Field Report Exchange 349 (PDF, 3MB, Not

Union Civil Protection Mechanism's Exchange of Experts
Programme - Portugal and Sweden 2016
Report of the Exchange Mission 349
Coimbra, Portugal
14-19 March 2016
Description of the Activities
Day 1 – 14th March 2016
The Swedish delegates arrived at the Airport of Oporto on the afternoon of the 14th of
March.
The colleagues from ADAI, Luis Ribeiro and Ricardo Oliveira went to receive them at the
airport. The group travelled in a rental car from the airport of Oporto to the Hotel D. Luis
in Coimbra where they arrived at 19 hours approximately.
Professor Viegas met the Swedish colleagues at the Hotel and had a brief meeting to
finalize the plan of the program during the dinner.
David Caballero the delegate from Spain travelled in his car from Madrid and arrived at
the hotel in the early morning.
Day 2 – 15th March 2016
PROGRAM OF DAY
Plenary Session at Hotel D. Luis
09:30-10:00
Welcome and Presentation of the participants
10:00-10:30
Recent advances in Forest Fire Research - Domingos Viegas, ADAI
10:30-11:00
Coffee break
11:00-11:30
Forest Fire Prevention - Rui Almeida, ICNF
11:30-12:00
The role of Military Police in Prevention and Suppression - Luis Fera,
GIPS/GNR
12:00-12:30
Discussion - Participants
12:30-14:00
Lunch
14:00-14:30
Firefighting Strategy in Portugal - Miguel Cruz, ANPC
14:30-15:00
Meteorological Support for preventing and fighting Forest Fires - Ilda
Novo, IPMA
15:00-15:30
Fires in wildland urban interface areas – Luis Ribeiro, Ricardo Oliveira,
ADAI
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15:30-16:00
Coffee break
16:00-16:30
Fire Safety and Accidents Investigation – Domingos Viegas, Jorge Raposo,
ADAI
16:30-17:30
Discussion - Participants
20:00
Dinner
On this day, a meeting session was held during all day, at the Hotel with technicians of
the different Institutions responsible for fire management in Portugal and with ADAI
team.
In this session ADAI presented its recent achievements in Forest fire research, then Rui
Almeida from ICNF, presented the work conducted by the Institute for the Conservation
of Nature and Forests, on Forest fire prevention. The representative of the Military
Policy – GNR/GIPS – Pedro Ribeiro, made a presentation about the role of this Police in
fire prevention and suppression. In the beginning of the afternoon, Miguel Cruz, from
the National Authority for Civil Protection presented the Firefighting System in Portugal
followed by a presentation of the representative of the Portuguese Institute of Sea and
Atmosphere on the meteorological risk assessment in Portugal.
Luis Ribeiro and Ricardo Oliveira presented the work conducted by ADAI in the Wildland
Urban Interface and Domingos Viegas on Fire safety and accidents investigation.
Fig.1. photo of the audience during the session.
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Day 3 – 16th March 2016
PROGRAM OF DAY
09:30-11:00
Visit to Forest Fire Laboratory of ADAI
11:00-11.15
Coffee break at the Laboratory
11:15-12:00
Visit to Fire Brigade School (ENB) and Aerial Means Centre (CMA) of
Lousã
12:00-13:00
Travel to Gestosa field area - Experimental Fires
13:00-14:00
Lunch
14:15-15:30
Visit to the Experimental Fires field
15:30-17:00
Transport - To Coimbra
17:00-19:00
City tour and visit to the University
20:00
Dinner
During the morning of the 16th visits were made to ADAI Laboratories, to the Laboratory
of Industrial Aerodynamics (LAI) in Coimbra where the experimental work of the
different lines of research is conducted and to the Laboratory of Forest Fire Research
(LEIF) in Lousã where most of the experimental research on forest fires in undertaken.
The delegates had the opportunity to see the facilities and the experimental work that
is being performed in these two laboratories.
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Figs.2. Photos of the visit to the Laboratory – LEIF.
Then the delegates visited the nearby Training Centre of the Fire Brigade School in the
Airfield of Lousã where a presentation was made on the training plan of the firefighters
and also to the Aerial Means Centre of Lousã.
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Figs. 3. Photos of the visit to the firefighting training school.
The delegates went then to Castanheira de Pera where they were received at the Fire
Brigade of C. Pera. From there the Group went in two vehicles of the firefighters to the
field area of Gestosa where ADAI conducts the experimental fires to analyse fire
behaviour propagation.
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Figs. 4. Visit to the experimental fires field of Gestosa.
Day 4 – 17th March 2016
PROGRAM OF DAY
11:00-11:15
Fire Station of the Volunteers Firefighters of Campo de Besteiros
Welcome and Reception
11:15- 12:00
Transport to Caramulo Mountain
12:00-13:00
Lunch
13:00-16:30
Field trip to the area of the large fire of 2013. Items to be discussed in the
field: Prevention; Fuel and weather conditions; Fire behaviour;
Suppression efforts; Safety; Consequences.
16:30- 17:00
Transport - To Viseu
17:00-18:00
Visit to the District Commander of Relief Operations Centre of Viseu
18:00-19:15
Transport to the Hotel
20:00
Dinner with ADAI team
The 17th of March was dedicated to visit the areas of the large fires that occurred in
Portugal in 2013. After a brief welcome at the Fire Station of the Volunteer Firefighters
of Campo de Besteiros and of a presentation by Domingos Viegas on the propagation
chronology of the fires of 2013, the group proceeded to the trip to the Caramulo region.
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Figs. 5. Photos of the visit to the Caramulo areas affected by the fires of August 2013 and to the
site where an accident occurred in which two fire fighters were killed in the fire.
The program of this day ended with a visit to Viseu District Commander of Relief
Operations Centre.
Fig. 6. Visit to Viseu District Commander of Relief Operations Centre.
Day 5 – 18th March 2016
PROGRAM OF DAY
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09:15-10:30
Visit to the facilities of Coimbra District Commander Center
10:30-11:00
Coffee break
11:00-11:15
Transport
11:15-12:30
Visit to the facilities of Coimbra Headquarters of the Municipality Fire
Brigade and Civil Protection
12:30 -14:00
Lunch
Meeting at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of
Coimbra
14:00 - 15:30
Interventions - Swedish guests Part 1 and D. Caballero
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 – 17:30
Interventions – Swedish guests Part 2
17:30 – 18:00
Discussion -Participants
19:00
Dinner
The morning of the last day of this Mission, day 18 th, consisted in a visit to the facilities
of the Coimbra District Commander Center and to the facilities of Coimbra Headquarters
of the Municipality Fire Brigade and Civil Protection.
Fig. 7. Visit to the Civil Protection Coordination Centre of Coimbra District.
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Figs.8. Visit to the Municipal Firefighters Corporation
During the afternoon a Session with presentations of the work conducted by the Swedish and
Spanish colleagues was held at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of
Coimbra. A general discussion on the development of the Exchange Action and of future lines of
cooperation between both Countries were discussed.
On the following day, 19th of March, the delegates departed to their respective Countries.
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Fig. 9. Part of the Group of Researchers and Technicians from ADAI Fire Research team that
participated in the Exchange action.
List of host participants
Name
Host Guests
1. Domingos Xavier Viegas
Institution*
Organisation
ADAI - University of Coimbra
2. Miguel Almeida
3. Luis Mário Ribeiro
4. Ricardo Oliveira
5. Jorge Raposo
6. Claudia Pinto
7. Khadij Khelloufi (visiting
researcher)
ADAI - University of Coimbra
ADAI - University of Coimbra
ADAI - University of Coimbra
ADAI - University of Coimbra
ADAI - University of Coimbra
ADAI - University of Coimbra
8. Teresa Viegas
9. Rui Figueiredo
ADAI - University of Coimbra
ADAI - University of Coimbra
10. Miguel Cruz, National
Operations Assistant
National Authority for Civil Protection (ANPC)
11. Carlos Tavares, District
Commander of Relief Operations
National Authority for Civil Protection (ANPC) - Coimbra
12. Carlos Cruz
National Authority for Civil Protection (ANPC) - Coimbra
13. Pedro Ribeiro, Protection and
Relief Group
National Military Police (GNR) - Portugal
14. Rui Almeida
National Inst. of Nature Conservation and Forests (ICNF)
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15. Ilda Novo
National Institute of Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA)
16. António Simões
District Federation of Firefighter’s of Coimbra
17. Verónica Catarino
National Fire Brigade School (ENB)
18. Ricardo Lucas
GNR/GIPS- Lousã
19. Augusto Castro
Firefighters of Campo de Besteiros
20. Rui Nogueira
National Authority for Civil Protection (ANPC) - Viseu
21. Fátima Antunes
Municipality of Tondela (Caramulo)
22. Miguel Costa
Municipality of Tondela (Caramulo)
23. Rogério Borges
Municipality of Tondela (Caramulo)
24. Paulo Palrilha
Municipal Firefighters Corporation of Coimbra
25. Armando Silva
Municipal Firefighters Corporation of Coimbra
26. José Salgado
Municipal Firefighters Corporation of Coimbra
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