Fire vulnerability level model for land fire and forest management in Labuhanbatu, North Sumatera, Indonesia

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The effect of forest degradation had been apparent increasing disaster level risk, including land fire and forests. The real impact of land fire and forests, particularly in Labuhanbatu District, North Sumatera Province, was physical, socio-economic, and environmental losses that had the potential to cause further disasters. The research objective was to determine the vulnerability grade from forest level and fire lands in Labuhanbatu District, North Sumatera Province. The determination of vulnerability level model of land fire and forests used spatial modelling with the Composite Mapping Analysis method. The dependent variable of this model was the fire hotspot density. The driving factor for land fire and forests from the model of vulnerability for land fires and forest was the accessibility of the community, which was the distance from the road with a weighting of 63% in determining the fire vulnerability level. About 20% of Labuhanbatu District, North Sumatera Province, was in the high-very high vulnerability levels. Areas that had high-very high vulnerability levels were quite wide, including Aek Natas, Kualuh Hulu, and Na IX - X Districts. These areas were generally on a hilly-steep slope. The government and the community needed to improve monitoring and evaluation on lands.