GISTDA has developed the 'Forest Fire' app to increase surveillance efficiency for all sectors. Ready to continue monitoring the situation on a day-to-day basis in 2024, revealing data from the VIIR satellite system detected heat spots occurring in 17 northern provinces between 1 - 10 January 2024, a total of 647 spots, 0.59 percent more than the same period in 2023. Dr. Siam Lawawirojwong, GISTDA spokesperson and Director of the Geo-Informatics Application and Management Office, said that GISTDA has been using data from NASA's Suomi NPP satellite, VIIRS system, to continuously monitor hot spots in Thailand. Based on data analysis by Use geographic information system programs to create models. which includes Daily accumulated heat points for the past 10 years, burn area for the past 10 years, weekly humidity difference index for the current year, fuel volume from land uses such as deciduous forests, evergreen forests, agricultural areas, water sources, etc., Weather information includes temperature, rainfal l, and relative humidity. Includes hot spots and last week's burn areas. together with the El Niño phenomenon that occurred It is predicted that this year's situation will likely be no different from last year. And the most important thing is the relevant agencies. Various volunteer groups Including people in the area cooperating fully. To protect and take care of areas at risk of forest fires. This is considered another way to make the situation better. For the end of the year to the beginning of every year It is an interesting time to keep an eye on the forest fire situation in our country and from neighboring countries. Let's take a look at the accumulated heat spots in 17 northern provinces in 2023 from the VIIRS satellite system. It was found that between January - May 2023 there were a total of 109,035 heat spots, ranked from highest to lowest as follows: Chiang Mai 13,094 spots, Nan 11,632. Mae Hong Son 11,522 points, Tak 10,337 points, Chiang Rai 10,129 points, Lampang 7,898 points, Phetchabun 6,205 points, Uttaradit 5,720 points, Phrae 5,646 points, Phayao 4,893 points, Kamphaeng Phet 4,447 points, Phitsanulok 4,351 points, Nakhon Sawan 3,511 points. Uthai Thani 3,238 points, Lamphun 2,699 points, Sukhothai 2,317 points and Phichit 1,396 points for 2024. Data from the VIIR satellite system detected hot spots occurring in 17 northern provinces. Between 1 - 10 January 2024, a total of 647 points, or 0.59 percent, compared to the previous year 2023. Currently, GISTDA has developed an application called FAIPA or Wildfire to be used to notify heat spots that occur at the sub-district, district, and provincial levels using satellite data that will be displayed in near real-time to the main user group. namely Responsible agencies in the area such as the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Various volunteer groups People in the area, etc. This application can view heat spot information all over the country. Including countries in ASEAN And can be viewed again 24 hours a day as well. - 512 - Sour ce: Thai News Agency