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SMART FIRE PREVENTION
SMART FIRE PREVENTION
The project
Smart Fire Prevention – Wildfire Risk
Assessment using Satellite Inspection and Implementation of Deforestation
Measures aims to develop a platform that facilitates the planning of
deforestation within fire prone zones that surround infrastructures owned by
the AdP Group – Águas de Portugal utilities.
Financed by the Portuguese Environmental Fund, this project promotes the optimization of fire fuel management within the AdP Group. Throughout satellite images, this project allows the dematerialization of the deforestation planning process, while facilitating activities previously developed onsite.
With AdP
VALOR as a coordinator, the consortium of this project also includes Águas do Vale do Tejo as case study
provider, and Decunify as
technological partner that uses Hitachi technology.
The
Advisory Board includes Águas do Algarve, Águas da Região de Aveiro e Águas do Norte, three operational companies from AdP Group.
During the
development of the project, 10 infrastructures managed by Águas do Vale do Tejo
are being considered. These infrastructures were chosen based on their typology
and location, prioritizing their location within the study area (municipalities
of Fundão and Belmonte, as well as other relevant adjacent municipalities), and
within regions that frequently present deforestation needs.
Achieving
this project goals will contribute to a decrease in risk ignition, thus
providing protection for AdP Group assets, as well as their workers and
surrounding populations. Moreover, this project also promotes a more efficient
fire fuel management, while simultaneously contributing to technological
innovation within fire fuel management and wildfire prevention.
Budget: 80 000 EUR
Starting date: March 2021
Project duration: 12 months