Forest fire season 2023
Preventing and fighting forest fires takes teamwork and a huge array of skills. As the 2023 forest fire season continues, we meet some of the people bringing their knowledge and dedication to anticipating, preventing and responding to wildfires.
Wildfires 2023: reflections from the UCPM deployment to Canada
Firefighters Laura Tierno Patiño and Alberto López Hurtado share the experience of their deployment to help with the Canada wildfires.
Wildfires 2023: Perspectives from the wildfire frontline
Profile of José Almodóvar Aráez, forest firefighter, Spain.
Wildfires 2023: Research that matters
Profile of Paweł Gromek from Poland, researcher and wildfire education specialist.
Wildfires 2023: meet the Wildfire Support Team experts
The Wildfire Support Team contributes to operational awareness and ongoing wildfire operations during the wildfire season. We meet the experts.
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