o:4378 DEVELOPMENT OF A NATIONAL INDEX FOR THE PURPOSE OF FOREST FIRE RISK ASSESSMENTS ON THE EXAMPLE OF SOUTHERN SERBIA en The paper presents the results on the study of the possible application of the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index and the Modified Angstrom Index in forest fire risk assessments. The daily values of these indices for the period 2005-2015 were related to the forest fire database. It was found that there is a relatively weak to moderate correlation between forest fires and the values of the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index. In order to improve the wildfire risk assessments (including forest fires), the index was modified. The modified index has a significantly greater correlation with the actual events of forest fires and consequently a much wider application in southern Serbia. The modified index can be of great importance in the future concepts of forest fire risk management. forest fire, assessment, risk, modified index, Serbia 1552099 10.2298/TSCI190412276R 1552102 https://thermalscience.vinca.rs/2019/6/2 2024-04-17T14:20:15.825Z 44 yes 46 Tatjana RATKNIĆ 0000-0002-6333-7079 46 Mihailo RATKNIĆ 46 Nikola RAKONJAC 46 Ivana ŽIVANOVIĆ 0000-0002-1169-4891 46 Zoran PODUŠKA 0000-0003-0593-0103 application/pdf 1892591 https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:4378 no yes 16 70 1552253 THERMAL SCIENCE 23 6 3307 3316 Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia 2019