Fire Statistics in Pinar del Río Province, Cuba (1994 - 2013)

The database on fire statistics is useful tool for efficient planning of preventive suitable measures to each area. Base on that, it allows to establish the trend of occurrences of fires and their affectations, periods the day and year with increased risk for emergency and spreading; but also the causes of emergence, the forest and species to be damage. Likewise, it is possible to analyze the effectiveness of fire protection services. The present study aims to analyze through the database, the trend of forest fires dynamic in Pinar del Rio using a series of 20 years since (1994-2013), to improve the prevention actions. The results have shown a total of 1,466 fires and 31,881.6 ha of burned areas during the last 20 years mainly at 14:00 to 17:00 hours of pine plantation.