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Aerial Forest Fire Management in Italy

Col. (It AF) Gianpiero Sanfilippo

Moscow, 22 March 2011


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Italian Forest Fire Fleet

Out of Country Operations

Lessons Identified

Air Fleet Enhancement Programme

Way Ahead


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Forest Fire Aerial Fleet


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Forest Fire Fighting FleetForest Fire Fighting Fleet


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responsibilityresponsibility forfor forestforest preventionprevention andand firefire

..CPDCPD supportssupports regionalregional requestsrequests..


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6Canadair CL - 415

PrimaryForest Fire Fi htin

ss on

Secondary

Mission

Transport, SAR

ange . m

Max Endurance 6 hrs

Cruise S eed 376 Km/h

Dimensions

Fuselage lenght20

mt

Win s an 28 6 mt

Max Weight 19.890 Kg

Crew 2

Fire Fighting

Data

3 hrs x sortie

Single drop 5 - 6

Tons

sec

Max Ceiling 6.500 mt


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7Erickson S-64F

Forest Fire FightingPrimary Mission

Heavy Load

Transportation

Secondary

Mission

2 hrsMax Endurance

343 KmRange

Fuselage length 27,2

mtDimensions

mru se pee

2 pilotsCrew

21.360 kgMax Weight

,

2 hrs sortie

Single Drop 9 Tons

Scooping Time 45

Fire Fighting

Data4Number of Helos

3Passengers


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Air Tractor AT-802 Fire Boss

Primary

MissionForest fire fighting

Secondary

MissionRecce

Max Endurance 5 hrs

Cruise Speed 340 Km/h

DimensionsFuselage length 11mt

Wing span 18 m

Max weight 7.257 Kg

Crew 1

3 hrs x sortie

Fire Fighting

Data

Single drop 3.000

tons

Scooping time 15

secNumber of Aircraft 10


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99CANADAIR DPC 2 GENOVA

CANADAIR DPC 5 CIAMPINO

CANADAIR DPC 4 OLBIA

2010 FOREST FIRE SUMMER CAMPAIGN

INITIAL SET-UPCANADAIR DPC 4 LAMEZIA TERME

S-64 DPC 1 ALBENGA

S-64 DPC 1 TRAPANI

S-64 DPC 1 ORISTANO-

S-64 DPC 1 PONTECAGNANO

FIRE-BOSS DPC 2 PRETURO-LAQUILA

FIRE-BOSS DPC 2 FOGGIA2 x CL-415

1 x AB-412 VVF

1 x AB-412 VVF

1 x AB-212 MM

FIRE-BOSS DPC 2 GROTTAGLIE

FIRE-BOSS DPC 2 SIGONELLA

FIRE-BOSS DPC 2 TRAPANI1 x NH-500 CFS

1 x CH-47 EI

1 x S-641 x AB-412 CP

1 x AB-412 CFS

NH500 CFS 1 BELLUNO

AB412 CFS 1 PESCARA

AB412 CFS 1 ROMA-URBE

5 x CL-415

1 x AB-412 CFS

4 x CL-415

2 x FIRE BOSS

1 x S-64 DPC2 x FIRE BOSS

2 x FIRE BOSS

NH500 CFS 1 LAMEZIA TERME

AB412 VVF 1 VENEZIA

AB412 VVF 1 GENOVA1 x NH-500 CFS

1 x S-64

4 x CL-415

1 x AB-212 MM

AB412 CP 1 CATANIA FONTANAROSSA

AB412 CP 1 LUNI SARZANA

CH47 EI 1 VITERBO

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1 x AB-412 CP

1 x AB-212 MM2 x FIRE-BOSS

x -

1 x S-64 DPC

DPC M.M.CFS V.F.E.I. C.P.

2 x FIRE-BOSS

AB212 MM 1 LUNI SARZANA

AB212 MM 1 CATANIA FONTANAROSSA

AB212 MM 1 GROTTAGLIE43 A/C DEPLOYED IN 21 AIR BASES


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10Location of Estinguishing/Retardant Products

12 FOAM

11 RETARDANT

Each type of asset can be reloaded in all bases


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11Regional Fleets in Summer 2010

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5

3

311

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10 1

0

3111

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411


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Forest Fires on the Italian Territor

1 January - 30 September

YEAR FiresWooded Not Wooded Total

a a a

2009 4.472 27.026 33.048 60.074

2008 6.143 29.720 35.673 65.393

change %- 30,0 - 10,0 - 10,0 - 10,0


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ANNUAL ACTIVITYANNUAL ACTIVITY13

RequestsRequests Flying hoursFlying hours

3000

2000

2500

10000

12000

8.308

1000

1500

956 1025

4000

6000

54285887

0

2007 2008 2009 2010

0

2007 2008 2009 2010

1.524 average requests

.

7.972 average flying hours


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2463

3000

2000

11751500

816927

1000

500

2007 2008 2009 2010


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120

requests

FOREST FIRE TREND SUMMER 2010

15 june / 30 september

96

102

100

90

80

63

73

5960

51

40

21 2124

31

20

13

2

5:00 6:00 7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00

local time


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16Forest Fire Fighting Campaign 2007

9 July 8 August 2007

Total requests 1.131

17 day above critical level

Max ever

101 requests

24 Jul 2007

critical level

sustainable level


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The worst da ever - 24 Jul 2007


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The worst day everThe worst day ever

24 July 2007 at 12,10/Z


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CPD Effort

Air contribution abroad started in the late 1990s

(i.e. France, Spain, Portugal, Greece)

For the time bein It CPD develo ed anexpeditionary capabilities mainly based on

Canadair aircraft

Readiness and availability granted 365/365

2 Canadairs are ready to deploy with 3 hrs

Operational deployment based on 4 days

ura on


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21CPD Air Module

TasksContribute to the extinction of lar e forest fires

Main elements

Two aircraft CL-415Three crews

Technical staff

Field maintenance kitCommunication equipments

ea nessReady to move in 3 hrs

apac esAbility to perform day only continuous operations


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22Out of Country Summary

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Foreign requests 13 7 5 4

Flying hours 228 124 40 110

Drops 495 610 183 728

2007 Albania 4 Greece 3 C rus 1 and Lebanon 1

2008 Albania (5), Greece (1) and Montenegro (1)

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2010 Albania, Portugal (2), Russia Federation


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23Lesson Identified during

1. Non standard Activation procedures.

EU MIC (Monitor Information Center -

Bruxelles)

Bilateral agreements

2. Unclear definition of Command and Control

Authority3. No entry point of contact fluent in English

4. Lack of Fire assessment information


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24Lesson Identified during

Fuel

ar ng amp space

Hangar space for maintenance (if needed)

Maps and Flight Information Services

6. Undefined Liability

Collateral Damages

Incidents

Third Party Claim


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Air fleet enhancement

programme


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26AIR FLEET UPDATE

New Aircraft

4 new CL 415 replaced the 3 Canadairs lost in duty

operations (this has brought the number of aircraftup to 19)

Improvement of the Command and

on ro ys em

Installation on all aircraft of a satellite tracking

system to allow real time positioning and

communications

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27Information Flow

VHFUHF

Ground Teams

Regional Centers

Air Operator

OPS RoomIT CPD Unified AirOperational Center

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For Forest Fire to Rhodes

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Bud et Allocation

Aerial forest fire fi htin is not a roduct to advertise

and sell but it is an investment made and paid by the

State to defend human lives and ro ert of citizensand the State

accomplishes this quite expensive task

2009 allocated approximately 190 mln , of

2010 allocated approximately 125 mln

2011 allocated approximately 128 mln

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Way Ahead

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Wa Ahead

Enhancement & Optimization of International

oopera on

Training ImprovementDevelopment & Introduction of Full Mission

Simulators

Training Standardization & Costs SharingCommon Training Centers

Skills Development of Light and Image

Night Vision Devices & Systems to Perform

Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs)

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ITALIAN CIVIL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT

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+39 0668202805 fax +39 0668202808

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