FIRE-RES

Project info

Funding programme: Horizon 2020 – Green Deal project
Duration: 1 December 2021 – 30 November 2025
Coordinator: Consorci Centre De Ciencia I Tecnologia Forestal De Catalunya – CTFC (Spain)
Website: https://fire-res.eu/

FIRE-RES

Innovative technologies & socio-ecological-economic solutions for fire resilient territories in Europe

FIRE-RES (Innovative technologies & socio-ecological-economic solutions for fire resilient territories in Europe) significantly contributed to increasing the resilience of European landscapes in the face of extreme wildfire events, which have increased in frequency and intensity in a context of climate change. FIRE-RES is one of the Horizon2020 projects funded to support the Green Deal objectives.

To this end, FIRE-RES conducted research on the different phases of fires management, from prevention to restoration and adaptation, though 34 innovative actions, developed in close collaboration with fire management stakeholders and tested in the project’s 11 Living Labs.

The partnership consists of 35 partners from current and future fire prone regions. The consortium includes universities, foresters and forestry associations, firefighters, regional and local authorities dealing with forest fires and organisations able to provide technological solutions. Euromontana has led the Work Package on Communication, Dissemination and Stakeholder Engagement.

Impact

FIRE‑RES, aligned with the EU Green Deal and Firelogue initiatives, has made significant strides toward reducing wildfire risks and enhancing resilience across Europe. Short-term demonstrations in Living Labs have shown that advanced technologies, from AI-driven fire simulators to real-time risk mapping and interoperability platforms, can improve prediction accuracy tenfold, while landscape management strategies such as prescribed burning and fuel reduction lower wildfire intensity and emissions without compromising biodiversity.

Governance, community engagement, and economic tools, including policy clinics, Fire Forums, and parametric insurance prototypes, have strengthened participatory decision-making and closed protection gaps.

By fostering a broad community of practice with over 300 stakeholders, FIRE‑RES has mobilised expertise, innovation, and commitment at local, national, and European levels. Looking to 2030, scaling these innovations, harmonising regulations, and securing sustained investment are key to achieving ambitious EU targets, including zero fatalities, halving accidental ignitions, controlling extreme wildfires within 24 hours, and increasing prescribed fire treatments by 25%, thereby transforming immediate project results into long-term wildfire resilience.