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GEO-SAFE is the acronym for Geospatial Based Environment For Optimization Systems Addressing Fire Emergencies.

This European project optimizes resources during the response phase in wildfires through the cooperation that has been maintained between Australia and Europe, it has been possible to exchange valuable knowledge, ideas and experiences on forest fires.

In this project were involved 17 partners from different specialties: mathematicians, social scientists, computer engineers and emergency service technicians, firefighters. It started in May 2016 and it will finish this April 2020, it was funded by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange(RISE)

Context
In Europe and Australia, thousands of square miles of forest and other lands remain due to forest fires, leading to mass evacuation. As it happened a few months ago in Australia. These fires affect the population and the environment of the nearby areas causing significant economic and ecological losses, and unfortunately also human. Both European and Australian governments are aware of how crucial it is to improve wildfires management and containment.

Scientists from different specialties, both in Europe and Australia, have already developed methods and models in order to improve the management and decision process pertaining to preparedness and response phases in case of wildfire.

Goals
The overall aim of the GEO-SAFE project was to push forward the development of innovative tools for fire management and to develop and assess a global or semi-global dynamic tools for: fire suppression, lives and goods protection and implementation and training.

The overall goal of the GEO-SAFE project is to create innovative tools for fire management to better act in the response (extinction) phase, protect lives and goods, and improve training.

To achieve this objective, work has been done on three main axes:
 * 1) Development of a dynamic mapping of risks for both Australia and Europe in relation to the possibility of a forest fire. Therefore, data has been collected, risk analysis has been included, and in addition the development of a tool, which allows predicting the extent of the fire, and in particular predicting the evolution of fire and risk during the response phase.


 * 1) The resource allocation tool for the response phase has been designed and tested using the cartography previously explained. At this point we have worked closely with end users, who will ultimately be the ones who will use these tools.


 * 1) Relevant management analysis processes have also been developed, as well as training tools to implement the solution in the best way

Impact
The duration of the project has been four years and we highlight the last conference held presenting the results of the project in Melbourne, the GEO-SAFE Wildfire conference. Addressing the challenges of forest fire management (11-15 Nov-19)

Also, as a presentation of the project's results, some articles published on the official GEO-SAFE page from recent workshops, which have taken place recently (January 2020) in Spain and the United Kingdom, can be consulted.

Partners
This project has 17 partners and are the following:


 * University of Greenwich
 * Pau Costa Foundation
 * University Of L’Aquila
 * Université Paris Dauphine
 * Université Clermont Auvergene
 * RMIT University
 * SDIS 2B
 * UTC University
 * ITC
 * Université de Gèneve
 * University of Perugia
 * Universidad Complutense
 * CNRS
 * INFOCA
 * VALABRE
 * Politecnico di Torino
 * VIGILI DEL FUOCO