Analysis of 2021 critical wildfire events in the Mediterranean region

Almeida, M.; Ribeiro, L. M.; Alves, D.; Viegas, D. X.; Vaz Pinto, V.; Marques, R.; Gomes, A.; Ballereau, D.; Lahaye, S.; Romain, M.; Salis, M.; Arca, B.; Bacciu, V.; Canu, A.; Del Giudice, L.; Duce, P.; Pellizzaro, G.; Stroppiana, D.; Ventura, A.; Cabiddu, S.; Casula, A.; Cuccu, G.; Pinna, T.; Vaccargiu, M.; Campesi, S.; Casule, F.; Chessa, M.; Cinus, S.; Massidda, P.; Peddes, M.; Soi, F.; Tola, F.; Usai, A.; Castiglia, C.; Dessy, C.; Delitala, A.; Trudu, P. L.; Angotzi, S.; Murtas, F.; Barone, A. V.; Erriu, N.; Fresu, G.; Melis, G.; Fiorucci, P.; Pampanoni, V.; Laneve, G.; Eftychidis, G.; Varela, V.; Gkotsis, I.; Petrou, K.; Boustras, G.; Senekkis, I.; Kirschner, J.; Pandey, P.; San-Miguel-Ayanz, J.; Durrant, T.; Liberta`, G.; Boca, R.; Maianti, P.; Branco, A.; Jacome Felix Oom, D.; De Rigo, D.; Roglia, E.; Scionti, N. and Suarez-Moreno M.

doi:10.2760/562495

This report presents an overview of the 2021 wildfire season in the Mediterranean region on the basis of the data that are available in the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS1), which is complemented with a specific analysis of some of the most damaging fires during this campaign, performed by the FirEUrisk2 project. For the analysis of these fires, information on the pre-fire conditions is provided to determine wildfire danger at the time of ignition. Furthermore, evolution and damage of each of the fires is described with as much detail as possible, looking into the possibility of learning from the experience gathered from these fires for the management of future critical wildfire events. It is foreseen that this report is repeated for the forthcoming fire seasons as a collaboration between the FirEUrisk project and the EFFIS team at the Joint Research Centre.