Use of UAV or remotely piloted aircraft and forward-looking infrared in forest, rural and wildland fire management: evaluation using simple economic analysis

New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Christensen, B R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Emerging technology; Forest fire; Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR); Remotely piloted aircraft (RPA); Rural fire; Wildland fire; Drones

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CAMERAS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COST REDUCTION; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; FIRE PROTECTION; FIRES; INFRARED DEVICES; INVESTMENTS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REMOTE CONTROL; REMOTE SENSING; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; FOREST FIRES; FORWARD LOOKING INFRARED; REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT; WILDLAND FIRE;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

AIRCRAFT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; RURAL AREA; UNMANNED VEHICLE; WILDFIRE;

AIR CRAFT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FOREST FIRES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENT;

EID: 84940984484     PISSN: 00480134     EISSN: 11795395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40490-015-0044-9     Document Type: Article

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