AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
Department of Forestry
& Natural Environment
Management

Forest fires

Course Content

Wildfires in Greece and in the world. Impact of forest fires on the environment. The ecology of wildfires on forests and other ecosystems in Greece. Causes and prevention, forest fire behavior, environmental impact, legislation, fire ignition forecasting, fire propagation modelling, means and techniques of fire extinguishing, settlement fire protection, fire ecology, protection and restoration of burned areas. Forest fuel, types and properties. Behavior - properties of fire. Meteorological factors and wildfires. Fire risk assessment. Causes, Prevention and Detection of wildfires. Fire risk reduction measures. Prescribed (controlled) burning. Methods, tools and fire extinguishing means. Tactics for extinguishing wildfires. Policies, training and coordination of stakeholders in dealing with wildfires. Tactics and ways of using aerial and ground means during firefighting. Information of the citizens. Protecting houses from wildfires. Firefighting plans, investigative work. Presentation of the use of portable firefighting equipment and tools, firefighting vehicles, aircraft and helicopters of all types. Methods, arrangements and combinations of forest firefighting, depending on the respective fire environment (vegetation, topography, meteorology) and wildfire behavior. Staff safety issues.

Learning Results

The aim of the course is the acquisition of theoretical and practical knowledge by graduates so that:

  • understand the phenomenon of wildfires and their ecological role in Greece, but also worldwide.
  • acquire knowledge related to wildfire prevention, fuel treatment and firefighting, their socio-economic and environmental impact, and the management of burned areas.
  • classify forest types and tree species by their ability to adapt (or not) to wildfires.
  • describe and classify forest fuel types.

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DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY 

The Department of Forestry and Natural Environment Management joined the Faculty of Plant Sciences of the AUA. The Department operates from the academic year 2019-2020 and is based in Tthe city of Karpenisi. Housed in the building facilities of the Department of Forestry and Natural Environment Management of the former Technical Scool (TEI)  of Central Greece.
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