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Title: CUSTOMIZING A WILDFIRE SIMULATION MODEL IN MEDITERRANEAN LANDSCAPES: THE CASE OF THE RES2FIRE PROJECT IN VELVENTO, WESTERN MACEDONIA, GREECE

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2025

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CUSTOMIZING A WILDFIRE SIMULATION MODEL IN MEDITERRANEAN LANDSCAPES: THE CASE OF THE RES2FIRE PROJECT IN VELVENTO, WESTERN MACEDONIA, GREECE

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Authors

Konstantinos Panitsidis; Sofia Fourkioti; Pavlina Pataridou; Stavroula Tsitsifli; Malamati Louta

DOI

10.5593/sgem2025/3.1/s13.46

DOI Issue

10.5593/sgem2025/3.1

ISSN

1314-2704

ISBN

978-619-7603-81-1

Language

English

Volume

Issue

3.1

Editor

• Prof. Dr. hab. oec. Baiba Rivza, LATVIA• Prof. DSc. Ildiko Tulbure, GERMANY• Prof. DSc. Oleksandr Trofymchuk, UKRAINE

Scientific Area

Forest Ecosystems and Sustainable Forestry

Abstract/ Foreword

In recent years, wildfires have become more frequent, intense, and long-lasting due to the combined effects of climate change, including prolonged droughts, rising temperatures, and shifting weather patterns. These conditions, along with expanding urban development in Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) zones, have increased risks to human life, infrastructure, and ecosystems. Tools that are used to simulate wildfires are very useful and effective in fire risk management. In this paper, and under the framework of the project RES2FIRE, a series of wildfire simulations were carried out for the Velvento forest region in Western Macedonia, Greece to analyze the fire behavior under three different situations. These were the Baseline scenario, the High-risk scenario and the scenario of wildfires close to WUI zones. The results show that under extreme conditions fire behavior can be unpredictable and the consequences severe and when the area of Velvento forest experience mild weather and wind conditions the fire behavior can be manageable. Finally, the impact of wildfires contribute to the development of measures and action plans for protection and response strategies, such as evacuation plans, exclusion zones and others.

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CUSTOMIZING A WILDFIRE SIMULATION MODEL IN MEDITERRANEAN LANDSCAPES: THE CASE OF THE RES2FIRE PROJECT IN VELVENTO, WESTERN MACEDONIA, GREECE

Proceedings Тitle

Proceedings of 25th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2025, Volume 25, Issue 3.1

Note

25th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2025, Volume 25, Issue 3.1, 29 June - 6 July, 2025

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Proceedings Paper

Publisher

STEF92 Technology

Series

International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference Surveying Geology and Mining Ecology Management, SGEM

Organization

SWS Scholarly Society; Acad Sci Czech Republ; Latvian Acad Sci; Polish Acad Sci; Russian Acad Sci; Serbian Acad Sci and Arts; Natl Acad Sci Ukraine; Natl Acad Sci Armenia; Sci Council Japan; European Acad Sci, Arts and Letters; Acad Fine Arts Zagreb Croatia; Croatian Acad Sci and Arts; Acad Sci Moldova; Montenegrin Acad Sci and Arts; Georgian Acad Sci; Acad Fine Arts and Design Bratislava; Russian Acad Arts; Turkish Acad Sci.

Pages

393-402

Date

29 June - 6 July, 2025

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website

Digital Source Type

10393

Keywords

wildfire, fire simulation, farsite, climate change, fuel, vegetation