Herault Brush Regulatory Areas for Forest Fire Prevention

Geospatial data delineating areas in the Herault department of France where specific rules for the preventive clearing of forest fires apply, as defined by the French Forest Code. The dataset was last updated by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières on September 8, 2021. It is based on regulations from circular DERF/SDF/C2002-3017 of September 24, 2002.

Use Cases

• Mapping regulatory compliance zones for brush clearing based on the described forest code articles.
• Analyzing the spatial distribution of high-risk forest areas excluded from low-risk designations.
• Planning fire protection strategies for municipalities containing classified timber, as referenced in the description.

Strengths

• Dataset is tied to specific legal articles (L.322-3, L.321-1, L.321-6 of the Forest Code).
• Provides a direct contact (Agriculture and Forest Department) for information on the perimeter.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 2021-09-08 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières

Collection Method

Demarcated during the creation of forest fire protection plans or via specific studies.

Freshness

Last updated 2021-09-08 00:00:00

Geography

Herault department, France (with a noted update for most municipalities as of September 2017).