Bridging the gap between fire ecology and fire behaviour - 2022 Summer school in Barcelona
2022-06-13 - 2022-06-16 | Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Campus Diagonal Besòs, Edificio A. EEBE, C. d’Eduard Maristany, 16, Barcelona, 08019, Spain
Summer school
Bridging the gap between fire ecology and fire behaviour
Barcelona, 13th – 17th June 2022

Summary
Fire ecology and fire behaviour scientists have been working independently on the understanding of wildfires for a long time, but the mutual benefits that the ones could bring to the others are uncountable. Due to this, an interaction between both fields is essential to bring the most complete view under wildfires studies. What each one of the disciplines can bring to the other is the first question that should be asked. Knowing the basics of both sides is the first step in the trip, and the outcome of this training school.
The coming FIRElinks training school will take place in Barcelona, host by the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya between the 13th and the 16th of June of 2022. This year’s training school’s topic is “Bridging the gap between fire ecology and fire behaviour”. We will bring together fire ecologists and experts in fire behaviour to cover the basics and to put together a platform where discussion and understanding will be together.
This summer school is designed for early career researchers in the field of wildfire that are interested on the present and future of the relation between fire ecology and fire behaviour fields, motivated to deepen on both, meeting other students and experts working on the same problem. The venue hosting this event is the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, located in Barcelona.
To apply for this summer school, registration must be submitted in the firelinks.eu website (see the RSVP section below), and a brief CV and a motivation letter has to be submitted both to Elsa Pastor (elsa.pastor@upc.edu) and Nieves Fernandez Anez (nieves.fernandez@hvl.no). Deadline for registration is the 20th of April, and acceptance will be notified by the 25th of April. The best candidates will get a full scholarship covering all the associated costs.
List of lectures
Elsa Pastor – Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Nieves Fernandez Anez -Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
Andrey Krasovskiy – International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Paulo Fernandes – Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
Imma Oliveras – Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement
Nuria Prat – Pau Costa Foundation
Xavi Ubeda – Universitat de Barcelona

Program
DAY1 – afternoon (Monday June 13)
Welcome: registration and material
Key note lecture: “Bridging the gap between fire ecology and fire behaviour”

DAY 2 (Tuesday June 14)
Module 1. Fundamentals of combustion and fire dynamics
Module 2. Fundamentals of fire ecology

DAY 3 (Wednesday June 15)
Module 3. Fire behaviour metrics and monitoring
Module 4: Fire effects and fire related plant traits
Module 5. Fire behaviour modelling and simulation

DAY 4 (Thursday June 16)
Study tour

Kleve 2022 WG3/4 Meeting
2022-08-15 08:00 - 2022-08-17 14:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Campus of Hoch Schule Rhein Wahl, Kleve, Germany, Marie-Curie-Straße 1, Kleve, 47533, Germany
FIRElinks meeting WG3/4 – Germany, 15-17 August 2022
COST ACTION Fire in the Earth System Year 3
FIRElinks will develop the EU-spanning network of scientists and practitioners involved in forest fire research and land management and connect communities from different scientific and geographic backgrounds, allowing the discussion of different experiences and the emergence of new approaches to fire research.
Meeting WG3/4: title: The use of drones and sensors in (post)fire assessment
Organising team: Rolf Becker and Florian Wichern
The meeting aims to bring together people from different working groups to see the fire related issues the German and Dutch colleagues are dealing with. The meeting will discuss the use of drones and sensors for assessing fire effects, pre-fire, during fire and post-fire on soils and vegetation.
Last day we will visit the drone facility of the Twente airport.

9.00-17.00
Talks by host on work done in Germany and fire related projects run by hosts.
Talks by participants

9.00-17.00: Talks by participants 9.00-17.00 Visit to the drone facility of the Twente airport

Antalya 2022 Meeting
2022-08-24 08:00 - 2022-08-26 14:00 | International Forestry and Fire Education Center, Nebiler, Esentepe Street Döşemealtı, Antalya, 07190, Turkey
Firelinks meeting
Fire and Society in the Mediterranean, Antalya/Türkiye
9:00 Welcome to Participants
9:30 An overview of the International Forestry and Fire Training Center
10:00 The role of Firelinks in the science and society- Artemi Cerdà
11:00 The need of an international and holistic approach to understand forest fires- Saskia Keesstra
12:00 Forest fires in Spain- Manuel Pulido
13:00 Lunch
15:00 Forest fires in Turkey
16:00 Forest fires in the north of Africa
17.00 Forest fires in Italy
18:00 Forest fires in Greece
19:00 Conclusions
09:30-16:00 Field trip (Post-fire rehabilitation-I) 09:30-16.00 Field trip (Post-fire rehabilitation-II)

Kraków 2022 Meeting
2022-09-01 08:00 - 2022-09-03 17:00 | Faculty of Forestry University of Agriculture in Krakow, Al. 29 Listopada 46, Kraków, 31-425, Poland
Meeting of the COST Action FireLinks in Kraków (Poland)
Faculty of Forestry University of Agriculture, Krakow
1 -3 of September 2022

01.09.2022
Meeting of the Forestry Department of the University of Agriculture in Krakow

02.09.2022
Rudziniec Forest Inspectorate – field visit to the post-fire areas, presentations

03.09.2022
Szczakowa – B. Woś – reclaimed land – field visit

This meeting aims to gather scientists and practitioners dealing with issues in the field of preventing fires and their effects in natural and anthropogenic areas with elements of ecological engineering.
We hope this Meeting will provide an excellent opportunity to present research results and to discuss current trends in fire related sciene, as well as to create a platform for exchanging experiences at the interface between theory and practice.
Preliminary schedule:
01.09.2022 – 1 day at the Faculty of Forestry in Krakow
+ visitnig Soil Museum muzeumgleb – Centrum Edukacji Gleboznawczej – Muzeum Gleb
02.09.2022
8:00 – 17 field trip in collaboration with Forestry Department in Kraków and State Forest in Poland.
– Marcin Pietrzykowski and Bartlomiej Woś
This trip take you to the recovering forest ecosystem after biggest fire (about 9,000 ha in total) in Central Europe after World War II in Rudziniec Forest Inspectorate District (GPS – 50.35364017703595, 18.409414567785486). The trip take you through the problematic, large scale disturbance of forest ecosystems, rehabilitation efforts undertaken and scientific based solution developed. We will discuss the effects of the fires on ecosystems, soil properties and organic matter recovery after fire in relation to different tree species used for reforestation. We also present the ongoing research project on the Rudziniec post-fire site: “Dynamic and stabilization of developed SOM (soil organic matter) on degraded sites in different scenarios with primary and secondary succession and tree species influence”.
More information about realized studies on Rudziniec post-fire site in:
Woś, B., Józefowska, A., Likus-Cieślik, J., Chodak, M., Pietrzykowski, M. 2021. Effect of tree species and soil texture on the carbon stock, macronutrient content and physicochemical properties of regenerated post‐fire forest soils. Land Degradation & Development 32(18), 5227-5240. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.4104
Świątek, B., Pietrzykowski, M. 2021. Soil factors determining the fine-root biomass in soil regeneration after a post-fire and soil reconstruction in reclaimed post-mining sites under different tree species. CATENA 204, 105449. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2021.105449
Chodak, M., Sroka, K., Woś, B., Pietrzykowski, M. 2022. Chemical and microbial properties of post-mining and post-fire soils afforested with different tree species. Applied Soil Ecology 171, 104321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2021.104321
Woś, B., Chodak, M., Józefowska, A., Pietrzykowski, M. 2022. Influence of tree species on carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus stocks and stoichiometry under different soil regeneration scenarios on reclaimed and afforested mine and post-fire forest sites. Geoderma 415, 115782. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.115782

coffee and lunch in the field

03.09.2022
8:00 – 16 field trip in collaboration with Forestry Department in Kraków
The conference field trip will be to opencast sand mine sites in Szczakowa, located in the Upper Silesia region, southern Poland (GPS – 50.251924, 19.434996). The open-strip mining resulted in about 3500 ha disturbed area with an excavated depth of 5–25 m, which have been progressively reclaimed and reforested according to reclamation technologies that have been varied over time. We will discuss about impact of mining on the environment, and the processes of ecosystems development from point “zero” after radical mining disturbances.
More information about Szczakowa post-mining site in:
Pietrzykowski, M., Krzaklewski, W. 2007. Soil organic matter, C and N accumulation during natural succession and reclamation in an opencast sand quarry (southern Poland). Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science 53, 473-483. https://doi.org/10.1080/03650340701362516
Chodak, M., Pietrzykowski, M., Niklińska, M. 2009. Development of microbial properties in a chronosequence of sandy mine soils. Applied Soil Ecology 41(3), 259-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2008.11.009
Pietrzykowski, M., Gruba, P., Sproull, G. 2017. The effectiveness of Yellow lupine (Lupinus luteus L.) green manure cropping in sand mine cast reclamation. Ecological Engineering, 102, 72–79. doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2017.01.026
Woś, B., Pietrzykowski, M. 2020. Characteristics of technogenic soils developed from Neogene and Quaternary sediments substrate on reclaimed sulphur and sand extraction mine sites. Soil Science Annual 71(4), 344-351. https://doi.org/10.37501/soilsa/126996

Málaga 2023 Meeting
2023-03-06 08:00 - 2023-03-08 17:00 | Edificio de Investigación Ada Byron, Arquitecto Francisco Peñalosa street, 18, Málaga, 29010, Spain
Meeting of the COST Action FireLinks in Málaga (Spain)
Venue: Building “Edificio de Investigación Ada Byron”, Arquitecto Francisco Peñalosa street, 18, 29010 Málaga, Spain.

Day 6:
3 p.m. Conference presentation.
15:30- 17:30- Preventive strategies to fight forest fires.
17:30-19:30- Extinguishing techniques.

Day 7:
Field trip to recently burned areas.
The idea should be to leave at 8:30 in the morning from the center of Malaga, which will be where most of the attendees will stay. We would go to Sierra de Bermeja, Genalguacil, Jubrique. Lunch would be during the route to take advantage of the day. We will return around 7-8 p.m.

Day 8:
9 to 13- Post-fire actions

Nis 2023 WG4 Meeting
2023-05-31 14:00 - 2023-06-02 14:00 | Nis, Carnojevica str. 10A, Nis, 18000, Serbia
COST Action CA18135
Action Title: Fire in the Earth System: Science & Society
FINAL WG4 MEETING IN SERBIA.
Water and fire
Date: 31 st May to 2 nd June 2023
Venue: Faculty of Occupational Safety, University of Nis
Carnojevica str. 10A
18000 Nis
Serbia
Agenda

Day 1
14:00 Opening by local organizers
Artemi Cerdà introduction
Coffee Break
Presentation by the participants (15 minutes each)
19:00 end
Day 2
Excursion
Day 3
10:00 Discussion and future directions
Coffee Break
Talks by participants
14:00 Finish
Closure

Laxenburg 2023 Meeting
2023-06-05 12:30 - 2023-06-07 19:00 | International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Schloßplatz 1, Laxenburg, 2361, Austria
FireLinks Meeting
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Laxenburg, Austria,5-7 June 2023

Day 1, Monday 5 June
Morning: Arrival to Vienna/Transit to venue in Laxenburg (30 minutes outside Vienna)
12:30 Optional joint lunch
14:00 Opening by local organizers
14:30 Introduction by Prof. Cerdà
15:00 Coffee break
15:30 Workshop Objectives & Practical Information
16:00 Presentations by the participants (15 minutes each)
18:00 Discussion
18:30 Summary and closure of Day 1 / Transit to Hotel in Vienna
19:30 Optional Joint working dinner in Vienna
Day 2
9:30 Discussion ctd’
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 Presentations by the participants ctd’ (15 minutes each)
12:30 Joint Lunch
14:00 Presentations by the participants ctd’ (15 minutes each)
15:30 Coffee break
16:30 Discussion ctd’ on future directions and next steps
17:30 Presentation of Meeting Outcome, Summary of Day 2
18:00 Meeting Closure
19:30 Joint working dinner in Vienna/Heuriger
Day 3
Excursion to Wildland Fire Locations in the nearby Lower Austria Province / Eastern Edge of the Alps
More details on the agenda to follow in due course.

Prague 2023 WG1 Meeting
2023-06-27 13:00 - 2023-06-29 13:30 | Czech Technical University, Jugoslávských partyzánů 3, Prague, 16000, Czech Republic
COST Action CA18135
Action Title: Fire in the Earth System: Science & Society
Agenda
4th Work Group 1 Meeting: Fire occurrence, dynamics, and prevention
27th to 29th June 2023

Day 1
13:00 Welcome to participants
13:15 Invited talk on “Community needs for wildfires’ resilience in Central Europe”.
13:45 Invited talk on “Community needs for wildfires’ resilience in Northern
Europe”.
14:15 Invited talk on “Community needs for wildfires’ resilience in Southern
Europe”.
14:45 Coffee break
15:30 Round table discussion
17:30 End of the day
Day 2
09:00 Field trip
Day 3
09:00 Summary of first day
09:15 Keynote from Czech Technical University
10:15 Coffee
11:00 Outcomes of WG1 (publications)
12:00 What are our next steps? Round table discussion
13:30 End of the day

Extremadura 2023 WG5 Meeting
2023-07-09 16:00 - 2023-07-11 14:00 | University of Extremadura, Universidad de Extremadura, Av. de las Letras, s/n, 10003, Spain
FireLinks Meeting
University of Extremadura
From 9 to 11 of July

July 9th
16:00. Introduction
Welcome by Manuel Pulido and Jesus Barrena

16:30
Firelinks. Management by Ana Pérez

17:00
Firelinks. Today and in the Future by Jesus Rodrigo
17:30. The state of the art by Artemi Cerdá

18:00. Visit to the city of Caceres

July 10th
Fieldwork at Sierra de Gata

July 11th

9:00 – 14:00
Talks at the University of Extremadura by all the participants

14:00. Closure

Wageningen 2023 WG3 Meeting
2023-07-17 14:00 - 2023-07-19 14:00 | Wageningen, Droevendaalsesteeg 4, Wageningen, 6708 PB, Netherlands
COST Action CA18135
Action Title: Fire in the Earth System: Science & Society
FINAL WG3 Meeting in Wageningen. Soils and fire.
Date:17-19th of July 2023
Venue: Wageningen
Agenda

Day 1
14:00 Opening by local organizers
Prof. Cerdà introduction
Coffee Break
Presentation by the participants (15 minutes each)
19:00 end
Day 2
Excursion
Day 3
10:00 Discussion and future directions
Coffee Break
Talks by participants
14:00 Finish
Closure

Antalya 2023 Training School
2023-09-04 09:00 - 2023-09-08 18:00 | Antalya, Nebiler, Esentepe Cd., 07190 Döşemealtı/Antalya, Türkiye, Antalya, 07190, Turkey
COST Action CA18135
2023 TRAINING SCHOOL IN ANTALYA, TÜRKİYE
04 September 2023, 09:00 – 08 September 2023, 18:00
Meeting Venue: International Forestry and Fire Training Center
The International Forestry and Fire Training Center Directorate was opened on 12.12.2012 and the first lesson was given on 16.02.2013. The training center is located in Nebiler, approximately 14 km from Antalya city centre. The center is built on an area of 50 hectares and generally consists of 6 main sections.

1-Administrative Division
2-Forest Fire Management and Forest Fire Training Department
3-Accommodation Facility
4-Driver Training Track (consisting of 20 challenging obstacles)
5-Pentathlon Court
6-Heliport (where our administrative helicopter is deployed, which provides aerial organization in forest fires)

Agenda

4 September Monday:
09.00-10.00 Registration
10.00-12.00 Opening Speech and Introducing the Participants
14.00-14.30 Artemi Cerda: Firelinks
14.30-15.00 OGM: Forest Fire in Türkiye
15.00-15.30 Artemi Cerda: Soils and soil erosion after forest fires
15.30- 16.00 Saskia Keestra: Global fire partnership
16.00- 16.30 Coffee Break
16.30- 17.00 Ertugrul Bilgili: Prescribed fire
17.00- 17.30 Jesus R. Comino: European fire partnerships
17.30-18.00 Patricia Saco. Connectivity and fire
5 September Tuesday:
09.00-18.00 Forest Fire Simulation Applications- I
6 September Wednesday:
09.00-18.00 Field Trip to Burned Forest (Taşağıl Forest)
7 September Thursday:
09.00-18.00 Prescribed Fire Application (Korkuteli Forest)
8 September Friday:
09.00-18.00 Presentations and wrap up the program
