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Hadja Lahbib, European Commissioner for Preparedness, Crisis Management and Equality, today handed over the report for the wildfire peer review.
COLLARIS2 shares a new use case summary on not yet well-known ways of using drones and other UAS in crisis management.
On International Women’s day, we spoke to Kajsa Sjösvärd, Team Leader EUCP, Senior Analyst at the Swedish Defence University.
Statement on wildfire adopted at the G7, Canada, on June 17, 2025.
20 June 2025
MiscellaneousWildfiresPreventionRecoveryResponseGlobalNature-Based SolutionsClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
Principles and experiences on managing landscapes, forests and woodlands for safety and resilience in Europe
25 April 2024
Reports and booksWildfiresPreparednessPreventionall Europe/EURisk reduction & assessmentClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
Guiding Principles for Adjusting Strategies, Policies, and Management, to Global Change
30 January 2026
HighlightedReports and booksWildfiresPreparednessPreventionResponsePortugalall Europe/EURisk reduction & assessmentClimate changeUrbanisation
Laurent Alfonso has been a professional firefighter with 28 years of experience across local, national, and international levels.
This article presents two exercises with cultural heritage scenarios conducted in Croatia “Ston Heritage 2025”and “Sacred Heritage 2025”.
19 December 2025
Good practices and lessons learntEarthquakeWildfiresPreparednessCroatiaCultural Heritage
The 2024 fire season in Greece saw extreme wildfires, record high alerts, and unprecedented firefighting efforts, highlighting shifting wildfire risks
The project will operationalise the previously developed Wildfire management strategy (from the 2020 project).
Single country grants for disaster risk management (Track 1)
This report summarises key approaches proposed for Romania to inform policy dialogue and future research on wildfire risks.
16 October 2025
Reports and booksCase studiesWildfiresPreparednessPreventionRecoveryResponseRomaniaall Europe/EUAnticipation and foresightCritical InfrastructureEducation & TrainingEvacuationNature-Based SolutionsResilienceRisk awareness & communicationRisk reduction & assessmentSearch & RescueShelterSituational awarenessClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
This report summarises key approaches proposed for Croatia to inform policy dialogue and future research on wildfire risks.
16 October 2025
Reports and booksCase studiesWildfiresPreparednessPreventionRecoveryResponseCroatiaall Europe/EUAnticipation and foresightCritical InfrastructureEducation & TrainingEvacuationNature-Based SolutionsResilienceRisk awareness & communicationRisk reduction & assessmentSearch & RescueShelterSituational awarenessClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
This report summarises key approaches proposed for Cyprus to inform policy dialogue and future research on wildfire risks.
16 October 2025
Reports and booksCase studiesWildfiresPreparednessPreventionRecoveryResponseRepublic of Cyprusall Europe/EUAnticipation and foresightCritical InfrastructureEducation & TrainingEvacuationNature-Based SolutionsResilienceRisk awareness & communicationRisk reduction & assessmentSearch & RescueShelterSituational awarenessClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
This report summarises the results of a review of wildfire risks in the EU, highlighting potential priorities to inform policy and future research.
19 November 2025
Reports and booksWildfiresPreparednessPreventionRecoveryResponseall Europe/EUAnticipation and foresightCritical InfrastructureEducation & TrainingEvacuationNature-Based SolutionsResilienceRisk awareness & communicationRisk reduction & assessmentSearch & RescueShelterSituational awarenessClimate changeEnvironmental degradation
Insights from the FIRE-SCENE pilot in Cap de Creus and the Ribera Salada River basin (Catalonia, Spain)
On the occasion of International Women’s day, we spoke to Marie Sattler, International Relations, Luxembourg Fire and Rescue Corps (CGDI).
MedEWSa is relevant to the UCPM since it is focused on the development of early warning systems (EWS) across the European-Med- African region.
CP/DRM-related Horizon projects
The European meeting on wildfires and floods lessons learnt in 2023 took place from 30 November to 1 December in Rome..
Rome, ItalyFace-to-face
Meeting
The OVERWATCH Project was represented by Professor José Borges and Researchers Ana Romão and Daniela Fraga (from CINAMIL, AM, Portugal) at MILTEC24.
Presentation of the novel wildfire risk management framework for the tourist sector that can be harmonised and applied at the European level
Brussels, BelgiumHybrid
Ten Modules Key Personnel, an EUCPT and a TAST exercise UCPM response procedures for a wildfire scenario in Croatia.
The OVERWATCH project was presented by Engineer Daniela Fraga at the 1st National Conference on Public Policies in Civil Protection 2024.