Events

On November 22 TREEADS was presented to students at the Department of Materials Science, University of Patras, Greece. Mr Loukas Athanasekos, PhD from Eight Bells Ltd., made a presentation on the goals and objectives of the project. The students and teaching staff of the MSci Department had the chance to get informed on the [...]

The 3rd TREEADS General Assembly took place on the 2nd of December 2022 and marked an important milestone for the project as it reviewed the first year of project implementation. Representatives from each partner entity joined the meeting to provide an update on the work made over the previous year. During the meeting, developments [...]

The 7th Praxisdialog@vfdb: Forest Fires - Looking Back at 2022 and Possible Solutions for the Future took place on Thursday, December 15, 2022, from 15:00 to 16:30 via Zoom. This online conference was opened and moderated by Dr. Christian Miller as Chairman of Division 3 and was attended by almost 150 people, members of National authorities, scientists, technology partners, and stakeholders. During the meeting [...]

It was a joy to take part in the EUFireProjectsUnited's first Joint Dissemination Workshop, which was held virtually on January 23, 2023. This initiative is launched by Firelogue CSA project and aims to support the clustering and cooperation among the EU Fire projects, the integration of research results and the extensive and structured knowledge [...]

A successful workshop was held in Hammamet, Tunisia; on March 14-17, 2023. The TREEADS partner Universitat de Girona was there to represent the project with a presentation entitled “Post-fire Decision Support System, TREEADS solution tool for post-fire management.” During the meeting, the attendees were up to 35, including researchers and scientists from universities and [...]

The TREEADS project participated in a successful conference that was held in Östersund, Sweden, from March 22-23, 2023. The event had approximately 130 attendees from a diverse range of technology partners, research institutes, and stakeholders. During the conference, the RISE Fire Research partner presented the Norwegian pilot of the TREEADS project, with a focus on [...]

On 14 and 15 April 2023 the Gumpoldskirchen Fire Fighting Station hosted a two-day forest and field firefighting training module for 30 of its members. The training was led by Chief Extinguisher Sebastian Dallio partner of the Freiwillige Feuerwehr Gumpoldskirchen (FGK) and took part over two days. The first day began with a theoretical [...]

The 2nd Physical Project Meeting and 4th General Assembly meeting took place on the 22nd and 23rd of June 2023 in Avila, Spain. This meeting marked an important milestone for the project as it reviewed the work carried out during the first half of project lifetime. Representatives from each partner entity joined the meeting [...]

The TREEADS project recently participated in the MAIA's second webinar, titled "Wildfires and Forest Management (I)", led by the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology. The webinar, held on Friday 7th from 11:00 to 11:45 (CEST), showcased the progress and actions of various projects including FIRE-RES, GROASIS, and TREEADS. During the webinar, TREEADS had the [...]

Advancements in technology have accelerated the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UASs)/ drones, for research and operations during wildland fires. Drones offer various benefits, such as spotting potential flare-ups, maintaining crew member awareness, supporting firefighting efforts, collecting meteorological data for plume dispersion calculations, assessing vegetation before and after burns, studying fire dynamics, conducting spot ignitions, [...]

In a pivotal step towards advancing our project, the first review meeting was convened, bringing together an esteemed panel of experts and project stakeholders. The review meeting provided a platform for a comprehensive evaluation of the project's progress during the first 18 months of its lifetime. The project Work Package leaders presented their findings, [...]