Results of the Fuels (FuelsApp) subproject
The “proof of concept” PDC2021-120845-C55 Fuels (FuelsApp) subproject was led by members of UXAFORES research group and funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR) funded by the European Union-NextGenerationEU.
A tool for calculating forest fuel loads and behaviour of the associated fire has been developed specifically for treeless communities and pine forest in Galicia. The calculator, which complements the existing Foto-guide, is available in two modalities: a web-based version and an EXCEL application.
The models for estimating fuels loads are based on data from more than one thousand plots, in which destructive sampling was conducted by the Forest Research Centre (CIF) of Lourizán.