Fire Torch - A management approach to prescribed burning in the Mediterranean basin

Herminio Botelho (1) , Eric Rigolot (2) , Franck Guarnieri (3) , François Binggeli (4) , Paulo Fernandes (1) , Aldo Napoli (3) , Eric Rigaud (3) , Carlos Loureiro (1) , Raphaël Grossiord (2) , E. Mathieu (3) , Alexandra Gaulier (4)

1 UTAD - Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
2 URFM - Ecologie des Forêts Méditerranéennes
3 CRC - Centre de recherche sur les Risques et les Crises
4 Espaces Méditerranéens

Fire Torch was conceived as an essential step to expand and consolidate the use of prescribed burning in Southern Europe. The project associates very tightly experimental and management burns, profiting from past experience and integrating all the available scientific and technical knowledge on prescribed fire. This presentation reviews the results of the project that are more closely related to the operational issues of prescribed burning, comprising the standardization of management data collection and storage, the assessment of the technique's efficiency as a fire hazard reduction tool, the development of a field guide, and the development of a training and decision support system.

Mots clés: Prescribed burning; fuel management; decision-support systems

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société; Gestion des risques et des crises

Herminio Botelho, Eric Rigolot, Franck Guarnieri, François Binggeli, Paulo Fernandes, et al.. Fire Torch - A management approach to prescribed burning in the Mediterranean basin. Rencontres Euro-méditerranéennes Feux de Forêts, 2000, Hyères les Palmiers, France. ⟨hal-00749573⟩