Objectif To define suitable forest fire presuppression planningand suppression strategies in order to optimize resourceutilization and minimize fire effects.Wildland fires are responsible for most damages and environmentalimpair of forest ecosystems in the Mediterranean region of theEuropean Community. As a consequence, the current firemanagement policy is to fight fires aggressively in all cases.A modern fire management approach concerns ways to convertwildfires from deliberate to controllable, their behaviour fromunknown to predictable and their effects from disastrous toaffordable or even acceptable.In order to control wildfire effects and reduce losses throughmanagement techniques, fire managers must implement preventivetreatments at the planning stage and employ appropriate controlstrategies during the fire. The evaluation of the effectivenessof different management measures, under different geographicconditions, requires a thorough understanding of theenvironmental (weather conditions, topographic relations,vegetation coverage) and human (preventive and suppressive)factors as well as their interactions. To accomplish suchmanagement tasks we have to know the cause of fire effects andthe relevant management issues, too. International knowledgeacquisition in the above issues will be realised from top expertresearch organisations in frame of the PROMETHEUS project.Forest fire characteristics (fire intensity, residence time,energy release...) can be the link between presuppressionmeasures, suppression techniques and post fire management.PROMETHEUS aims to define the rules that dominate the influenceof interrelated fire management issues. Prevention ofcatastrophic effects and regulation of presuppression andsuppression measures according to the level of acceptance ofwildfire impact shall be the research baseline of the project.For the implementation of PROMETHEUS experimental plots will beestablished in Greece and Italy for monitoring wildfire impact tothe soil , vegetation and forest ecology. Impact of fire to thesoil will be studied by setting experimental fires in Italy andcollecting data from past wildfires in Greece. Field andlaboratory work will be combined for the comprehension of postfire natural regeneration and definition of the parametersaffecting the resilience of Mediterranean pine forests.Knowledge accumulated during the project will be collected andformalised using induction methods. The project aims toimplement a Knowledge Based System (KBS) for supporting firemanagement decisions according to expected effects of the fire,using GIS interface and expert systems technology. Champ scientifique natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligenceexpert systemsnatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems Programme(s) FP3-ENV 1C - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of the environment, 1990-1994 Thème(s) 040103 - Wildfires Appel à propositions Data not available Régime de financement CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinateur ALGOSYSTEMS SA Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 4,Sygrou Avenue 206 17672 ATHENS Grèce Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée Participants (6) Trier par ordre alphabétique Trier par contribution de l’UE Tout développer Tout réduire Associaçao para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial Portugal Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 12,Caminho da Malavada 12 3030 Coimbra Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée ENTENTE INTERDÉPARTEMENTALE EN VUE DE LA PROTECTION DE LA FORÊT CONTRE L'INCENDIE France Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Domaine de Valabre 13120 GARDANNE Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS Grèce Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Panepistimiopolis 15784 ATHENS Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF ITALY Italie Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Via Corridoni 78 56127 PISA Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Grèce Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Panepistimioupolis 15784 Athens Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée UNIVERSITY OF TORINO Italie Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Via Leonardo da Vinci 44 10095 GRUGLIASCO Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée