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H2020Doctoral network2019–2024

PyroLife · training the next generation of integrated fire management experts

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2019-10-01 → 2024-12-31
EU contribution
€3,899,962
Participants
10
Scheme
MSCA-ITN

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Results in brief

PyroLife - training the next generation of integrated fire management experts

2018 was a glimpse of the future: deadly extreme fires in Mediterranean and numerous wildfires in temperate and boreal regions. Traditional mono-disciplinary attitudes cannot solve this challenge: there is a critical need to change management paradigms from fire resistance to landscape resilience: Living with Fire. PyroLife trained the new generation of interdisciplinary experts in integrated fire management, through knowledge transfer between South and NW Europe and application of lessons learned in prevention of floods and other risks. Our unique integrated training program, crucially developed with industry, provided a total of 22 Early Stage Researchers the in-depth, interdisciplinary, integrated and transferable knowledge and skills required to complete their research and maximize future employability. Individual projects targeted risk quantification (fire danger, vulnerability, extreme fire behavior, environmental and economic impacts), risk reduction (fire resilient homes, gardens and landscapes; prevention and governance), and risk communication (stimulating stakeholder and community resilience and preparedness). PyroLife is original for its inter- and transdisciplinary, intersectoral, cross-risk, and cross-climate approach to training doctoral students and tackling wildfire challenges, connecting 31 diverse organizations, from universities and research institutes, to NGOs, emergency services and industry.

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

2018 was a glimpse of the future: deadly mega-fires in Mediterranean and numerous wildfires in temperate and boreal regions. Traditional mono-disciplinary attitudes cannot solve this challenge: there is a critical need to change management paradigms from fire resistance to landscape resilience: Living with Fire. PyroLife trains the new generation of interdisciplinary experts in holistic integrated fire management, through knowledge transfer between South and NW Europe and application of lessons learned in prevention of floods and other risks. Our unique integrated training program, crucially developed with industry, provides 15 ESRs the in-depth, interdisciplinary, integrated and transferable knowledge and skills required to complete their research and maximize future employability. Individual projects target risk quantification (fire danger, vulnerability, (mega)fire behavior, environmental and economic impacts), risk reduction (fire resilient home, garden and landscape design, prevention and governance), and risk communication (stimulating stakeholder and community resilience and preparedness). PyroLife is original for its inter- and transdisciplinary, intersectoral, cross-risk, and cross-climate approach to training doctoral students and tackling wildfire challenges, connecting 21 diverse partners. The project structures doctoral training by being the first large and integrated doctoral training program on wildfires globally, being a leading example for training of our future leaders. With an exemplary gender balance and diversity in industry and academia, PyroLife combines excellent research and supervision to make an impact on society and economy, through broad dissemination and communication. With the Commission’s Nov 2018 call for integrated fire management to ‘tackle the global EU wildfire problem’, the timeliness of PyroLife cannot be overstated. Funding of PyroLife provides the diverse fire experts Europe urgently needs in academia and practice.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY · WageningenCoordinatorNetherlands
  • EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE · JoensuuFinland
  • EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY - CYPRUS LTD · NicosiaCyprus
  • FUNDACIO PAU COSTA · TARADELLSpain
  • FUNDACIO PER A LA UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA · BARCELONASpain
  • IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE · LondonUnited Kingdom
  • INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE, L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT · ParisFrance
  • TECNOSYLVA SL · LeonSpain
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · BirminghamUnited Kingdom
  • UNIVERSIDADE DE TRAS-OS-MONTES E ALTO DOURO · Vila RealPortugal

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union