Periodic Reporting for period 1 - PyroLife (PyroLife - training the next generation of integrated fire management experts)
Periodo di rendicontazione: 2019-10-01 al 2021-09-30
Individual projects target risk quantification (fire danger, vulnerability, (mega)fire behavior, environmental and economic impacts), risk reduction (fire resilient home, garden and landscape design, prevention and governance), and risk communication (stimulating stakeholder and community resilience and preparedness). PyroLife is original for its inter- and transdisciplinary, intersectoral, cross-risk, and cross-climate approach to training doctoral students and tackling wildfire challenges, connecting 21 diverse partners.
Regarding our training and outreach activities, we organised an online international fire symposium, an interactive network-wide training course on the biophysical drivers and impacts of fire, two workshops and six monthly webinars, attended by PyroLife ESRs and external participants. The first in-person training was organized after the current reporting period (October 2021) and we are currently finalizing the plan for all training and networking activities for the remainder of the project.
PyroLife is present on four social media networks (Youtube, Linkedin, Instagram, Twitter) with active involvement of ESRs. Through our project activities, social media and regular media, the project has reached 7005 people in the scientific community, 156 policy makers, 103 people in the industry community, 613 from civil society organisations, 471 from the general audience, and 45 actors from the media field. The first scientific publications arising from PyroLife research are currently being submitted, such as a commentary submitted to the open access journal Earth’s Future that sets out the PyroLife approach in a manuscript titled ‘Living with Fire and the need for diversity’ (Stoof and Kettridge, submitted).