Spatio-temporal analysis and risk management of forest fires (West Algerian region)

Hadj Ali Benbakkar; Zahira Souidi; Salim Kattar; António José Bento Gonçalves

doi:10.2478/ffp-2024-0021

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Spatio-temporal analysis and risk management of forest fires (West Algerian region)

Folia Forestalia Polonica

Volume 66 (2024): Issue 4 (December 2024)

By: Hadj Ali Benbakkar, Zahira Souidi, Salim Kattar and António José Bento Gonçalves

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Figures & Tables

Localization of the north zone in Algeria

Table 1.

Record of the fires per Wilaya during 2015–2018

WILAYA	2015	2016	2017	2018	Number of fires	Burned surface
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Chlef	88	74	90	46	298	673
Oum El Bouaghi	7	24	22	4	57	123
Batna	11	12	34	10	67	481
Bejaia	70	193	181	24	468	9,286
Blida	272	245	185	77	779	1,862
Bouira	87	79	92	11	269	385
Tebessa	4	6	20	10	40	78
Tlemcen	101	42	31	20	194	4,945
Tiaret	39	55	30	5	129	920
TiziOuzou	125	269	392	67	853	6,847
Alger	128	160	99	58	445	57
Djelfa	10	8	28	25	71	27
Jijel	174	287	135	2	598	2,463
Setif	13	26	27	13	79	964
Saida	24	36	16	16	92	2,041
Skikda	23	64	198	15	300	8,134
S.B.Abbes	314	296	94	21	725	8,616
Annaba	30	108	38	8	184	3,020
Guelma	9	29	55	12	105	6,090
Constantine	12	14	23	10	59	591
Medea	84	133	183	70	470	2,967
Mostaganem	56	86	49	32	223	311
Mascara	32	15	11	2	60	846
Oran	76	56	38	14	184	504
B.B.Arreridj	39	32	49	12	132	255
Boumerdes	104	123	109	23	359	1,299
El Tarf	49	169	203	0	421	20,179
Tissemsilt	74	57	52	7	190	664
Khenchela	11	41	52	28	132	437
Souk Ahras	54	90	98	2	244	1,244
Tipasa	134	183	196	48	561	1,196
Mila	4	15	22	16	57	501
Ain Defla	81	92	91	24	288	1,486
Ain Temouchent	36	13	21	24	94	151
Relizane	6	6	17	2	31	144
TOTAL	2,381	3,138	2,981	758	9 258	89,787

Annual distribution of fires in the Northern region of Algeria (2003–2017)

Annual distribution of fires in Mascara during 2003–2017

Distribution of fires in Mascara per type of formation (2007–2016)

Distribution of fires according to the hours of the day (2003–2017)

Ombrothermic diagrams of Bagouls and Gaussen

Relation between the annual averages of the climatic parameters and the number of fires in Mascara (2007–2017)

The monthly average temperatures of Mascara (2007–2017)

The monthly average precipitations of Mascara (2007–2017)

The monthly average humidity in Mascara (2007–2017)

The monthly average wind speed in Mascara (2007–20017)

The wind orientation in Mascara (2007–2017)

Table 2.

Forest surface and infrastructure of Mascara (BNEDER 2008)

No.of municipalities	Name of municipalities	Forest surface (acre)	Lookout points	Firebreak trenches	Pointsof water	Tracks(km)	Number of households from 2008 to 2017	Burned surface (acres) 2008–2017
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
09	Zelamta	12,412.05	00	00	00	25	00	155.5
37	Bou Henni	7,511.77	00	00	00	15	00	00
11	Ain Ferrah	6,751.50	01	01	10	45	08	130.5
45	Nesmoth	6,495.36	00	00	00	25	04	265.5
43	Chorfa	5,357.77	00	00	00	20	08	65
07	Hachem	4,586.2	00	00	00	20	33	387
04	Hacine	3,472.37	1	18	4	30.70	00	00
38	El Gueithna	1,979.2	1	115	3	20.90	00	00
41	Gharrous	3,950	00	00	00	10	25	16
33	Ferraguig	1,822.89	3	51	00	36	00	00
19	Beniane	2,900	00	00	00	10	03	17
31	Mohamadia	705.4	1	00	1	19	05	10.25
26	Sig	1,700	1	70	2	39	10	120
39	Mamounia	630	1	00	00	12	00	00
21	El Menaouer	580	1	123	00	81.50	00	00
23	Aouf	1,550	00	50	3	93.50	12	26.6
27	Oggaz	6 506	00	00	00	60.70	01	01
03	Tizi	500	00	00	00	00	00	00
02	Bouhanifia	6,457	5	137	9	87.60	07	482
18	Ain Fekan	4,458	00	00	02	30	04	24.9
35	Sedjerara	420.42	00	00	00	00	00	00
12	Ghriss	450	00	00	00	00	00	00
22	Oued Taria	3,400	00	00	00	00	00	00
24	Ain Fares	400	2	3	00	1.20	00	00
34	El Ghomri	350	00	00	00	00	00	00
14	Matemore	350	00	00	00	00	00	00
30	Zahana	350	00	12	00	31	06	54.3
46	S.A.Eldjebar	334	00	00	00	00	00	00
16	S.Boussaid	1,251	00	00	1	2	00	00
40	El Keurt	250	00	00	00	00	00	00
10	Oued El Abtal	3,237	1	51	00	44.50	12	57
29	El Gaada	150	00	21	00	15	00	00
15	Makdha	150	3	13	2	13	00	00
28	Alaimia	106.5	00	00	00	00	00	00
13	Froha	46.57	00	00	00	00	00	00
47	Sehailia	100	00	00	00	00	00	00
42	Guerdjoum	60	00	00	00	00	00	00
01	Mascara	26.30	00	00	00	1.25	00	00
44	R.A.Amirouche	50	00	00	00	00	00	00
20	Khalouia	34.4	00	17	1	55.50	00	00
06	Tighennif	3.5	00	00	00	00	00	00
Total		133,121.33	21	682	38	844.35	138	1,145

Map of the forest infrastructure in Mascara

Table 3.

Activities in the forest

Wilaya	Municipality	Perimeter	Surface (acres)	Activity
Mascara	Zahana	Djeniene Meskine	4	Fruit arboriculture (plantation of olives and almonds)
	Chorfa	Anantra	2
		Haoudh Kouabi	7
		Djelaba	2
	Menaouer	Temaznia	4
	Makhda	Djebel Timatmart	4.57
	Makhda	Djebel Bourdim	6.25
	Aouf	Sidi Reffas	4
	Aouf	Djebel Zerakine	3
	Nesmoth	Gorot El Bordji	3
	Nesmoth	Ain Sidi Dahou	6
	Zelamta	Khanafou	3
		Bled Hayoum	11.5
		Guergour	2.50
TOTAL	7	14	62.82

Table 4.

Classes of Fire Danger Index (FDI)

FDI	Signification	Percentage (%)	Surface (acre)
FDI = 4.	Low danger	0.16	144.35
4 < FDI ≤ 8	Moderate danger	8.26	7,452.41
12 < FDI ≤ 16	High danger	74,97	67,640.18

Map representing the fire-endangered zones of Mascara

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ffp-2024-0021 | Journal eISSN: 2199-5907 | Journal ISSN: 0071-6677

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Language: English

Page range: 285 - 300

Submitted on: Dec 18, 2023

Accepted on: Jun 17, 2024

Published on: Dec 11, 2024

Published by: Forest Research Institute

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Algeria,

climate change,

forest fire,

spatiotemporal analysis

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Life sciences,

Plant science

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