This wildfire simulation training course is designed to provide training for Incident Commanders and Incident Management Team officers in Participating States, to work in the context of the EUCPM activation. We will look at questions such as 'How can we involve EUCPM modules and foreign experts in national command frameworks?' and 'How can we upgrade the interoperability on site?'
The European Commission's funded project FIRE-RES [1] aims to accelerate the transition towards a new paradigm which tackles the main known factors to design and implement prevention-preparedness, detection-response, and restoration-adaptation activities.
The project focusses on an integrated fire management strategy that takes into account relevant national, regional and landscape spatial scales. On the EU scale, the project aims at making a step forward towards current EU level response, cooperation and policy coherence, and contributes to the definition of a common EU legal framework addressing extreme wildfires prevention. This command-and-control training course is an integrated part of this innovation action project. It is part of the response training sessions for “high risk situations” prepared and taught by responders for responders.
The objective of the training is to foster knowledge exchange among practitioners and enhance awareness of coordinating large wildfire incidents in international contexts. The focus is on training national Incident Commanders and Incident Command Post Officers on how to involve EUCPM assets and foreign expert officers into a national crises command framework.
In our shared European risk landscape, natural disasters, such as wildfires, do not respect national borders and require increased collaboration among Member States. With the increasingly frequent activation of the Union Civil Protection Mechanism, strengthening the cooperation between the EU Member States and Participating States, Europe is crucial in order to prevent, prepare for and respond to disasters.
This course supports training of Incident Commanders within Member States and Participating States to work within the different command frameworks, helping to improve the efficiency of the EUCPM.
[1] Green Deal Grant Agreement number: 101037419 — FIRE-RES — H2020-LC-GD-2020 / H2020-LC-GD-2020-3
Date(s): 22/04/2024 12:00 to 26/04/2024 12:00
Location: Valabre/Aix en Provence – France
Course type: In person attendance, theoretical inputs, lessons learnt, incident command simulations with virtual reality.
Registration instructions: Please fulfil initial submission form of ECASC (Valabre) wildfire school: https://forms.office.com/e/CefZBWFjSr , before 10th of March.
Course educational manager: Ltc JP Monet, Bouches-du-Rhône Fire department, FIRE-RES project WP leader, [corresponding address: fire-res@valabre.com ]
Pricing: Free: including schooling, travel and accommodation costs.
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