AF3
Project Overview
Advanced Forest Fire Fighting
In recent years, the frequency of large-scale forest fires has increased significantly owing to a number of factors including the effects of climate change, urbanisation, poor landscape management and malevolent acts. These so-called “Mega-fires” are particularly destructive and difficult to control with the technologies and systems currently available to fire fighters and emergency agencies. The AF3 project provided an extraordinary improvement to the efficiency of current fire-fighting operations and to the protection of human lives, the environment and property by developing innovative technologies and means to ensure a high level of integration between existing and new systems. Results of AF3 have been validated in final demonstration with flight tests and drilling exercises carried out simultaneously in Spain, Italy, Greece and Israel. The AF3 project areas covered innovative active and passive countermeasures, early detection and monitoring and, Integrated crisis management.
Intracom Telecom Participation
Intracom Telecom had the responsibility for developing the remote health management system based on its intLIFE PHR system for first responders and potential victims, as well as the mobile evacuation support service.