Forest Monitoring System for Early Fire Detection and Assessment in the Balkan-Med Area

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Balkan-Mediterranean

Date of latest update: 2021-04-06

Description

Description (EN):

The BalkanMed area was subject to more than 800 wildfire events during 2014 alone. These fires have spread over 20 Kha of which 25% have been Natura 2000. Wildfires are deadly events, destroying infrastructures, world heritage sites, wildlife habitats and timber, and also releasing CO2 in the atmosphere. The effects from the large and reoccurring fires in combination with wrong post-fire management practices are devastating for both natural environment and human communities. Early wildfire detection contributes greatly in the forest protection and reduces considerably the extend of burned forest land. The overall objective of the SFEDA project is to promote transnational cooperation among 3 of the countries in the Balkan-Med area. The project has a strong emphasis on the proof of the effectiveness of the technology and the implementation of a system for early detection of wildfires towards protecting the environment contributing to the climate change resiliency. Preservation of forests contributes to the significant reduction of GHG removal towards improvement of the resilience of ecosystems to climate change while minimizes the impact of extreme weather phenomena such as flooding. The main output of SFEDA will be the THEASIS system. THEASIS will be a synergistic integration of mature technologies based on UAS, stationary thermal/optical cameras assisted by a fire risk assessment model. THEASIS will be instrumental in minimising the time from onset to detection of a fire event, as well as false alarms, thus resulting in significant improvements in the average response time of a fire-fighting intervention.THEASIS will be a scalable, modular system with various versions for autonomous monitoring and early fire detection, which will be implemented and demonstrated in 3 forest terrains from the southern to the northern region of BalkanMed countries. A considerable number of joint training activities will be carried out, and an exploitation plan will be developed for future deployment of the THEASIS in areas with high risk of wildfire. The SFEDA contributes towards the homogenization of the forest protection policies of the BalkanMed countries. The regional authorities will benefit from the knowledge exchange and the experiences gained. The work effort is carefully allocated among academic and regional authority partners. The non-academic partners will contribute their operational experiences and indentify the issues that need to be tackled, whilst they will provide advice regarding the test areas. The academic partners have complementary fields of expertise which guarantees the achievement of the proposed tasks. THEASIS can be adapted to every forest, in order to prevent the loss of flora and fauna and reduce the risk to humans. The beneficiaries will enhance their abilities by exploiting this reliable and easy to operate system based on mature technologies, and they will have the opportunity to form a cooperation cluster in a transnational level.

Website: http://www.interreg-balkanmed.eu/approved-project/22/

Expected Results (EN):

The THEASIS system will be adapted for the three forests whereby their location ranges from the far most northern to the southern part of the Balkan Med area. It will cover a total of approximately 21200 ha of forests, which are also Natura 2000 area. The SFEDA project efforts and activities involve the 0.069% of the total Balkan Med area (the total area is about 30300000 ha). In terms of forest area, the SFEDA project refers and contributes to a 0.22% of the total forest area. The SFEDA project can further contribute through its targets to an improved level of adaptation to the climate resilience measures in alignment with the EU policy, if the appropriate funding is allocated. The THEASIS system is easily adaptable to different forests in the Balkan Med area, thus significantly contributing to the 1% target till 2023. The training and demonstration material that will be produced can be potentially disseminated in all regional authorities in the Balkan Med countries.

Expected Outputs (EN):

Number of strategies/policies/plans/models and tools jointly developed and tested. The SFEDA project will jointly develop one tool, the THEASIS system, with various versions for autonomous monitoring that will be implemented and demonstrated in three different sites. In addition, a considerable number of joint training activities will be carried out. Finally an exploitation plan (1st plan) will be developed for future deployment of THEASIS systems in forests with high risk of wildfire. More specifically: a. The THEASIS system adapted for the variety of geographical, morphological and climate conditions addressed within the project will be developed (1st tool). A suitable up to date model for fire risk assessment will be adapted and coupled to the THEASIS system. b. Training material for the promotion and use of the system will be developed (2nd tool). c. Finally, a number of workshops, publications and seminars will be organized to disseminate within and beyond the Balkan-Med area countries of the major results of the SFEDA project. (3rd tool) Number of environmental friendly technologies’ implementation related to climate change prevention and adaptation measures. d. One (1) experimental system design, with three (3) separate implementations and demonstrations of the overall systems and procedures will be deployed and applied in all three different countries.

Thematic information

Managing natural and man-made threats, risk management Cooperation between emergency services

Specific Objective: Sustainable territories: fostering transnational cooperation for resource efficiency and climate change resilience

Thematic Objective: (06) preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency by:

Investment Priority: (06f) promoting innovative technologies to improve environmental protection and resource efficiency in the waste sector, water sector and with regard to soil, or to reduce air pollution

Partners (7)

Lead Partner: Πανεπιστήμιο Πατρών, Τμήμα Μηχανολόγων και Αεροναυπηγών Μηχανικών

Address: University Campus, 26504 Rio Achaia, 26504 Patra, Greece

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.upatras.gr/en

Total budget: EUR 392 901.21

ERDF budget: EUR 333 966.03

IPA2 budget: EUR 58 935.18

Τεχνολογικό Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου

Name: Τεχνολογικό Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου

Address: 31, Archbishop Kyprianos, PO Box:50329, 3603 Lemesos, 3603 Lemesos, Cyprus

Legal status: public

Website: https://www.cut.ac.cy/

Total budget: EUR 275 473.79

ERDF budget: EUR 234 152.72

IPA2 budget: EUR 41 321.07

Ελληνικός Γεωργικός Οργανισμός ΔΗΜΗΤΡΑ - Ινστιτούτο Δασικών Ερευνών

Name: Ελληνικός Γεωργικός Οργανισμός ΔΗΜΗΤΡΑ - Ινστιτούτο Δασικών Ερευνών

Address: Forest Research Institute 57006 Vassilika - Thessaloniki, 57006 Thessaloniki, Greece

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.fri.gr/

Total budget: EUR 142 710.00

ERDF budget: EUR 121 303.50

IPA2 budget: EUR 21 406.50

ΑΠΟΚΕΝΤΡΩΜΕΝΗ ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΗ ΠΕΛΟΠΟΝΝΗΣΟΥ, ΔΥΤΙΚΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ & ΙΟΝΙΟΥ

Name: ΑΠΟΚΕΝΤΡΩΜΕΝΗ ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΗ ΠΕΛΟΠΟΝΝΗΣΟΥ, ΔΥΤΙΚΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ & ΙΟΝΙΟΥ

Address: N.E.O. Patron- Athinon 158, PatraPatra, Greece

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.apd-depin.gov.gr/

Total budget: EUR 109 260.00

ERDF budget: EUR 92 871.00

IPA2 budget: EUR 16 389.00

Дирекция на Природен парк "Русенски Лом"

Name: Дирекция на Природен парк "Русенски Лом"

Address: Directorate of Nature Park Rusenski Lom, Scobelev str. 7, Ruse 7000, 7000 Ruse, Bulgaria

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 110 825.56

ERDF budget: EUR 94 201.73

IPA2 budget: EUR 16 623.83

Русенски Университет "Ангел Кънчев"

Name: Русенски Университет "Ангел Кънчев"

Address: Department of Telecommunications, University of Ruse, Studentska str. 8, Ruse 7007, 7007 Ruse, Bulgaria

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 273 583.50

ERDF budget: EUR 232 545.98

IPA2 budget: EUR 41 037.53

ΚΟΙΝΟΤΙΚΟ ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΙΟ ΠΑΝΩ ΠΛΑΤΡΩΝ

Name: ΚΟΙΝΟΤΙΚΟ ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΙΟ ΠΑΝΩ ΠΛΑΤΡΩΝ

Address: H.G SKYRIANIDES 1A, 4820 PANO PLATRES, LIMASSOL, 4820 Lemesos, Cyprus

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.platres.org/

Total budget: EUR 107 337.50

ERDF budget: EUR 91 236.88

IPA2 budget: EUR 16 100.63

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Τεχνολογικό Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου

Forest Monitoring System for Early Fire Detection and Assessment in the Balkan-Med Area

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University of Patras, Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics Department

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Hellenic Agricultural Organization DEMETER - Forest Research Institute

Forest Monitoring System for Early Fire Detection and Assessment in the Balkan-Med Area

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Decentralised Administration of Peloponnese, Western Greece & Ionian

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Directorate of Nature Park Rusenski Lom

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University of Ruse "Angel Kanchev"

Forest Monitoring System for Early Fire Detection and Assessment in the Balkan-Med Area

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PANO PLATRES COMMUNITY COUNCIl

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Summary

Project name (EN): Forest Monitoring System for Early Fire Detection and Assessment in the Balkan-Med Area

Project acronym: SFEDA

Project start date: 2017-10-02

Project end date: 2020-07-01

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 412 091.56

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 200 277.82

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 200 277.82.

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THEASIS SYSTEM

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: http://www.interreg-balkanmed.eu/approved-project/22/

Publication date: 2022-08-11

Document date: 2020-07-01

Languages: en

SFEDA project DEMO 1 - Smoke Detection and Negative Fire Validation (Artificial Smoke )

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: http://www.interreg-balkanmed.eu/approved-project/22/

Publication date: 2022-08-11

Document date: 2020-06-16

Languages: en

SFEDA project Demo 2. - Fire Detection and Fire Validation (Real Fire )

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: http://www.interreg-balkanmed.eu/approved-project/22/

Publication date: 2022-08-11

Document date: 2020-06-18

Languages: en

SFEDA project Demo 3. - Smoke Detection and Fire Validation (Real Fire )

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: http://www.interreg-balkanmed.eu/approved-project/22/

Publication date: 2022-08-11

Document date: 2020-06-18

Languages: en

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Balkan-Mediterranean

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2022-12-09

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