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US 11,998,783 B1Granted
Wildfire cone of confidence simulation system and processes
OwnerRachael Irene Bradyinventor
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Abstract
A wildfire cone of confidence simulation system and processes is disclosed. Methodical application of the hurricane cone of confidence applied to wildfire simulations involves applying a methodology that has been utilized in the hurricane disaster space since the 1950s, to the current wildfire predictive modeling problem. As wildfires become larger and move more quickly the public requires notifications that are consumable and actionable.
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A wildfire cone of confidence simulation process comprising:
- running a particular wildfire simulation (“WS”) for a fire on one wildfire propagation model of multiple wildfire simulation models, wherein the wildfire propagation model is configured to output a WS result (“WS result output”) after running the particular WS;
- compiling the particular WS into a path and a direction the fire is likely to take based on the WS result output;
- overlaying fire history information onto the WS result output;
- compiling a weighted overlay of the particular WS and the fire history;
- applying a statistical probability of fire path, direction, and timing based on outputs of the weighted overlay;
- creating a wildfire cone of confidence;
- identifying areas in which the weighted overlay of the particular WS and the fire history aligns within two standard deviations of a mean;
- adding the identified areas in the wildfire cone of confidence;
- displaying the wildfire cone of confidence on a mapping interface with a plurality of highlighted time frame intervals;
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- applying an evacuation buffer to the wildfire cone of confidence to aid emergency responders.
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