Abstract
Spatial information systems and technologies such as Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS), and Remote Sensing (RS), provide resource managers with tools to use in analyzing and understanding a forest. As the forest planning process becomes increasingly complicated, there is a need for assisting forest planners with operative tools. The combined use of GIS and Operations Research (OR) gives forest managers the chance to visualize solutions proposed by OR. Fire fighting planning is an important component of forest management and optimizing the numbers of fire crews is very essential in fire fighting planning. In this study current locations of fire crews are examined for İzmir Forest Administration Chief Office and these fire crews are represented on a digital map. Then new locations for fire crews are proposed by using Location Set Covering Problem (LSCP) and GIS.