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FORESTFIRE 2016 International Conference on Forest Fires and WUI Fires May 25-27 mai, 2016 - Aix-en-Provence (France) Presented by Irstea Aix-en-Provence (Risks Ecosystems Vulnerability Environment Resilience Research Unit, Mediterranean Ecosystems and Risks Team) French Southern Zone Fire Fighting Defense and Security Service Innovation Cluster for Risk Management CLUSTER SAFE Organisers SAFE Etat Major Interministériel de CLUSTER la zone de défense et de sécurité Sud Irstea Aix-en-Provence RECOVER In partnership Sponsors with Le laboratoire Ministère de OT Med l’Environne- (Objectif Terre ment, de bassin l’Energie et Méditerranéen) de la Mer International Association of Wildland Région Ministère Fire Provence- de la Centre d’Aix- Culture et Alpes-Côte de la Com- en-Provence d’Azur munication Table of contents Preface ..................................................................................................... 5 About Irstea .............................................................................................. 6 About the conference .............................................................................. 7 Location .................................................................................................... 8 Conference committees ........................................................................... 9 Featured speakers .................................................................................. 10 Oral Abstracts ......................................................................................... 20 Posters Abstracts .................................................................................... 72 Index of oral presentations and posters ................................................ 88 Index of authors ..................................................................................... 91 FORESTFIRE 2016 Book of Abstracts | 5 Preface Organizing an international conference on forest fires with a particular focus on wildland urban interface became a requirement these last decades, due to the increasing spread of periurban areas within wildland and the induced risk in all the Mediterranean regions. New research questions related to forest fires have risen, including fire behavior at the interface, specificity of the vegetation features, ignition likelihood, vulnerability of human values, specific constraints for fire fighting and suppression, urban land management and planning for risk mitigation. Even more than for wildland fires, the human question is the central concern of WUI fires. This led to WUI thematic sessions in most forest fire conferences. A first edition of the ForestFire conference was held in September 2013 in Aix-en-Provence. It focused on the assessment and mapping of the fire risk at the interface. In addition to its ambition to draw a new appraisal of the current scientific knowledge produced by the research institutions, this 2016 edition also tried to propose some new solutions to the stake holders, including land and risk managers, houses designers as well as fire suppression and security services. In this perspective, the ForestFire 2016 conference was organised by Irstea Aix-en-Provence in collaboration with the Safe Cluster and the "Etat major interministériel de la zone de défense et de sécurité sud" and in partnership with the International Association of Wildland Fire". The conference allowed high level scientific exchanges and also profitable exchanges between researchers, forest and land managers, fire fighters, all of them working for the protection of the Mediterranean territories. The conference gathered 118 people from 18 different nationalities and included 38 oral presentations, 2 workshops and a poster session with 13 presentations. The opening ceremony featured the talks of Alan Goodwin, representative of Victoria State Fire Services (Australia), Denise Blankenship and Gordy Sachs, representatives of the US Forest Services (USA) and Lieutenant-Colonel Jean-Jacques Bozabalian, representative of the "Etat-Major Interministériel de la Zone de Défense et de Sécurité Sud". The closing ceremony featured the talks of Eric Martin, regional manager of Irstea Aix-en- Provence and of Pr. Thierry Tatoni head of the Mediterranean Institute of marine and terrestrial Biodiversity and Ecology (Aix-Marseille University). During the field trip the attendees were presented the most recent technics in terms of simulation of risks and of firefighters training as well as the firefighting means implemented during a fire. We warmly thank the institutions that sponsored this conference: Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Aix-Marseille University in the framework of Labex OTMed, Irstea, Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Environment. We are also grateful to those who helped to spread the information regarding this conference, and to the people who helped for its organization. We also thank the "Service Départemental d’Incendie et de Secours des Bouches-du-Rhône (SDIS 13)" and the "Entente pour la forêt méditerranéenne" for their interventions during the field trip. Thank you! FORESTFIRE 2016 Book of Abstracts | 6 About Irstea Irstea: a targeted research institute aimed at decision and action Irstea, the National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture (formerly Cemagref), is a public scientific and technical institute in joint supervision with the Ministry of Research and the Ministry of Agriculture. The institute is composed of 9 sites spread over the French territory. Irstea has built a multidisciplinary and systemic approach to three domains – water, environmental technologies and land – which today form the basis of its strength and originality. Irstea contributes to public debate through its areas of expertise by disseminating its scientific and technological results in a wide variety of ways (publications, newsletters, patents, expert reports, etc.). It aims at spreading knowledge to a large audience using suitable communication activities. The institute is heavily involved with training through research by hosting doctoral and post-doctoral students every year in collaboration with universities and higher education institutions. The Team EMR Mediterranean ecosystems and risks in Aix en Provence A part of the work in EMR focuses on the frequency and intensity of forest fires that pose a permanent threat to public safety and environment quality. Global change, resulting from climate change and land use change (in particular due to the expansion of the urban area and the decline of agriculture) is especially significant in the Mediterranean area. Understanding the fire risk in wildland-urban interfaces, analyzing and managing the capacity of Mediterranean forests to cope fires and climatic stress, as well as analyzing the spatio-temporal variation of fires that will shape landscape and biodiversity are among the main topics of our team. Within this context, the EMR team's aim is to develop sustainable development, decision- making support tools for public, policy makers and land planners in the Mediterranean area. FORESTFIRE 2016 Book of Abstracts | 7 About the conference Purpose WUI management for wildfire mitigation has become an increasingly critical stake these last years in many Mediterranean regions in the world, including Europe, Northern Africa, California, South America, Australia, Southern Africa, but also in areas with up to now temperate or tropical climate, as a result of both climate change and land cover change. But the same fire process affects wildlands and the wildland-urban interfaces, although fuel types, fire behavior, fire fighting strategies, vulnerability and values, and even fire micro-local weather conditions may radically differ. The high density of anthropogenic ignitions within the WUI areas threatens wildland areas, while the great intensity emitted by large wildland fires contributes to their destructive power when arriving at WUI. Following the first ForestFire conference focused on WUI fires in 2013, this second conference will try to sum up the scientific knowledge related to the relationship between WUI fires and wildland fires, and will favor exchanges between researchers and risk managers, security services and general decision-makers on this topic. Conference objectives To foster new collaborations among managers, researchers, firefighters, residents, educational institutions and others in different regions and countries. To create a forum where presenters and participants can integrate across the topic. To describe lessons learned and discuss development of innovative and contemporary fuels management programs that reduce risk to communities and improve/ maintain ecosystem health. To raise awareness of the diversity of approaches, issues and ideas nationally and globally in wildland fire management. To showcase and promote development of innovative management and research ideas. Target Audience Researchers and scientists University students Fire, forest and land managers Fire management consultants Agency fire administrators Decision makers and local authorities Firefighters, etc. FORESTFIRE 2016 Book of Abstracts | 8 Language Both French and English talks with simultaneous translation. Contact [email protected] ; http://forestfire.irstea.fr Location The conference took place in Aix-en-Provence, France at the National School for Firefighter Officers (ENSOSP). About Aix en Provence Town of water, town of art… Everyone knows that Aix was built and has developed