About Emxsys and CPS
The CPS Software is based on the logic embodied in the Campbell
Prediction System, which is a fireground logic and language system
taught to wildland firefighters. CPS is a free, open source software
project created by Emxsys. Emxsys is a software development and consulting
business owned by Bruce Schubert. You can learn more about Bruce on
the Contact page.
The Campbell Prediction System
Wildland firefighters face variations in fire behavior that can be predicable, but unfortunately, too many fire fighters lack the training and knowledge to foresee these changes, resulting in unsafe and/or ineffective tactics that can lead to burnover accidents and/or the inefficient use of resources. The Campbell Prediction System has been developed to teach firefighters how to make predictions of fire behavior changes, which may occur at any time, and make these predictions while on the fireline. This prediction system has been field-tested and validated on wildland fires and has prevented deaths and injuries of fire fighters from burnovers.
The CPS Software Project
The goal is to graphically render the potential fire behaviors relative
to time and space on a 3D terrain viewer, and to generate maps that highlight
potentially dangerous and opportunistic fire behavior situations. The objective
is to collect actual fire behavior observations and analyze them using data
mining and machine learning techniques to determine the potential fire behaviors.
Vision Statement
For wildland firefighters and incident command personnel that
engage in the suppression of wildland fires who need tactical decision
support tools and training systems to ensure the safety of firefighters
and the effective use of firefighting resources, the CPS software
application
is a decision support system and visualization tool that predicts
the potential fire behavior on the fireground based on the Campbell Prediction
System methods; unlike Behave Plus and FARSITE et al,
this system uses on-scene fire behavior observations in addition
to fire behavior calculations to identify both when and where trigger points
and opportunities for control exist on the fireground.
Project Scope
The following context diagram depicts the boundary and connections of the CPS system being developed and everything else in its universe.
