Objective
In recent years, the frequency of large-scale forest fires has increased significantly owing to a number of factors including the effects of climate change, urbanisation, poor landscape management and malevolent acts. These so-called “Mega-fires” are particularly destructive and difficult to control with the technologies and systems currently available to fire fighters and emergency agencies. The AF3 project intends to provide an extraordinary improvement to the efficiency of current fire-fighting operations and to the protection of human lives, the environment and property by developing innovative technologies and means to ensure a high level of integration between existing and new systems.
To reach this objective, AF3 project focuses on the following areas:
• Innovative active countermeasure: implementation of the novel AAFF (Advanced Aerial Fire Fighting) system to accurately and safely disperse extinguishing materials from high altitude by aircrafts and helicopters in any condition: day and night, regardless of weather, smoke and configuration of terrain. It will enable a quick 24H response, minimizing fire duration and damages. The AAFF system can be adapted to a wide variety of aircrafts or helicopters.
• Innovative passive countermeasures: fast build-up of preventive defensive lines of capsules to prevent the spreading of fire from forest to populated areas
• Early detection and monitoring: integration and deployment of diverse systems including satellites, aeroplanes, UAVs, and both mobile and stationary ground systems for the early detection of fire and for monitoring the propagation of smoke and toxic clouds.
• Integrated crisis management: the innovative AF3 Core Expert Engine will perform overall coordination of all fire fighting missions.
The results of AF3 will be validated by intermediate tests during the project, and by a final demonstration with flight tests and drilling exercises carried out simultaneously in Spain, Italy, Greece and Israel.
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- engineering and technology mechanical engineering vehicle engineering aerospace engineering satellite technology
- social sciences sociology governance crisis management
- engineering and technology mechanical engineering vehicle engineering aerospace engineering aircraft rotorcraft
- natural sciences earth and related environmental sciences atmospheric sciences climatology climatic changes
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FP7-SEC-2013-1
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00195 Roma
Italy
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00195 Roma
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31053 Haifa
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ML1 1XA Motherwell
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80686 Muenchen
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19 002 PEANIA
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15 341 AGIA PARASKEVI
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2 DUBLIN
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10129 Torino
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00 716 Warszawa
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46005 VALENCIA
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W1B 2UW London
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28022 Madrid
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15 500 HOLARGOS, ATHENS
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28006 Madrid
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46022 VALENCIA
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581 83 Linköping
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92000 NANTERRE
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72558 RAMLE
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00184 Rome
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