The Pau Costa Foundation (PCF) hosted the Spanish demonstration of the SAFERS European project in El Perelló, Catalonia, from October 9 to 11, 2023.

Day 1 - 09/10: Exploring the Aftermath

The participants had the opportunity to visit the burned area from the 2019 fire, providing valuable insights into the long-term impact of forest fires on the environment and communities.

SAFERS has recently released a Tutorial about the implemented Chatbot for citizens. SAFERS bot is a Mobile Application developed for Telegram with the aim of helping citizens to actively participate in forest fire prevention and management activities. The application enables real-time information gathering via geolocated multimedia content from smartphones, as well as push notifications to alert at-risk areas. In addition, SAFERS Bot simplifies the coordination of people by enabling real-time sharing of location and tasks, with the ability to assign specific missions to individuals or teams, while tracking their progress. A gamification strategy has been put in place to encourage citizen engagement, reinforce awareness of good practices in the event of an emergency, and encourage them to actively contribute to information gathering.

Are you a citizen? Learn more about our Mobile Application

SAFERS was at the Joint Dissemination Workshop organized by EUFireProjectsUnited to present the project's recent outcomes and futures steps. The event was held online on January 23rd, 2023.
Many thanks to all the participants for the fruitful meeting!

The second field demonstration took place in Piedmont (Italie) on february 9th, 2023. The event was hosted by the Coordinamento Regionale del Volontariato di Protezione Civile del Piemonte onlus (AIB) at the Regione Piemonte facilities. The organisation was realised by CSI-Piedmont.

On the 19th to 20th October 2022, the first field demonstration was organised by the Fire and Rescue Department of North Corsica (SIS2B) and held at the SIS of Haute-Corse in the municipalities of Furiani and Biguglia gathering almost 40 participants. The participants represented diverse profiles including firefighters, local authorities and students specializing in risk management.

From 4^th to 7^th October 2022, the ‘Fire Ecology Across Boundaries: Connecting Sciences and Management’ conference took place in a hybrid format in Florence (Italy) and online. The conference was organised by the Association for Fire Ecology (AFE), Pau costa Foundation (PCF), Region of Tuscany and the University of Florence. Several topics were covered including "The roles of fire ecology for the ecosystem", " New fire generations in Europe and beyond" and "Managing with fire vs prescribing fire for ecological purposes". The event gathered diverse actors of the wildfire management such as scientists, policymakers, wildfire and landscape managers, communicators and other representatives from national, regional and local organisations.