Forest Roads for Civil Protection

Forest Roads for Civil Protection FORCIP+

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The project aims at improving the use of the rural road network in case of emergency, especially forest fires. ​
Forest Roads for Civil Protection is a european project that aims at protecting forests from fires. ​

Through transnational cooperation a wide range of inventories of existing road infrastructure will be accessible, ​ different requirements will be met and a ​ homogeneous model will be established. ​ ICT applications will be developed to improve the efficiency of use and​ propose improvements on the maintenance​ ​Forest fire fighting vehicles will be equipped with GNSS receivers in order to improve time response and increase fuel savings.​ ​Fire specialists will be able to use network analysis for resources planning, locating most suitable places for ground means waiting areas or identifying forest surfaces where takes longer to access. ​ ​Other actors involved in emergencies will be able to use web management applications and public information.

Domain
Inventory, monitoring
Forest disturbances, risks
Keywords
Inventories cartography GPS GIS
Type of solution
Data platforms, data hubs
Digital solution
Yes
Innovation
Yes
Country of origin
Greece
Start and end year
2016 - 2017
Contact data
Owner or author
Laboratory of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Petros Patias
References and Resources
Project under which this factsheet has been created
Rosewood 4.0