GIS based dynamic modeling of fire spread with cellular automation model

This paper presents a GIS based dynamic modeling of fire spread using cellular automation simulation, given a set of stochastic ignition points and initial environmental settings. Modeling every individual room in the building as a cell, we have developed the algorithm for fire spread both from room to room inside a building and from one building to another due to radiation and branding. The models perform in the cellular automation programming and the results are intended to be dynamically visualized in a Geographic Information System (GIS) that include data of digital elevation model, 3D building models and environmental settings, such as temperature, wind direction and velocity.