PyroLife - training the next generation of integrated fire management experts

Project Information

PyroLife

Grant agreement ID: 860787

DOI

10.3030/860787

Project closed

EC signature date 4 September 2019

Start date 1 October 2019

End date 31 December 2024

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost

€ 3 899 962,27

EU contribution

€ 3 899 962,27

Coordinated by

WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY
Netherlands

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (10)

Summary of best practices learned in water management to improve fire prevention measures
A comparative study of best practices and theoretical governance models used in non-fire risks
Collection of proposed actions towards streamlining EU wide prevention strategies in emergency management
Simple guidelines for NW European stakeholders to gather their own fire behavior and fuel moisture data
Catalogue of best practices for community engagement in risk preparedness and mutual learning.
Guidelines for fire resilient environments in Europe
Summary of fire risk perception and land management approaches amongst European experts
Toolkit for fostering co-creation and participative community engagement with vulnerable communities at risk

Toolkit for fostering cocreation and participative community engagement with vulnerable communities at risk

Summary of new methods to stimulate transdisciplinary research in fire science
Wildfire water and economic impact assessment, focussed on forest land loss and Portuguese water quality

Data sets, microdata, etc (1)

Database of fire behaviour of temperate NW European wildfires and megafires in southern Europe

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (37)

Territories in Transition: how social contexts influence wildland fire adaptive capacity in rural Northwestern European Mediterranean areas

Author(s): Uyttewaal, K., Prat-Guitart, N., Ludwig, F., Kroeze, C., & Langer, E. R.
Published in: Fire Ecology, 2023, Page(s) 1-25, ISSN 1933-9747
Publisher: Association for Fire Ecology
DOI: 10.1186/s42408-023-00168-5

The regional economic impact of wildfires: Evidence from Southern Europe

Author(s): Sarah Meier, Robert J.R. Elliott, Eric Strobl
Published in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Issue 118, 2024, Page(s) 102787, ISSN 0095-0696
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2023.102787

In this current wildfire crisis, acknowledge widespread suffering

Author(s): Fiona E. Newman Thacker, Kathleen Uyttewaal, Tomás Quiñones, Rik Leemans, Bethany Hannah, Cathelijne R. Stoof
Published in: Ambio, 2025, ISSN 0044-7447
Publisher: Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien/Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-024-02105-5

Chemical characteristics of wildfire ash across the globe and their environmental and socio-economic implications

Author(s): C. Sánchez-García, C. Santín, J. Neris, G. Sigmund, X.L. Otero, J. Manley, G. González-Rodríguez, C.M. Belcher, A. Cerdà, A.L. Marcotte, S.F. Murphy, C.C. Rhoades, G. Sheridan, T. Strydom, P.R. Robichaud, S.H. Doerr
Published in: Environment International, Issue 178, 2024, Page(s) 108065, ISSN 0160-4120
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.108065

Uncharted territory: governance opportunities for wildfire management and the case of Cyprus

Author(s): Judith A. Kirschner, Toddi A. Steelman, Iris Charalambidou, Salih Gücel, Petros Petrou, Kostakis Papageorgiou, Achilleas Karayiannis, George Boustras
Published in: International Journal of Wildland Fire, Issue 33, 2024, ISSN 1049-8001
Publisher: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Publishing
DOI: 10.1071/wf23177

Characterizing the rate of spread of large wildfires in emerging fire environments of northwestern Europe using Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite active fire data

Author(s): Adrián Cardíl, Victor M. Tapia, Santiago Monedero, Tomás Quiñones, Kerryn Little, Cathelijne R. Stoof, Joaquín Ramirez, Sergio de-Miguel
Published in: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, Issue 23, 2023, Page(s) 361-373, ISSN 1684-9981
Publisher: Copernicus Publ.
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-23-361-2023

What is a fire resilient landscape? Towards an integrated definition

Author(s): Fiona E. Newman Thacker; Marc Castellnou Ribau; Harm Bartholomeus; Cathelijne R. Stoof
Published in: Ambio, Issue 8, 2023, ISSN 0044-7447
Publisher: Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien/Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-023-01891-8

The Impact of Wildfire Smoke Exposure on Excess Mortality and Later-Life Socioeconomic Outcomes: The Great Fire of 1910

Author(s): Sarah Meier, Eric Strobl, Robert J. R. Elliott
Published in: Cliometrica, 2024, ISSN 1863-2505
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4755404

Increasing fire danger in the Netherlands due to climate change

Author(s): Hugo A. Lambrechts, Raoul D. H. Sooijs, Spyridon Paparrizos, Fulco Ludwig, Cathelijne R. Stoof
Published in: International Journal of Wildland Fire, Issue 33, 2024, ISSN 1049-8001
Publisher: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Publishing
DOI: 10.1071/wf24020

Persistent positive anomalies in geopotential height drive enhanced wildfire activity across Europe

Author(s): Kerryn Little, Dante Castellanos-Acuna, Piyush Jain, Laura Graham, Nicholas Kettridge, Mike Flannigan
Published in: Phil Trans Royal Soc B, 2025, ISSN 0962-8436
Publisher: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-11570

Can ash from smoldering fires increase peatland soil pH?

Author(s): A. L. Marcotte, J. Limpens, C. R. Stoof, J. J. Stoorvogel
Published in: International Journal of Wildland Fire, Issue 31, 2023, Page(s) 607-620, ISSN 1049-8001
Publisher: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Publishing
DOI: 10.1071/wf21150

Scientists' warning on extreme wildfire risks to water supply

Author(s): François-Nicolas Robinne; Dennis W. Hallema; Kevin D. Bladon; Mike D. Flannigan; Gabrielle Boisramé; Christian Bréthaut; Stefan H. Doerr; Giuliano Di Baldassarre; Louise Gallagher; Amanda K. Hohner; Stuart J. Khan; Alicia M. Kinoshita; Rua S. Mordecai; Rua S. Mordecai; João Pedro Nunes; Petter Nyman; Cristina Santín; Gary Sheridan; Cathelijne R. Stoof; Matthew P. Thompson; James M. Waddington
Published in: Hydrological Processes, Issue 1, 2021, ISSN 0885-6087
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.14086

Governing wildfires: toward a systematic analytical framework

Author(s): Judith Kirschner, Julian Clark, Georgios Boustras
Published in: Ecology and Society, Issue 28, 2023, ISSN 1708-3087
Publisher: The Resilience Alliance
DOI: 10.5751/es-13920-280206

Living With Fire and the Need for Diversity

Author(s): C. R. Stoof, N. Kettridge
Published in: Earth's Future, Issue 10, 2024, ISSN 2328-4277
Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
DOI: 10.1029/2021ef002528

Landscape controls on fuel moisture variability in fire-prone heathland and peatland landscapes

Author(s): Kerryn Little, Laura J Graham, Mike Flannigan, Claire M Belcher, Nicholas Kettridge
Published in: Fire Ecology, Issue 20, 2024, ISSN 1933-9747
Publisher: Association for Fire Ecology
DOI: 10.1186/s42408-024-00248-0

Living With Fire and the Need for Diversity

Author(s): C. R. Stoof; N. Kettridge
Published in: Earth's Future, 10(4), Issue 3, 2022, ISSN 2328-4277
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
DOI: 10.1029/2021ef002528

Enhanced Hydrologic Connectivity and Solute Dynamics Following Wildfire and Drought in a Contaminated Temperate Peatland Catchment

Author(s): Abbey L. Marcotte, Juul Limpens, João Pedro Nunes, Ben C. Howard, Alexander G. Hurley, Kieran Khamis, Stefan Krause, Danny Croghan, Angeliki Kourmouli, Samantha Leader, Tanu Singh, Cathelijne R. Stoof, Sami Ullah, Nicholas Kettridge
Published in: Water Resources Research, Issue 60, 2025, ISSN 0043-1397
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
DOI: 10.1029/2023wr036412

Exploratory Simulations on the Effectiveness of Sand Protection Strategies Against Firebrand Accumulation in Wildfires

Author(s): Simona Dossi, Wojciech Węgrzyński, Guillermo Rein
Published in: Fire and Materials, 2025, ISSN 0308-0501
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/fam.3286

Uplifting local ecological knowledge as part of adaptation pathways to wildfire risk reduction: A case study in Montseny, Catalonia (Spain)

Author(s): Kathleen Uyttewaal, Cathelijne R. Stoof, Guillem Canaleta, Maria Cifre-Sabater, E. R. Langer, Fulco Ludwig, Carolien Kroeze, Pepa Moran, Isabeau Ottolini, Núria Prat-Guitart
Published in: Ambio, Issue 53, 2024, Page(s) 1433-1453, ISSN 0044-7447
Publisher: Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien/Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-024-02030-7

Megafire: An ambiguous and emotive term best avoided by science

Author(s): Cathelijne R. Stoof, Jasper R. de Vries, Marc Castellnou Ribau, Mariña F. Fernández, David Flores, Julissa Galarza Villamar, Nicholas Kettridge, Desmond Lartey, Peter F. Moore, Fiona Newman Thacker, Susan J. Prichard, Pepijn Tersmette, Sam Tuijtel, Ivo Verhaar, Paulo M. Fernandes
Published in: Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2024, ISSN 1466-822X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/geb.13791

Climate teleconnections modulate global burned area

Author(s): Adrián Cardil, Marcos Rodrigues, Mario Tapia, Renaud Barbero, Joaquin Ramírez, Cathelijne R. Stoof, Carlos Alberto Silva, Midhun Mohan, Sergio de-Miguel
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 14, 2024, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36052-8

Governance drivers hinder and support a paradigm shift in wildfire risk management in Italy

Author(s): Judith A. Kirschner, Davide Ascoli, Peter Moore, Julian Clark, Silvia Calvani & Georgios Boustras
Published in: Regional Environmental Change, 2024, ISSN 1436-378X
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-023-02174-4

Relationships between building features and wildfire damage in California, USA and Pedrógão Grande, Portugal

Author(s): Simona Dossi, Birgitte Messerschmidt, Luís Mário Ribeiro, Miguel Almeida, Guillermo Rein
Published in: International Journal of Wildland Fire, Issue 32, 2023, Page(s) 296-312, ISSN 1049-8001
Publisher: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Publishing
DOI: 10.1071/wf22095

To solve the global wildfire crisis, don’t just focus on flames

Author(s): Cathelijne Stoof, Marc Castellnou Ribau, Peter F. Moore, Georgios Boustras
Published in: Nature, Issue 637, 2024, Page(s) 34-34, ISSN 0028-0836
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/d41586-024-04228-x

Accounting for among-sampler variability improves confidence in fuel moisture content field measurements

Author(s): Kerryn Little, Laura J. Graham, Nicholas Kettridge
Published in: International Journal of Wildland Fire, Issue 33, 2024, ISSN 1049-8001
Publisher: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Publishing
DOI: 10.1071/wf23078

Fire behavior modeling for operational decision-making

Author(s): Adrián Cardil, Santiago Monedero, Gavin Schag, Sergio de-Miguel, Mario Tapia, Cathelijne R. Stoof, Carlos A. Silva, Midhun Mohan, Alba Cardil, Joaquin Ramirez
Published in: Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health, Issue 23, 2024, Page(s) 100291, ISSN 2468-5844
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.coesh.2021.100291

Kindling Change: Shaping a New Fire Culture in Mediterranean socioenvironmental systems from the roots

Author(s): Isabeau Ottolini, David Salesa, Luis del Romero Renau and Núria Salvador Fernández
Published in: HUMAN GEOGRAPHIES – JOURNAL OF STUDIES AND RESEARCH IN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, Issue 18, 2024, ISSN 1843-6587
Publisher: University of Bucharest
DOI: 10.5719/hgeo.2024.181.2

Governing wildfire in a global change context: lessons from water management in the Netherlands

Author(s): Hugo A. Lambrechts, Spyridon Paparrizos, Robijn Brongersma, Carolien Kroeze, Fulco Ludwig, Cathelijne R. Stoof
Published in: Fire Ecology, Issue 19, 2023, ISSN 1933-9747
Publisher: Association for Fire Ecology
DOI: 10.1186/s42408-023-00166-7

Fire Eaters: Exploring Consumer Preferences for Labeling Extensive Livestock Products Providing Wildfire Prevention Services

Author(s): Emma Soy-Massoni, Kathleen Uyttewaal, Núria Prat-Guitart, Elsa Varela
Published in: Land, Issue 11, 2023, Page(s) 700, ISSN 2073-445X
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/land11050700

In temperate Europe, fire is already here: The case of The Netherlands

Author(s): Cathelijne R. Stoof; Edwin Kok; Adrián Cardil Forradellas; Margreet J. E. van Marle
Published in: Ambio, Issue 11, 2024, ISSN 0044-7447
Publisher: Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien/Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-023-01960-y

Cross-landscape fuel moisture differences impact simulated fire behaviour

Author(s): K. Little, N. Kettridge, C. M. Belcher, L. J. Graham, C. R. Stoof, K. Ivison, A. Cardil
Published in: International Journal of Wildland Fire, Issue 33, 2024, ISSN 1049-8001
Publisher: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Publishing
DOI: 10.1071/wf24019

Cross-Country Risk Quantification of Extreme Wildfires in Mediterranean Europe*

Author(s): Sarah Meier, Eric Strobl, Robert J.R. Elliott, Nicholas Kettridge
Published in: Risk Analysis, 2022, ISSN 0272-4332
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-7515

Extreme blocking ridges are associated with large wildfires in England

Author(s): Kerryn Little, Dante Castellanos-Acuna, Nicholas Kettridge, Mike Flannigan, Piyush Jain
Published in: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2025, ISSN 2195-9269
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-2024-161

The role of weather and climate information services to support in wildfire management in Northwestern Europe

Author(s): H.A. Lambrechts, C.R. Stoof, M. del Pozo, F. Ludwig, S. Paparrizos
Published in: Climate Risk Management, Issue 46, 2024, Page(s) 100672, ISSN 2212-0963
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.crm.2024.100672

Revisiting wildfire resilience from a territorial perspective: insights from Mediterranean Spain

Author(s): Carmen Rodríguez Fernández-Blanco, Bart Muys, Georg Winkel, Constanza Parra
Published in: Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2024, Page(s) 1-30, ISSN 0964-0568
Publisher: Carfax Publishing Ltd.
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2024.2342333

Blazing the trail: Social innovation supporting wildfire-resilient territories in Catalonia (Spain)

Author(s): Carmen Rodríguez Fernández-Blanco, Elena Górriz-Mifsud, Irina Prokofieva, Bart Muys, Constanza Parra,
Published in: Forest Policy and Economics, Volume 138, 2022, ISSN 1389-9341
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2022.102719

A global outlook on increasing wildfire risk: Current policy situation and future pathways

Author(s): Pooja Pandey, Gabriela Huidobro, Luis Filipe Lopes, Anne Ganteaume, Davide Ascoli, Conceição Colaco, Gavriil Xanthopoulos, Theodore M. Giannaros, Rob Gazzard, Georgios Boustras, Toddi Steelman, Valerie Charlton, Euan Ferguson, Judith Kirschner, Kerryn Little, Cathelijne Stoof, William Nikolakis, Carmen Rodriguez Fernández-Blanco, Claudio Ribotta, Hugo Lambrechts, Mariña Fernandez, Simona Dossi
Published in: Trees, Forests and People, Issue 14, 2024, Page(s) 100431, ISSN 2666-7193
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.tfp.2023.100431

Conference proceedings (1)

Climate and Weather Information Services for better governance and risk reduction of wildfires in North Western Europe

Author(s): Hugo Lambrechts, Cathelijne Stoof, Carolien Kroeze, Fulco Ludwig, Spyros Papa
Published in: 2025, ISSN 1684-9981
Publisher: Copernicus Meetings
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-7472

Thesis and dissertations (6)

Unravelling the role of social innovation for fostering socio-ecological resilience in Mediterranean, fire-prone territories

Author(s): Carmen RODRÍGUEZ FERNÁNDEZ-BLANCO
Published in: 2023
Publisher: CARMEN RODRÍGUEZ FERNÁNDEZ-BLANCO, ALICANTE,

Wildfire Regimes and Governance Systems: Creating Urgency Without a Crisis

Author(s): Judith Kirschner
Published in: 2024
Publisher: European University of Cyprus

Multi-Scale Drivers of Wildfire Danger in Temperate Europe. Assessing wildfire danger requires a multi-scale understanding of drivers and decision-making needs.

Author(s): Kerryn Little
Published in: 2024
Publisher: University of Birmingham

Analysis of building vulnerability and firebrand exposure to mitigate wildfire damage

Author(s): Simona Dossi
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Imperial College London

Essays on the Economics of Wildfires

Author(s): Sarah Meier
Published in: 2023
Publisher: University of Birmingham

Linking past, present and future pathways to fire adaptation: a transdisciplinary approach in Mediterranean Europe

Author(s): Kathleen Uyttewaal
Published in: 2024, ISBN 9789465101996
Publisher: Wageningen University

Other (3)

Relatie tussen natuurbeheer en brandveiligheid in de Deurnese Peel : onderzoek naar aanleiding van de brand in de Deurnese Peel van 20 april 2020

Author(s): Cathelijne R. Stoof, V.M. Tapia, Abbey L. Marcotte, Jetse J. Stoorvogel, Marc Castellnou Ribau
Published in: 2020
Publisher: Wageningen University
DOI: 10.18174/533574

A toolkit for fostering co-creation and participative community engagement with vulnerable communities at risk. PyroLife Project (deliverable D17).

Author(s): Ottolini, I.; Arenas Conejo, M.; Prat-Guitart, N.; Uyttewaal, K.; Pandey, P.; Rodríguez-Giralt, I. & Cifre Sabater, M.
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Open University of Catalonia

PyroLife PhD recruitment rubric and best practices.

Author(s): Stoof, C.R., Tijhuis, A.J.G., Rein, G., Prat-Guitart, N., Arenas Conejo, M., Rodríguez-Giralt, I., Kettridge, N.
Published in: 2020
Publisher: Wageningen University, The Netherlands
DOI: 10.18174/524945