Hotspots Forest Fire Susceptibility Mapping for Land Use or Land Cover using Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)

Abstract Forest fire is a very common natural disaster or caused by humans that happens throughout the year in humid country like Malaysia. had many problems haze and disruption of environment. The peat-swamp areas are more susceptible to forest due having relatively spongy floor covered with thick dense layer humus. objective this research determine active hotspots at Raja Musa Reserve, Kuala Selangor using Landsat 8 infrared based images for mapping. method used develop hotspot susceptibility map Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). Land cover land use (LULC), Surface Temperature (LST), Fuel type, road Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) were vulnerability study satellite from LANDSAT 8. findings MODIS real-time data kappa coefficient check consistency LULC classification. After obtaining weightage value each factors map, overlay tool GIS find significant weight map.