Alpine Forest FIre waRning System

Programme 2007 - 2013 Alpine Space

Date of latest update: 2021-04-06

Description

Description (EN):

The project aims to improve forest fire prevention in the AS with the creation of a shared warning system based on weather condition affecting fire potential. Main goal is the development of a decision support tool for actors involved in forest fire prevention and suppression, consisting in a daily fire danger level assessment and forecast to identify critical periods in advance of their potential occurrence. Major target is the univocal European Forest Fire Danger Scale definition and common danger level interpretation with resulting preparedness plans and operational procedures. Mutual aid in vigilance and extinction procedures will be defined. An Alpine network on forest fire impact mitigation will be assembled reflecting common political strategy in prevention management, also in relation to climate change affecting fire potential. The project allows modulation and coordination of alerting process and means dislocation in different countries as well as mutual aid protocol adoption.

Achievements (EN):

The activities carried out contributed to scientific progress and project promotion to public and forest fire technicians. Some important outputs have been achieved to implement the common operational warning system: the standard common methodology for meteorological assessment of forest fire danger and thresholds applied at the alpine scale; all forest fire indexes calculated and compared on the whole alpine area, several statistical analysis; study on the most heavily affected forest types and ignition experiments; fuel types inventory. As the climate change is concerned, different indexes have been calculated on model scenario and statistical methods to adapt them to Alps to assess future fire danger have been performed. Activity results have been published and presented at conferences. Field exercise program starting involving fire brigades gave the opportunity to improve media communication. Web site updating and the 2nd newsletter issued assured the public results dissemination.

Website: http://www.alpine-space.eu/

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Managing natural and man-made threats, risk management

Partners (14)

Lead Partner: Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione Ambientale del Piemonte - Area delle attività regionali per l'indirizzo e il coordinamento in materia di previsione e monitoraggio ambientale

Address: Via Pio VII 9, 10135 Torino, Italy

Legal status: n/a

Sezione forestale cantonale, Divisione dell'ambiente, Dipartimento del Territorio, Cantone Ticino

Name: Sezione forestale cantonale, Divisione dell'ambiente, Dipartimento del Territorio, Cantone Ticino

Address: Viale S. Franscini 17, 6501 Bellinzona, Switzerland

Legal status: n/a

Regione autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia - Protezione civile della Regione

Name: Regione autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia - Protezione civile della Regione

Address: Via Natisone, 43, 33057 PALMANOVA, Italy

Legal status: n/a

ENTENTE POUR LA FORET MEDITERRANNEENNE / CEREN (Centre d'Essais et de Recherche de l'Entente)

Name: ENTENTE POUR LA FORET MEDITERRANNEENNE / CEREN (Centre d'Essais et de Recherche de l'Entente)

Address: Centre Francis Arrighi / Domaine de Valabre, 13120 Gardanne, France

Legal status: n/a

Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik

Name: Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik

Address: Hohe Warte 38, 1190 Wien, Austria

Legal status: n/a

Gozdarski inštitut Slovenije

Name: Gozdarski inštitut Slovenije

Address: Večna pot 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Legal status: n/a

Federazione cantonale ticinese dei corpi pompieri

Name: Federazione cantonale ticinese dei corpi pompieri

Address: via Ferriere 5, 6512 Giubiasco, Switzerland

Legal status: n/a

Universität für Bodenkultur Wien - Institut für Wasserbau, Hydraulik und Fließgewässerforschung

Name: Universität für Bodenkultur Wien - Institut für Wasserbau, Hydraulik und Fließgewässerforschung

Address: Gregor Mendel Str. 33, 1190 Wien, Austria

Legal status: n/a

Technische Universität München, Fachgebiet für Ökoklimatologie

Name: Technische Universität München, Fachgebiet für Ökoklimatologie

Address: Arcisstr. 21, 80333 München, Germany

Legal status: n/a

BSC, Poslovno podporni center d.o.o. Kranj

Name: BSC, Poslovno podporni center d.o.o. Kranj

Address: Staneta Žagarja 37, 4000 Kranj, Slovenia

Legal status: n/a

Ente Regionale per i Servizi all’Agricoltura e alle Foreste - ERSAF Lombardia - Dipartimento dei Servizi al Territorio Rurale e alle Foreste

Name: Ente Regionale per i Servizi all’Agricoltura e alle Foreste - ERSAF Lombardia - Dipartimento dei Servizi al Territorio Rurale e alle Foreste

Address: Via Copernico 38, 20125 Milano, Italy

Legal status: n/a

Istituto federale di Ricerca WSL

Name: Istituto federale di Ricerca WSL

Address: via Belsoggiorno 22, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland

Legal status: n/a

Regione Piemonte - Direzione Opere pubbliche , Difesa del suolo, Economia montana e Foreste - Settore Politiche Forestali

Name: Regione Piemonte - Direzione Opere pubbliche , Difesa del suolo, Economia montana e Foreste - Settore Politiche Forestali

Address: Corso Stati Uniti, 21, 10122 Torino, Italy

Legal status: n/a

Regione del Veneto - Direzione Foreste ed Economia Montana

Name: Regione del Veneto - Direzione Foreste ed Economia Montana

Address: Via Torino, 110, 30172 Mestre (VE), Italy

Legal status: n/a

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Project name (EN): Alpine Forest FIre waRning System

Project acronym: ALP FFIRS

Project start date: 2009-09-01

Project end date: 2012-08-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 868 160.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 2 074 161.60

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2007 - 2013 Alpine Space

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2015-02-01

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

57 / 57 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

662 / 662 (100%)

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Alpine Forest FIre waRning System

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