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, DCCEEW 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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Title Fire Extent and Severity Mapping (FESM)
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Update Frequency notPlanned
Landing Page https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/c28a6aa8-a7ce-4181-8ed1-fd221dfcefc8
Date Published 2020-03-13
Date Updated 2024-10-15
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Temporal Coverage 2017-01-01 -
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Data Portal Data.NSW
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