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What intervention units are there in Spain to respond to a wildfire emergency? Help us complete the information!
During a wildfire emergency in Spain, the so-called intervention units are deployed. These units are made up of personnel specialized in wildland fire management, affiliated
Science and art to tackle wildfires
Yesterday, March 10, the first session of the interdisciplinary Pyroecologies conference was held at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center-Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS), where the Pau
EGIIF Ecuador Project: response, prevention and education in the face of forest fires
February 18, 2025 marked the beginning of the EGIIF Ecuador (Forest Fire Integral Management Team) project that will be developed over the next two months
FIRE-SCENE starts to enhance wildfire risk management and governance
The project FIRE-SCENE – ‘Advancing wildfire Civil Protection scenarios into risk planning and governance’ has started this week. FIRE-SCENE aims to develop novel procedures and
PyroLife consolidates the first European doctoral programme on Integrated Fire Management
The European project PyroLife, an Innovative Training Network, successfully concluded in December. Funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions of the European Horizon2020 programme, PyroLife has
The ‘Foc i Biodiversitat’ project starts to conserve and enhance the resilience of the Alta Garrotxa Protected Natural Area
Today, the kick-off meeting of the ‘Foc i Biodiversitat‘ project took place in Beget (Camprodon), attended by the Director General of Environmental Policies and Natural
Boosting climate resilience in the Barcelona Metropolitan Areas
Funded by the European Union, the CARMINE project is accelerating efforts to strengthen climate resilience in metropolitan communities across Europe. By providing tools, strategies and
EduFire Toolkit: open educational resources to learn about wildfires in secondary education
The EduFire Toolkit project, funded by the European Union within the Erasmus+ programme, has successfully concluded this October. The aim of this project has been
Advocating for enhancing landscape resilience with ResAlliance at the 8th Mediterranean Forest Week
As part of the consortium of the ResAlliance project, we participated in the 8th Mediterranean Forest Week (8th MFW) to foster dialogue on ways to
Pyrocumulus and Pyrocumulonimbus: the clouds of wildfires
As is well known, weather can increase the risk of wildfires and make it more difficult to extinguish them. But the relationship between fire and
How is a wildfire emergency managed and who are the actors involved?
In the Mediterranean, wildfires are more frequent in the summer. High temperatures, heat waves and warm winds cause vegetation to dry out and burn easily,
What relationship do extreme wildfires have with climate change?
The latest extreme wildfires in Portugal (2017), California (2018), Tenerife (2023) and Chile (2024), among others, with thousands of hectares burned, have taken place during
