
<html><body><div>The <a data-mce-href="http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4806/" href="http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4806/">Erskine Fire</a> [1] has burned more than 46,000 acres and killed two. It destroyed 200 structures. The perimeter of the fire is huge. </div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>What's the right response from OpenStreetMap?<br></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Should we go in and check roads? Add buildings? What if they've been destroyed? Addresses? Shelters? Other items? Is this more a role for the HOT group? I checked the talk-us archives, but didn't find a lot of "wildfire" discussion and I'd love to know what you all think is an appropriate response. There's some good background on the 2013 Colorado Wildfire Season [3]. There's also a preemptive take with Portuguese Wildfire Mapping [4]. We could probably find places inside the U.S. that are at a high risk and task those areas out. California has a shapefile. [5] </div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>I figured I'd open it up for discussion. Please reply with your thoughts.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>cheers,</div><div>Jon Schleuss</div><div><br></div><div>I'm a reporter and graphic artist at the Los Angeles Times. I got into OpenStreetMap about a year ago thanks to at MaptimeLA event taught by <a data-mce-href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/techlady" href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/techlady">techlady</a> and <a data-mce-href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Data411" href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Data411">Data411</a>. I use maps in my work almost every day. Currently, hacking on the Great <a data-mce-href="http://labuildingsimport.com" href="http://labuildingsimport.com">L.A. County Building Import</a> [5].<a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Data411" data-mce-href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Data411"></a></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><div>[1] <a href="http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4806/" data-mce-href="http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4806/">http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4806/</a></div><div><div>[2] <a href="http://www.fire.ca.gov/fire_prevention/fire_prevention_wildland_statewide" data-mce-href="http://www.fire.ca.gov/fire_prevention/fire_prevention_wildland_statewide">http://www.fire.ca.gov/fire_prevention/fire_prevention_wildland_statewide</a></div>[3] <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2013_Colorado_Wildfire_Season">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2013_Colorado_Wildfire_Season</a><br></div><div>[4] <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Portuguese_Wildfire_Mapping">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Portuguese_Wildfire_Mapping</a></div><div>[5] <a href="http://labuildingsimport.com/" data-mce-href="http://labuildingsimport.com/">http://labuildingsimport.com/</a><br></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div></div></body></html>