Combating fire with fire

New methods for preventing and fighting forest fires

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Towards an Integrated Wildland Fire Management – Outcomes of the European Project "Fire Paradox”

Fire Paradox results and recommendations will be presented to European and National policy makers and representatives of forest and fire related organizations

25-26 February 2010 in Freiburg, Germany
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Portuguese Seminar

Fire Paradox international project presents its final outcomes in Portugal

11 February 2010 in Tapada de Ajuda, Portugal
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Periódico Paradox - DEZEMBRO 2009
09/02/10 - A segunda edição do jornal Paradox e o respectivo suplemento português Paradox Pt retrata o somatório de eventos que se desenrolaram em 2008 e 2009 no domínio do Fire Paradox e em vários países desde a Austrália à América do Sul.
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New method to test plants' response to fire
09/02/10 - A team from the National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA) has developed a new method for identifying the flammability of plant species by using a device that measures how construction materials react to fire. The technique, which is being presented this week at the Fifth Spanish Forestry Congress, can be used to improve fire risk maps.
The research has been published recently in the Journal of Fire Sciences and has been carried out as part of the EU's Sixth (...) - English

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