OVERVIEW
What kind of result is this? | Plan for the community, Set of guidelines | |
What’s the area addressed? | Governance, Society, Communication And Risk Awareness | |
What’s the covered phase? | Prevention & Preparedness | |
What’s the addressed challenge? | Exposure to the risk of Extreme Wildfire Events in small villages in remote areas | |
What value is proposed? | Municipal initiatives to reduce household and community vulnerability with two key tools: a virtual reality training tool that strengthens awareness and response behaviour, and a double-acting firefighting lance that both suppresses flames and shields firefighters from heat. | |
Who can use it? | Communities in small rural villages; firefighters and emergency services. | |
What type of tool is it? | Firefighting lance; Set of guidelines for improving the self-protection capacity of small rural villages; VR program. | |
This tool is… | ⊠ a new tool | ☐ an improved tool |
Technology Readiness Level (TRL) | 6 (Virtual Reality as a training tool) 9 (Double-effect forest lance) | |
Documentation | Nurturing local resilience against wildfires with the “Aldeas Modelo” concept Nurturing Resilience: The Journey of FIRE-RES Galicia Living Lab | |
This IA is implemented in the Living Lab(s)… | ||
Media coverage of the I.A.
Nurturing Resilience: The Journey of FIRE-RES Galicia Living Lab
Guided by Xunta De Galicia and its Forest Fire Prevention and Defence Service, the Galician FIRE-RES Living Lab (LL) confirms itself as a powerhouse of innovation, rooted in the vision
Contact
Jorge.Garcia Fernandez
- XUNTA de Galicia
- jorge.garcia.fernandez@xunta.gal