The objective of RES2FIRE (IPA-ADRION00233) is to develop common solutions, procedures and methodologies to address the risk of forest fires in the IPA ADRION programme area. Achieving this goal will allow for an in-depth understanding of fire risk and the identification of ecosustainable measures to reduce the number, extent and severity of damages caused by wildfires, as well as to increase the resilience of ecosystems affected by wildfires.

The consortium consists of 9 partners:

• Center of Integrated Geomorphology for the Mediterranean Area – Italy
• PSRI Institute for Protection and Ecology of the Republic of Srpska, Banja Luka – Bosnia and Herzegovina
• AVMap GIS Digital Applications S.A. – Greece
• Kreo Association – Albania
• University of Western Macedonia – Greece
• Municipality of Kocani — North Macedonia
• Institute for Development and Innovation – Serbia
• Research and Education Centre Mansion Rakičan – Slovenia
• Public Institution Kozara National Park — Bosnia and Herzegovina

The outputs of the project are:

• Methodology for mapping Fire Hazard and Fire Risk in a changing climate;
• RES2FIRE Network
• 4 Pilot actions on fuel treatment and sustainable management of forests and wildland-urban interfaces
• Jointly developed solutions to identify close-to-nature silvicultural models for reducing fire risk; (v) Model for wildfire damage and resilience assessment
• RES2FIRE WebGIS tool for fire risk assessment, mitigation and climate change adaptation
• Action plan for transferring measures addressed to wildfire risk prevention, mitigation and Climate
• Change adaptation. In particular, the jointly developed solutions and action plan will foster the transferability and the adoption of RES2FIRE outcomes not only in the partner countries but in the whole IPA ADRION area.

AVMap GIS S.A. will contribute to RES2FIRE by offering its expertise in IT-related services and spatial analysis (GIS web platforms, models, databases, etc.), along with an all-inclusive communication campaign. AVMap will work closely with the Municipality of Marathon and will evaluate fuel treatments using a fire behavior model, as well as analyze ecosystem resilience to fire spread with modern ICT and GIS technologies in 6 areas of the municipality.

Total Project Budget: 1.208.722,68 €