FIRE-RES: Towards greater resilience to extreme wildfire events

Extreme wildfire events (EWE) have become a significant environmental, economic and social threat in Southern Europe, and they also cause increasing concern in the rest of Europe. As the limits of current fire prevention strategies are challenged, there is a growing need to develop new approaches that take into account the root causes and real impacts of EWE. The EU-funded research project ”Innovative technologies and socio-ecological-economic solutions for fire resilient territories in Europe” (FIRE-RES) innovates processes, methods and tools for holistic fire management approach to support the transition towards landscapes and communities that are more resilient to EWE. VTT's main role in FIRE-RES is to research and further develop the modelling of extreme fire behaviour taking into account different properties of forest materials, humidity, weather and e.g. phenomena related to the interaction of fire and the atmosphere.