European Fundend Projects

ID:
projects-627

fiwar:
LIFE11 ENV/GR/000975

Project_Acronym:
FLIRE

Project_Name:
Floods and fire risk assessment and management

Funding Authority:
LIFE

Call for proposals:
Environment

Focus Area:
Natural risks (Flood - Forest fire - Landslide)

Begin Date:
2012-10-01

End Date:
2015-09-30

Status:
Completed

Budget:
€ 001 616 084.00

Description:
The aim of the FLIRE project was to introduce a combined, effective and robust risk-assessment and management system for both flash floods and forest fires, using state-of-the-art tools, technologies and methods, and taking into account prevention, adaptation and interaction issues. The project's main objectives were: To develop a Weather Information Management Tool (WIMT) that will receive short-term weather forecasting information and dynamically take account of local conditions to classify the risk of floods and fires; To develop a near real-time flood risk assessment and management tool, which will include a catchment modelling component, an urban modelling component and an Early Warning System (EWS). This tool will receive flood risk information from the WIMT and activate, if necessary, the corresponding EWS; To develop a near real-time forest fire risk assessment and management tool, which will include a fire modelling component and an EWS. It will receive forest fire risk information and, if necessary, activate the corresponding EWS; To develop a planning tool for flood risk assessment and management, based on the catchment modelling and urban modelling components of the flood management tool; To integrate these components into a common decision-support system for integrated flood and forest fire management.

Resource:
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/life/publicWebsite/project/LIFE11-ENV-GR-000975/floods-and-fire-risk-assessment-and-management

Inland water types:
Urban water', 'Rivers and estuaries'