Abstract

Forest fire has caused great negative consequences on the environment, natural resources and human. Climate change with prolonged droughts has made forest fires become increasingly serious. The research on forest fire prevention and control in Vietnam shows some limitations as follows: using mainly ground meteorological data; the use of remote sensing images in forest fire forecasts is only for provincial level. There has been no studies go into the reasearch of combustible material as well as their fire ratings on for- est fire phenomena. Therefore, the development of combustible material research for for-est fire risk prediction plays a crucial role in forest fire prevention and fighting by the local specialized agencies. The experimental site of the study is Son Dong district, Bac Giang province with two main types of forest research: plantation and natural forest.