Forest fires have received increased public attention globally during last few years due to their significant short and long-term threat to forests ecosystem and to public safety and property. The Himalayan region of India are subjected to repeated annual fires, and because of inaccessibility only conventional firefighting techniques are used, which are found ineffective. Fire risk assessment requires the use of Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographical Information System (GIS) for processing and displaying of spatial information in a timely and cost effective manner. An attempt has been made...