A simulation of a forest fire in the very area where the flames burned 4 years ago will test the level of prevention achieved by local fire-fighting forces, the prompt response to emergencies and the effectiveness of new technological instruments within the framework of the European project “Tema” .
The Regional Civil Protection will coordinate a practical experiment tomorrow, Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 June, on an area 500 metres long and 25 metres wide in the Badde Urbara area in the Pabarile forestry site, with the help of European technical partners, Engineering Ingegneria Informatica, Tecnosylva and the University of Messina, and therefore with the supervision of the Forestry Corps and the Forestas Agency.
An exercise on a realistic scenario that includes a controlled fire under the supervision of the Forestry Corps, prepared by Forestas staff. The simulation in Sardinia is one of the four pilot tests planned by the Tema project in various areas of Europe (Germany, Greece and Finland) and will serve to test and validate advanced digital technologies to improve response coordination and decision-making in emergency situations.
Tema is the European project for reliable mapping and forecasting for emergency management, funded by the Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, with more than 11 million euros.
"The Tema project is being developed in several stages and these days sees Sardinia involved, together with 19 partners and 8 European countries. It is a very important project because it allows us to exercise our fire-fighting forces and will practice the use of technologically advanced tools, which allow us to make increasingly precise and detailed and reliable forecasts and mapping in emergency management interventions", explains the regional Councilor for Environmental Protection, Rosanna Laconi.
The exercise includes drone flyovers with infrared sensors and wind sensors, followed by real-time analysis of content on geolocalized social media. 3D visualization platform (SmartDesk) for decision support and simulation with fire forecasting to support local and regional operations rooms, which will be connected to evaluate the information flow, the effectiveness of coordination and the use of Tema tools. The operation has among its objectives to improve access to georeferenced and situational data in real time for command centers, strengthen the forecasting of fire behavior in urban and rural areas and identify any critical issues in coordination between local and regional operations. About a hundred men from the regional Civil Protection, Forestry Corps, Forestas, and other firefighting teams from the European countries involved will be involved.