Dataset Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
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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Alternative Title FESMv2.1
Metadata Date 21/02/2020
Date Created 06/01/2020
Date Published 05/03/2020
Edition FESMv2.1
Purpose Bushfire response planning and analysis by land and environmental managers
License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Update Frequency Data is updated every two weeks
Keywords HAZARDS-Fire,ECOLOGY-Ecosystem,ECOLOGY-Habitat
Geospatial Topic Environment
Language English
NSW Place Name NSW
Temporal Coverage From 01/01/2019
Datum GDA94 Geographic (Lat\Long)
Landing page https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/fire-extent-and-severity-mapping-fesm
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Attribution Department of Planning, Industry 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, Industry and Environment 2020"

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