Report No 11 FFoorreesstt FFiirreess in Europe in Europe 22001100 EUR 24910 EN - 2011 DIRECTORATE-GENERAL ENVIRONMENT Forest Fires in Europe 2010 Contacts: JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE Institute for Environment and Sustainability Land Management and Natural Hazards Unit Guido Schmuck [email protected] Jesús San-Miguel-Ayanz [email protected] Andrea Camia [email protected] Tracy Durrant [email protected] Sandra Santos de Oliveira [email protected] Roberto Boca [email protected] Ceri Whitmore [email protected] Cristiano Giovando [email protected] Giorgio Libertá [email protected] Paolo Corti [email protected] DIRECTORATE-GENERAL ENVIRONMENT Directorate B: Nature Agriculture, Forests & Soil Unit Ernst Schulte [email protected] MEMBER STATES AND OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES See list of contributors for country reports. Sources of data and comments are also given in the text. 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It can be accessed through the Europa server http://europa.eu/ JRC 66167 EUR 24910 EN ISBN 978-92-79-20919-2 (print) ISBN 978-92-79-20920-8 (pdf) ISSN 1018-5593 (print) ISSN 1831-9424 (online) doi:10.2788/46294 Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union © European Union, 2011 Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged Printed in Italy 3 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS FOR THE COUNTRY REPORTS Austria Franz HUMER The Austrian Federal Fire Brigade Association Bulgaria Vladimir KONSTANTINOV Executive Forest Agency Forest Fire Management Cyprus Kostas PAPAGEORGIOU Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment Department of Forests Estonia Veljo KÜTT The Estonian Environment Information Centre Finland Rami RUUSKA Ministry of Interior Department for Rescue Services FYROM Tatjana ANASTASOV Protection and rescue Directorate Sector for analysis and research France Philippe MICHAUT Ministère de l’Intérieur Direction de la Défense et de la Sécurité Civiles Patrick DEBLONDE Ministère de l'Agriculture et de la Pêche DGPAAT Germany Michaela LACHMANN Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food Greece Panagiotis BALATSOS Ministry of Environment, Energy, and Climatic Change Special Secretariat of Forests Directorate General for Development and Protection of Forests and Natural Environment Hungary Peter DEBRECENI Central Agricultural Office, Forestry Directorate, Hungary Italy Mauro CAPONE Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali Lorenza COLLETTI Corpo Forestale dello Stato Latvia Edijs LEISAVNIEKS State Forest Service Forest and Environment Protection Division Lithuania Zbignev GLAZKO Ministry of Environment Forests Department Poland Ryszard SZCZYGIEŁ Forest Research Institute Joseph PIWNICKI Forest Fire Protection Department Portugal Paulo SACADURA National Authority for Civil Protection (ANPC) Paulo MATEUS Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries National Forest Authority (AFN) Romania Septimius MARA Ministry of Environment and Forests Sebastian Jan CONSTANTIN Doru IRIMIE Russia Andrey ERITSOV Aerial Forest Fire Centre of Russia Slovak Rep. Valéria LONGAUEROVÁ National Forest Centre Forest Research Institute Slovenia Jońt JAKŃA Slovenia Forest Service Spain Rafael GOMEZ DEL Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino ALAMO Área de Defensa Contra Incendios Forestales Elsa ENRIQUEZ Sweden Leif SANDAHL Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) Risk & Vulnerability Reduction Department Switzerland Michael REINHARD Federal Office for the Environment Marco CONEDERA WSL Federal Research Institute Boris PEZZATTI Turkey Hakan RAGIBOGLU General Directorate of Forestry Forest Fire Fighting Division 4 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 7 2. FOREST FIRES 2010 IN THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES .................................................... 8 2.1. Southern most affected Member States (1980 – 2010) .................................................. 8 2.1.1. Portugal .................................................................................................................. 11 2.1.2. Spain ....................................................................................................................... 17 2.1.3. France ..................................................................................................................... 22 2.1.4. Italy......................................................................................................................... 25 2.1.5. Greece ..................................................................................................................... 29 2.2. Other Member States .................................................................................................... 31 2.2.1. Austria .................................................................................................................... 31 2.2.2. Bulgaria .................................................................................................................. 32 2.2.3. Cyprus .................................................................................................................... 33 2.2.4. Estonia .................................................................................................................... 35 2.2.5. Finland .................................................................................................................... 36 2.2.6. Germany ................................................................................................................. 38 2.2.7. Hungary .................................................................................................................. 39 2.2.8. Latvia ...................................................................................................................... 42 2.2.9. Lithuania ................................................................................................................. 43 2.2.10. Poland ..................................................................................................................... 44 2.2.11. Romania ................................................................................................................. 49 2.2.12. Slovak Republic ..................................................................................................... 52 2.2.13. Slovenia .................................................................................................................. 53 2.2.14. Sweden ................................................................................................................... 55 2.3. Other Countries ............................................................................................................ 57 2.3.1. FYROM .................................................................................................................. 57 2.3.2. Russia ..................................................................................................................... 58 2.3.3. Switzerland ............................................................................................................. 59 2.3.4. Turkey .................................................................................................................... 60 3. THE EUROPEAN FOREST FIRE INFORMATION SYSTEM (EFFIS) .............................. 66 3.1. EFFIS Danger Forecast: 2010 results ........................................................................... 66 3.2. EFFIS Rapid Damage Assessment: 2010 results ........................................................ 74 3.2.1. Portugal .................................................................................................................. 76 3.2.2. Spain ....................................................................................................................... 76 3.2.3. France ..................................................................................................................... 77 3.2.4. Italy......................................................................................................................... 77 3.2.5. Greece ..................................................................................................................... 78 3.2.6. Bulgaria .................................................................................................................. 78 3.2.7. Cyprus ...................................................................................................................