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ICT in the service of prevention and protection of the citizen and the ecosystems from fires. Evaluation and Prospects. Athens, 05.05.2008

The European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS)http://effis.jrc.it

the European Forest Information and Communication Platform (EFICP)http://eficp.jrc.it

the need for harmonization

J. San-Miguel-Ayanz

http://effis.jrc.it

http://eficp.jrc.it

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1. European Information Systems for the citizen and the environment2. European Forest Information and Communication Platform (EFICP)3. The European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS)4. European Forest Data Centre Towards the Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS)5. EFFIS – Definition and background6. Fire situation in Europe7. Current status of EFFIS

– EU Fire Database– Fire Danger Forecast– Hot spot mapping– Rapid fire damage assessment– Fire damage assessment (seasonal)– Forest fire emissions

8. EFFIS web interfaces

9. Foreseen improvements

– EFFIS damage assessment – further development of the existing system;– Fuel map of Europe;– Forest fire emissions;– Economic and social impacts of forest fires;– Forest fire causes determination and harmonization.

Outline

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European Information Systems for the citizen and the environment

EFFIS

European ForestData Centre (EFDAC)

European Forest FireInformation System (EFFIS)

European Forest Information &Communication Platform (EFICP)

European systems for information on forests

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EFICPEUROPEAN FOREST INFORMATION &

COMMUNICATION PLATFORM

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Resources Search and Discovery

MetadataCatalogue

TitleAuthorCoverageSubject…

search: what, when, where, …

EFICP

access resources

bibliographic spatial data & services statistical data

• Aims to enable information and communication in the forest sector, providing facilities for thesearch, online access and analysis of all kinds of forest related information

• Supports harmonization and comparability of data from diverse sources• Focus in interoperability, i.e. to enable EFICP to exchange data with a wide range of external

systems and services, adopting INSPIRE guidelines and rules.

European Forest Information and Communication Platform (EFICP)

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EFFIS – Current status

• The European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) has been established by the Joint Research Centre(JRC) and the Directorate General for Environment (DG ENV) of the European Commission (EC).

• It supports the services in charge of the protection of forests against fires in EU and neighbor countries,and provides the EC services and the European Parliament with information on forest fires in Europe.

• Aims to provide up-to-date, reliable, and harmonized information on forest fires at the European level,providing EU level assessments during both pre-fire and post-fire phases, thus supporting fire prevention,preparedness, fire fighting and post-fire evaluations.

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EU Fire statusEFFIS current status

Burnt area in the Southern Member States

0

200,000

400,000

600,000

800,000

1,000,000

1,200,000

1980

1982

1984

1986

1988

1990

1992

1994

1996

1998

2000

2002

2004

2006

Year

Bur

nt a

rea

(ha)

Number of fires in the Southern Member States

010,000

20,00030,00040,000

50,00060,000

70,00080,000

1980

1982

1984

1986

1988

1990

1992

1994

1996

1998

2000

2002

2004

2006

Year

Num

ber o

f Fire

s

Number of fires 2006

PORTUGAL42%

GREECE 3%ITALY 12%

FRANCE 9%

SPAIN 34%

Burnt areas 2007

PORTUGAL2%

SPAIN12% FRANCE

0%

ITALY29%

GREECE57%

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Total burned area mapped up to October 24th – EU 868,252 ha(fires of approx. 50 ha or larger)

Burnt area in the Southern Member States

0

100,000

200,000

300,000

400,000

500,000

600,000

POR

TUG

AL

SPAI

N

FRAN

CE

ITAL

Y

GR

EEC

E

TOTA

L

Bur

nt a

rea

(ha)

Year 2007Avg. 1980-2007

YEAR 2007 – Distribution of burnt areas in the Mediterranean regionBurnt areas Med-Region

12133

55956

2601

153884

270563

67747

2534

127000

3979117096 19925

347366861

0

50000

100000

150000

200000

250000

300000

PORTUGAL

SPAIN

FRANCEITALY

GREECE

BULGARIA

CYPRUS

ALBANIA

FYROM

CROATIA

MONTENEGRO

SERBIA

TURKEY

ha

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Number of largeforest fires per year in EUMed

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

Num

ber o

f fire

s >=50 ; <100>=100 ; <500>=500

Fire size (ha)

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• 1992 - Regulation 2158/92 for the establishment of European Forest Information Systems in thecountries.

• 1994 - Establishment of the Common Core of Information on Forest fires, and creation of the EUDatabase.

• 1998 – First discussions for the establishment of the European Forest Fire Information System• 2000 – Transfer of the Common Core to EFFIS EU Fire Database.• 2000 – First pre-operation EFFIS fire campaign.• 2002 - Community Action Plan on Civil Protection to improve cooperation in forest fire

preparedness and fighting.• 2003 – Forest Focus regulation. Official establishment of the EFFIS in text of this regulation.• 2006 – Agreement with FAO/Silva Mediterranea for the extension of EFFIS to cover

countries in this network.

EFFISMain steps in the development of the system

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Towards EFFISFire risk exchange during 1998

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Post-fire soil erosion risks

Rapid Damage Assessment

Vegetation regeneration

Cartography

Tables

Statistics

Reports

Member States

EC

EP

Products: Users:

EU Fire Database

Danger Forecast

Damage Assessment

Atmospheric Emissions

EFFIS current status

Active fire mapping

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EFFIS Network & EU Fire DatabaseEFFIS current status

Austria

Romania

Cyprus

Bulgaria

Greece

Germany

Finland

Italy

France

Spain

Portugal

CountryCountry

2004 – 2005

2000 - 2006

2006

1985 - 2004

1994 - 2006

2004 - 2005

1985- 2006

1985 - 2006

1985 - 2006

1985 - 2005

Data fromData from -- toto

0

2

7

1

20

13

2

22

22

22

22

NumberNumberof yearsof years

2003

2002

2002

2002

2000

2000

2000

2000

2000

2000

2000

JoinedJoinedEFFISEFFIS

32004 - 20062004Lithuania

02005U. K.

02007Montenegro

02006Switzerland

FYROM

Estonia

Croatia

Turkey

Sweden

Slovakia

Slovenia

Poland

Latvia

Hungary

Czech Republic

CountryCountry

2005 - 2006

1996 - 2006

2005 - 2005

1996 - 2006

2004 - 2006

1993 - 2006

2004 - 2006

2002 - 2007

2004 - 2006

Data fromData from -- toto

0

2

11

1

11

3

14

3

6

3

NumberNumberof yearsof years

2008

2006

2006

2004

2004

2004

2004

2004

2004

2004

2004

JoinedJoinedEFFISEFFIS

• Joint Member States – EC effort• 26 Countries, 22-1 years• Individual fire event records delivered yearly by MS• About 1.7 million records

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FIRE SIZE

Non Forest Burned Area

Forest Burned Area

Total Burned Area

FIRE TIME

Date and Time of fire extinction

Date and Time of first intervention

Date and Time of first alert

FIRE LOCATION

NUTS level 5 code (commune)

NUTS level 3 code (province)

Country

Presumed cause (4 classes)

FIRE CAUSES

WHERE ?

WHEN ?

WHY ?

HOW ?

EU Fire DatabaseEFFIS current status

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F IR E F R E Q U E N C YAv e r a g e n u m b e r o f fir e s p e r y e a r

0

1 - 5

6 - 1 0

11 - 2 5

26 - 5 0

51 - 7 5

76 - 1 00

10 1 - 50 0

50 1 - 1 ,0 0 0

1, 00 1 - 4 , 86 0

N O F I R E D ATA

About 65,000 wildfires & 500,000 ha per year in EUEU Fire Database

EFFIS current status

B U R N ED A R EAA v e ra g e b u re d a r e a p e r y e ar (H a )

0

1 - 1 0

11 - 5 0

5 1 - 1 00

1 01 - 25 0

2 51 - 50 0

5 01 - 1, 00 0

1 ,0 01 - 2, 50 0

2 ,5 01 - 5, 00 0

5 ,0 01 - 15 ,4 7 9

N O F IR E D ATA

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Fire Danger ForecastEFFIS – Current status

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EFFIS Fire danger forecasting /Improvement to 3 day forecast with higher spatial resolution (7 km approx)

EFFIS – Current statusFire Danger Forecast

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EFFIS – Current statusFire danger forecasting - monitoring

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Hot-spot detection and mappingEFFIS – Up-to-date situation

Available Information:• Current day (active fires)

DateLocation (lat/lon)Commune / ProvinceLand cover

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Rapid Damage Assessment

DateLocation (lat/lon)Commune / ProvincePerimeter of the burnt areaDamage analysis by cover type

EFFIS – Up-to-date situation

Available Information:• Last week (fire perimeter + damage analysis)• All (From the start of the campaign (June 2008)) (fire perimeter + damage analysis)

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Damage Assessment

Pre-fire Stage

Post-fire Stage

Pre-fire Stage Burning Stage Post-fire Stage

fire

Burnt area: 49905 ha up to Aug. 15, 2006

EFFIS – Current statusEFFIS – Current statusRapid fire damage assessment

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76 238 ha - 31 July 2005 221 062 ha - 22 August 2005 242 537 ha - 4 September 2005

EFFIS – Current statusRapid fire damage assessment

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Burnt area: 93912 ha (Update September 6, 2006 )

Damage to Natura2000 sites : 5174 ha.14 Natura2000 sites affected by fires

Reply to ad-hoc requests (DGs, EP, MS)

EFFIS – Current statusRapid fire damage assessment

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Rapid fire damage assessmentEFFIS current status

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Estimates PT, ES, FR, IT, GR (Tg)

200520042003200220012000(Tg – Med reg.)

0.0040.0030.0050.0020.0020.003EC

0.0310.0220.0450.0170.0170.026OC

0.0370.0250.0520.0190.0200.030NOX

0.0270.0190.0390.0140.0150.022VOC

0.0230.0160.0320.0120.0120.019NMHC

0.0870.0600.1250.0460.0480.071PM

0.0620.0430.0890.0330.0340.051PM10

0.0520.0360.0750.0280.0290.043PM2.5

0.0270.0190.0390.0140.0150.023CH4

0.5290.3630.7490.2790.2870.434CO

12.99.119.36.97.310.7CO2

7.85.511.54.14.46.4Burned Biomass

EFFIS – Current statusForest fire emissions

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• Bi-annual EFFIS network meeting (Brussels, Ispra)

• Update of the EFFIS EU Forest Fire Database

• Provision to UNECE EU Forest Fire Statistics

• Collaboration with FAO Silva Mediterranea for the extension of EFFIS to non-EUMediterranean countries.

EFFIS – Current statusCoordination – dissemination activities

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• The Commission is implementing the pilot project "forest protection and conservation“• Follows the European Parliament Resolution of May 2006• Adopted in the 2007 budget, to be implemented by DG ENV & JRC.• Focus on the further development of the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS)• Budget of 3 million EUR and duration of 40 months,• Includes the development of the following modules:

1. - EFFIS rapid damage assessment – further development of the existing system;2. - Fuel map of Europe;3. - Forest fire emissions and dispersion modeling;4. - Economic and social impacts of forest fires;5. - Forest fire causes determination and harmonization.

EFFIS foreseen improvements

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• Need to continue working on harmonization of definitions• Need to establish European networks for data collection on the basis of

national networks• Need to work on harmonization of data and metadata towards compiling

European datasets• Need to work on Interoperability of systems towards decentralized systems

(data close to data producers)• Need to establish centralized repositories of EU datasets, which pave the way

towards a Shared Environmental Information System.

Conclusions

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