➡ Produce a case study manual to support the systematic analysis of extreme wildfires
➡ Conduct joint analyses of past extreme wildfires
➡ Pursue the development of new or improved predictive tools/models for extreme fire behaviour

✔️ Develop NERO case study manual

WG2 brings together scientists and practitioners to co-define a common protocol guiding the analysis of extreme wildfires. This protocol shall integrate different methods and tools/models, aiming to decompose the development of extreme fire behaviour into processes related to the whole fire environment nexus (fuels, topography, weather). The case study manual shall serve as a collection of best practices for the analysis of extreme wildfires, including the definition of common protocols to follow when implementing numerical models.

✔️ Compile list of extreme wildfires of interest (case studies)

Scientists and practitioners work together to identify extreme wildfires of particular interest. Emphasis shall be given on exploiting practitioners’ experience to delineate events that are most challenging in terms of predicting/anticipating the development of extreme fire behaviour.

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D2.1: NERO case study manual (October 2024)
D2.2: List of extreme fire behaviour case studies published in international peer-reviewed scientific journals (October 2027)
D2.3: NERO handbook on predicting extreme fire behaviour (October 2027)

➡ Define a communication and outreach plan (Science Communication Plan) that will govern dissemination activities throughout the lifetime of NERO
➡ Produce communication and outreach material with particular emphasis on raising public and operatives’ awareness of extreme fire behaviour
➡ Create and support a fire science communication team in charge of producing freely available fire briefs on active wildfires exhibiting extreme fire behaviour across Europe
➡ Expand the network to and engage with other relevant initiatives or projects at the European level and internationally

✔️ Compile NERO’s Science Communication Plan

WG4 works to compile and implement the Science Communication Plan of NERO. The latter shall explicitly define the strategy on communicating and disseminating Action outcomes, a plan on the valorisation of Action results, and a tentative timeline for the implementation of the entire communication and outreach strategy. The Science Communication Plan shall also include details on the creation and operation of the NERO Fire Science Communication Team.

✔️ Establish Fire Science Communication Team, including the production of a fire brief template

Participants of WG4 focus on the creation of a Fire Science Communication Team, devoted to communicating fire science to the media and the public. The Fire Science Communication Team shall comprise 1 Coordinator, and several Contributors and Communicators. Communicators will be responsible for preparing a Fire Brief template, containing standard questions that need to be filled in by Contributors every time an extreme wildfire is active across the participating European countries. Contact information of Communicators and the completed Fire Briefs shall be clearly visible on the Action website, providing the media with diverse options to involve in interviews for newspapers, radio, television, and other public media.

✔️ Connect NERO with other relevant projects or initiatives

WG4 works toward establishing meaningful connections with existing European or international projects/initiatives that are relevant to the objectives of NERO. This activity shall include the initial mapping of NERO participants that are already members in other projects/initiatives and their appointment as ambassadors to invite peers to the network of NERO. Emphasis shall be given to establishing collaborations (e.g., intra-project joint initiatives) that are mutually beneficial, as well as to the two-way exploitation of existing knowledge, tools/models, experience, and expertise.

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D4.1: NERO dissemination and communication plan (April 2024)
D4.2: List of NERO-supported publications in international peer-reviewed scientific journals and international or/and national conferences (October 2027)
D4.3: NERO white paper (October 2027)
D4.4: NERO fire brief template (July 2024)