1. 10. – 11. Nov. 2010 – Ispra / JRC Franz Humer Austrian federal fire brigade association Forest Fire Report 2009

2. Führungsseminar 2010 2 Agenda  Report 2009  Projekts –create a new database –cooperation with the projekt „ALP FFIRS“

3. Führungsseminar 2010 3 Report 2009  Wildland fires: –612 actions (1.368 actions: 2008) –~ 28 ha burned area  Forest fires: –218 actions (476 actions: 2008) –~ 22 ha burned area (most of them in the mountains)

4. Führungsseminar 2010 4 database  Basics: –Austria is a federal state with 9 provinces, 99 districts and 2.350 municipalities (~ 8 Mio. inhabitants, ~ 84.000 sq km) –4.567 fire brigades (99% voluntary) –Response time < 10 – 15 minutes  The database-mistake in the history: –1 wildland or forest fire  2 – 5 reports from the fire brigade

5. Führungsseminar 2010 5 Projekts  Create a new database in coorperation with the university of natural ressources and applied life sciences (institute of silviculture) –Online plattform with a form for all users (municipalities, farmers, fire brigade …) http://waldbau-q.boku.ac.at/affriformular2.php – Since 2009  Aim: have a good database for Austria and also for JRC

6. Führungsseminar 2010 6 Projekts  Cooperation with „ALP FFIRS“ Alpin Forest Fire Warning System www.alpffirs.eu www.alpffirs.eu  6 Countries (Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland)  14 public institutions – universities, weather services, regional / national authorities in charge of prevention, forestry services and federation of fire brigades

7. Führungsseminar 2010 7 Projekts  APL FFIRS  Sub actions : –User committee constitution and shared procedures description –Comparison of the current wildland fires procedures –Harmonized an synergetic long lasting operational protocols –Common wildland fires alert protocol –Education: wildland fires training progamm –…

8. Führungsseminar 2010 8 End Thank you for your attention !