D3.2 D3.2 Case studies – Issue 2 Instrument Collaborative Project Call / Topic H2020-SEC-2016-2017/H2020-SEC-2016-2017-1 Project Title Multi-Hazard Cooperative Management Tool for Data Exchange, Response Planning and Scenario Building Project Number 740689 Project Acronym HEIMDALL Project Start Date 01/05/2017 Project Duration 42 months Contributing WP WP 3 Dissemination Level PU Contractual Delivery Date M16 Actual Delivery Date 21/09/2018 Editor Jordi Vendrell (PCF) Contributors Mariona Borràs, Oriol Vilalta, Núria Prat, Helena Ballart, Anna Fàbregas (PCF), , Edgar Nebot, Daniel Queralt, Jordi Pagès, Clàudi Gallarado, Daniel Milla (INT), Bruce Farquharson (SFRS), Clàudia Abancó (ICGC), Guido Luzi (CTTC), Stéphanie Battiston (UNISTRA), Joaquín Ramírez, Miguel Mendes (TSYL). HEIMDALL [740689] D3.2 Document History Version Date Modifications Source 0.1 30/06/2018 First draft + ToC PCF 0.2 31/08/2018 QA-ready version PCF 0.3 12/09/2018 QA-reviewed version EKUT 0.4 19/09/2018 Last comments by the Project Coordinator DLR 1.0. F 22/12/2017 First Issue PCF 21/09/2018 i HEIMDALL [740689] D3.2 Table of Contents List of Figures ........................................................................................................................ iv List of Tables ......................................................................................................................... vi List of Acronyms .................................................................................................................. viii Executive Summary .............................................................................................................12 1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................13 2 Case studies and data collecting methodology ..............................................................14 2.1 Data collection methodology ..................................................................................14 3 Crossal Fire, Isle of Skye ...............................................................................................16 3.1 Strategy, priorities, tactical objectives, operations and impacts ..............................17 3.1.1 Strategy, priorities and tactical objectives ........................................................17 3.1.2 Operations and resources ...............................................................................19 3.1.3 Impacts ...........................................................................................................19 4 La Jonquera Fire ...........................................................................................................20 4.1 Data collection ........................................................................................................20 4.2 Data processing .....................................................................................................20 4.2.1 Available photos ..............................................................................................20 4.2.2 Weather data...................................................................................................21 4.2.3 Cartographic data ............................................................................................25 4.2.4 Earth Observation ...........................................................................................34 4.3 Risk and behaviour analysis ...................................................................................36 4.3.1 Evolution of fire risk .........................................................................................36 4.3.2 Fire behaviour .................................................................................................37 4.4 Strategy, priorities and tactical objectives ...............................................................42 4.5 Operations and impacts .........................................................................................45 4.5.1 Operations and response plans .......................................................................45 4.5.2 Means deployed ..............................................................................................50 4.5.3 Applicable lessons learnt .................................................................................50 5 Monesi di Mendatica Landslide .....................................................................................51 5.1 Data collection ........................................................................................................51 5.1.1 Geological context ...........................................................................................51 5.1.2 2016 event ......................................................................................................52 5.1.3 Ground-based data .........................................................................................54 5.2 Data processing .....................................................................................................55 5.3 Risk and behaviour analysis ...................................................................................55 5.3.1 Simulation .......................................................................................................56 5.4 Strategy, priorities, tactics, operations and lessons learnt ......................................59 6 Ballater Flood, Storm Frank. ..........................................................................................60 21/09/2018 ii HEIMDALL [740689] D3.2 6.1 Data collection and data processing .......................................................................60 6.2 Risk and behaviour analysis ...................................................................................60 6.3 Strategy, priorities and tactical objectives ...............................................................60 6.4 Operations and impacts .........................................................................................61 6.4.1 Operations and emergency organisation .........................................................61 6.4.2 Impact .............................................................................................................62 7 Castell de Mur Landslide ...............................................................................................63 7.1 Data collection ........................................................................................................63 7.1.1 Geological Context ..........................................................................................63 7.1.2 2018 event ......................................................................................................63 7.2 Data processing .....................................................................................................64 7.2.1 Images ............................................................................................................64 7.3 Risk and behaviour analysis ...................................................................................65 7.3.1 Simulation .......................................................................................................65 7.3.2 Weather trends ................................................................................................67 7.4 Strategy, priorities and tactical objectives ...............................................................68 7.4.1 General situation .............................................................................................68 7.4.2 Strategy ...........................................................................................................69 7.4.3 Tactical objectives ...........................................................................................71 7.4.4 Operations ......................................................................................................71 7.4.5 Operations and emergency organisation .........................................................71 7.5 Applicable lessons learnt ........................................................................................72 8 References ....................................................................................................................73 9 Annex A. Weekly fire hazard report of La Jonquera Fire ................................................74 10 Annex B. Risk communication for fire hazard event of La Jonquera Fire. 22 and 23 July 2012. .............................................................................................................................76 11 Annex C. Copernicus imagery for La Jonquera Fire ...................................................84 12 Annex D. Intervention Resources Table (TRI) ............................................................86 13 Annex E. La Jonquera Fire photos .............................................................................88 21/09/2018 iii HEIMDALL [740689] D3.2 List of Figures Figure 1-1 HEIMDALL demonstrations and releases ............................................................13 Figure 2-1 Methodology steps ..............................................................................................15 Figure 3-1 Pictures illustrating fire behaviour in the head fire ................................................17 Figure 3-2 The blackened areas indicate fire spread ............................................................18 Figure 4-1 500 hPa geopotential