FirEUrisk - Developing a Holistic, Risk-Wise Strategy for European Wildfire Management

Objetivo temático: The project will address all wildfire types, with particular focus on mega-fires, the Wild and Urban Interface and fire challenges in the Northern EU. A risk-centered management strategy will integrate wild fire prevention, suppression and restoration practices and policies in a holistic conceptual framework, and implement an operational platform that supports joint coordination, professional training and operational exercises, involving multiple stakeholders and addressing all relevant wildfire management tasks, to improve protection of citizens exposed to wildfires.

Área Científica: Engenharia dos Materiais | Materials Engineering

Síntese do Projeto: FIREURISK will develop, evaluate and disseminate a science-based integrated strategy to: 1) expand current wildland fire risk assessment systems, including critical factors of risk previously not covered; 2) produce effective measures to reduce current fire risk conditions, and 3) adapt management strategies to expected future climate and socioeconomic changes. This will be achieved in close collaboration between researchers, stakeholders and citizens, integrating novel technologies, guidelines and policy recommendations to improve current systems and practices from regional to EU scales. FIREURISK will (a) model socio-economic issues and human activity influencing fire ignition, vulnerability and exposure, (b) evaluate the impact of National and EU policies on land use change, rural economy and development, in context of expected future fire regime changes, and (c) consider potential cascading effects linked to wild fire situations. This will allow FIREURISK to deliver innovative risk-informed regional planning approaches that are effective in increasing the resilience of local communities, ensuring safety and enhancing protection of assets and economic activity. The resulting advances in fire risk reduction will be linked to innovative organizational and efficient business models that promote cost-effective bio-economy and nature-based solutions.

Área de intervenção: Multinacional

Investigador Responsável na UC: Dulce Lopes

Unidade Orgânica UC: FDUC

Instituições participantes no Projeto: Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial | Universidade de Coimbra | Universidad de Alcala | Kentro Meleton Asfaleias |Association Pegase | European University Cyprus | Universita Degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza | Senckenberg Gesellschaft Fur Naturforschung | Technische Universitaet Dresden | RISE Research Institutes of Sweden Ab | Universidad de Cordoba | Meteogrid SI | Insititute of Information and Communication Technologies | Institutul Marin Dracea | Stichting Vu | Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche | Sveuciliste U Splitu, Fakultet Elektrotehnike, Strojarstva I Brodogradnje | The James Hutton Institute | Oy Arbonaut Ltd | Ilmatieteen Laitos | National Center For Scientific Research "Demokritos" | University Of Haifa | Universite De Versailles Saintquentin-En-Yvelines | Universidad De Lleida | Istituto Di Sociologia Internazionale Di Gorizia Isig | Scienseed Sl | Potsdam Institut Fuer Klimafolgenforschung | Aristotelio Panepistimio Thessalonikis | Satways | Gmv Aerospace And Defence Sa | Instituto Portugues Do Mar E Da Atmosfera Ip | Institut De Recherche Pour Le Développement | Universidade De Aveiro | King's College London | Swansea University | Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior Deinvestigaciones Científicas | Regional Eastern Europe Fire Monitoring Center | Bushfire And Natural Hazards Crc Limited | The Governors Of The University Of Alberta

Instituição Financiadora/Gestora: Comissão Europeia

Programa de Financiamento: H2020-LC-CLA-2018-2019-2020 / LC-CLA-15-2020: Forest Fires risk reduction: towards an integrated fire management approach in the E.U.

Período de execução: 01/04/2021 a 31/03/2025 (48 meses)

Custo total elegível (EUR): 59 999,35€

Apoio financeiro da UE: 59 999,35€

Técnico do Projeto: Ana Rita Peixinho

Contacto: +351 239 247 026 | rita.peixinho@uc.pt