NSW Rural Fire Service, DPE Remote Sensing & Regulatory Mapping team has developed...
    • SEED Web Map
    • PDF
    • PDF
    • ZIP
    • ZIP
    • WMS
    • ARCGIS REST SERVICE
    • Environment,
    • Biodiversity Assessment,
    • Burnt Area,
    • Burnt Areas,
    • Canopy,
    • Environment,
    • Fire Severity,
    • Land Management and Biodiversity Conservation,
    • Refugia,
    • Rehabilitation,
    • Wildfires
    View Dataset Show on SEED Map

    • Fire Extent and Severity Mapping (FESM) 2019/20

  • 03 May 2023
    Department of Planning and Environment

    Fire Extent and Severity Mapping (FESM) 2019/20 Published

    Fire severity is a metric of the loss of biomass caused by fire. In collaboration with the NSW Rural Fire Service, DPE Remote Sensing & Regulatory Mapping team has developed...
    • SEED Web Map
    • PDF
    • PDF
    • ZIP
    • ZIP
    • ARCGIS REST SERVICE
    • Environment,
    • Biodiversity Assessment,
    • Burnt Area,
    • Burnt Areas,
    • Canopy,
    • Environment,
    • Fire Severity,
    • Land Management and Biodiversity Conservation,
    • Refugia,
    • Rehabilitation,
    • Wildfires
    View Dataset Show on SEED Map

    • Fire Extent and Severity Mapping (FESM) 2017/18

  • 03 May 2023
    Department of Planning and Environment

    Fire Extent and Severity Mapping (FESM) 2017/18 Published

    Fire severity is a metric of the loss of biomass caused by fire. In collaboration with the NSW Rural Fire Service, DPE Remote Sensing & Regulatory Mapping team has developed...
    • SEED Web Map
    • PDF
    • ZIP
    • ZIP
    • PDF
    • ARCGIS REST SERVICE
    • Environment,
    • Biodiversity Assessment,
    • Burnt Area,
    • Burnt Areas,
    • Canopy,
    • Environment,
    • Fire Severity,
    • Land Management and Biodiversity Conservation,
    • Refugia,
    • Rehabilitation,
    • Wildfires
    View Dataset Show on SEED Map

    • Fire Extent and Severity Mapping (FESM) 2018/19

  • 03 May 2023
    Department of Planning and Environment

    Fire Extent and Severity Mapping (FESM) 2018/19 Published

    Fire severity is a metric of the loss of biomass caused by fire. In collaboration with the NSW Rural Fire Service, DPE Remote Sensing & Regulatory Mapping team has developed...
    • SEED Web Map
    • PDF
    • ZIP
    • ZIP
    • PDF
    • ARCGIS REST SERVICE
    • Environment,
    • Biodiversity Assessment,
    • Burnt Area,
    • Burnt Areas,
    • Canopy,
    • Environment,
    • Fire Severity,
    • Land Management and Biodiversity Conservation,
    • Refugia,
    • Rehabilitation,
    • Wildfires
    View Dataset Show on SEED Map

    • Fire Extent and Severity Mapping (FESM) 2016/17

  • 01 May 2023
    Department of Planning and Environment

    Fire Extent and Severity Mapping (FESM) 2016/17 Published

    Fire severity is a metric of the loss of biomass caused by fire. In collaboration with the NSW Rural Fire Service, DPE Remote Sensing & Regulatory Mapping team has developed...
    • SEED Web Map
    • PDF
    • PDF
    • ZIP
    • ZIP
    • ARCGIS REST SERVICE
    • Environment,
    • Biodiversity Assessment,
    • Burnt Area,
    • Burnt Areas,
    • Canopy,
    • Environment,
    • Fire Severity,
    • Land Management and Biodiversity Conservation,
    • Refugia,
    • Rehabilitation,
    • Wildfires
    View Dataset Show on SEED Map

    • Fire Extent and Severity Mapping (FESM) 2021/22

  • 01 May 2023
    Department of Planning and Environment

    Fire Extent and Severity Mapping (FESM) 2021/22 Published

    Fire severity is a metric of the loss of biomass caused by fire. In collaboration with the NSW Rural Fire Service, DPE Remote Sensing & Regulatory Mapping team has developed...
    • SEED Web Map
    • PDF
    • PDF
    • ZIP
    • ZIP
    • Environment,
    • Biodiversity Assessment,
    • Burnt Area,
    • Burnt Areas,
    • Canopy,
    • Environment,
    • Fire Severity,
    • Land Management and Biodiversity Conservation,
    • Refugia,
    • Rehabilitation,
    • Wildfires
    View Dataset Show on SEED Map

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Language English
Alternative Title FESMv3
Edition FESMv3
Purpose Bushfire response planning and analysis by land and environmental managers
Frequency of change Not planned
Keywords HAZARDS-Fire,ECOLOGY-Ecosystem,ECOLOGY-Habitat,VEGETATION
Field of Research (optional) Landscape Ecology,Fire,Forest Fire Management
Metadata Date 2020-02-21
Date of Asset Creation 2020-01-06
Date of Asset Revision 2020-12-16
Date of Asset Publication 2020-05-03
License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Geospatial Topic Environment
NSW Place Name NSW
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
Temporal Coverage From 2017-01-01
Datum GDA94 Geographic (Lat\Long)
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Attribution Department of Planning and Environment asserts the right to be attributed as author of the original material in the following manner: "© State Government of NSW and Department of Planning and Environment 2020"
Groups 2019-20 Bushfire-related datasets: Compilation from the Science Economics and Insights Division