Operational Service for Tactical Fire Fighting

TechForFire is a real-time operational service for the support of tactical firefighting.

Forest fires pose a frequent threat to human life, the environment and the economy. Firefighting is a difficult and hazardous task, that relies heavily on the correct tactical response.
Taskforces and stakeholders require continuous information including the current situation parameters, forecasts of fire propagation, and vulnerabilities of elements of interest (e.g. urban areas, firefighters, critical infrastructure and industry).

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Risk prevention

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Firefighters, Fires, Forest Fires, Forests

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Operational Service for Tactical Fire Fighting

TechForFire is a real-time operational service for the support of tactical firefighting.

Project details

Categories:

Risk prevention

Tags:

Firefighters, Fires, Forest Fires, Forests

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Forest fires pose a frequent threat to human life, the environment and the economy. Firefighting is a difficult and hazardous task, that relies heavily on the correct tactical response.
Taskforces and stakeholders require continuous information including the current situation parameters, forecasts of fire propagation, and vulnerabilities of elements of interest (e.g. urban areas, firefighters, critical infrastructure and industry).
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  • Elaboration of a fast, reliable and accurate fire spread forecast chain for the coming hours with the associated risks.
  • Deployability on different types of fire: European, American, Australian…

Means used

The service is based on the latest scientific and technical advances in satellite mapping and aerial monitoring, when available, as well as in real-time fire propagation modelling and risk forecasting.

Results

This service is primarily geared towards national and international operational centers for crisis management. It also easily interfaces with the information and alerting services to the population and the infrastructure operators (e.g. motorway, railway, electricity and telecommunications).
During the fire crises management, TechForFire provides complete and continuous information about:

  • The current situation of the fire theatre: precise positions of the active fires, burnt areas, position of the involved firefighting forces, position of the elements of interest
  • The risk forecast for the coming hours: forecasts of the fire propagations and evaluation of the vulnerable areas to be defended according to different priorities

The TechForFire solution has been validated in real conditions on different types of fires and territories: France, Spain, Austria, United States, Australia…
TechForFire can be deployed in any region of the world.

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