Forest Fire Disaster Risk Analysis using Sentinel 2 and Landsat Images Case Study: Al-Qoubaiyat and Tyre regions, Lebanon

Fires are considered a threat to the world with all its components and sectors. Recently, it is noticeable an increase in these fires that hit many countries, especially in Lebanon which is considered a country rich in forests. A forest fire can be naturally caused by either global warming or high temperature. On the other hand, it may be caused by man-made via factories and glass waste. Fires cause great damage to the environment and may lead to human death. Unforutnatey, the fire that broke out in AL-Qoubaiyat and Tyre in Lebanon, have been witnessed and caused great damage to the environment, human losses, etc. In this study, a study of fire risk management for those two study areas, will be analyzed using two types of data (Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2) and using the Normalized Burn Ration (NBR), Differenced Normalized Burn Ration (NBR) along with all type of required atmospheric corrections. Hoping that this method will help in tracking fires, disaster risk reduction, and help in classifying burn severity accompanied with calculating the area corresponding to each class.