Interreg Euro-MED - FRED

PROJECT TITLE: Fire Free MED

PROJECT ACRONYM:  FRED

PROGRAMME PRIORITY: Greener MED

PROJECT MISSION

Protecting, restoring and valorising the natural
environment and heritage

INTERREG FUNDS: 1.905.360,83 EUR

CONTRIBUTION: 476.340,21 EUR

TOTAL BUDGET: 2.381.701.04 EUR

OVERALL OBJECTIVE

The FRED project overall objective is to implement advanced ICT/UAS (drone) tools for climate change adaptation, disaster risk prevention and mitigation in the wildfire segment at 6 public authorities in 6 MED countries (HR, SI, IT, BA, ME, EL, PT). By doing so, the project technical solutions will prevent and mitigate wildfires, strengthen resilience of the EU wildfire hotspot – MED and result in reducing risks to human lives, ecosystem degradation, habitat/biodiversity loss.

START DATE: 01/01/2024

END DATE: 01/10/2026

Focus

Areas with drought risks and heat waves are concentrated along the Mediterranean.  The FRED project focuses on preventing and mitigating climate change impacts in the form of wildfires by implementing and testing advanced ICT tools supported by UAS (Unmanned Aircraft System). A significant increase in the prevention capacity of relevant authorities in six MED countries will be facilitated by the IT solution that includes prevention (dynamic fire risk maps, early warning), mitigation, analysis and communication functionalities.

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