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PERSONAL INFORMATION David Caballero Valero

Av. España 133 Las Rozas de Madrid 28231 Madrid. Spain

+34 627 014 317

[email protected]

Web URL: www.davidcaballero.com

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Skype: david_caballero.gnomusy

Sex Male | Date of birth 23/01/1963 | Nationality Spanish

WORK EXPERIENCE

2020-

present

International freelance consultant on risk assessment. Instructor. Collaborator with several companies such as MeteoGrid (www.meteogrid.com), Matinsa (www.matinsa.es), Tracasa(www.tracasa.es). Freelance consultant for local and regional administrations. Instructor at the National School of Civil Protection (www.proteccioncivil.es)

▪ Collaborator in EU-funded research projects on forest fire risk assessment and mapping.

▪ External expert evaluator for the European Commission REA-EASME in the H2020 call on multi-hazard risk management for risk-informed decision making in the EU.

▪ Consultant on risk assessment and mapping projects of natural hazards affecting population and infrastructures, regional and local scales. Elaboration of forest fire prevention plans in municipalities and communities.

▪ Technical director for the elaboration of forest fire prevention plans in the Menorca Island (Spain)

▪ Collaborator in EU-funded research projects on forest fire risk assessment, modelling and mapping (VESPRA, FIREURISK)

▪ Collaborator in the development of Early Warning Systems and forest fire risk assessment for the autonomic region of Andalusia (SIMSIF).

▪ Instructor in the National School of Civil Protection in Spain, on wildfires and wildland-urban interface.

2018-2020 International freelance consultant on risk assessment. Instructor. Collaborator in MeteoGrid (www.meteogrid.com), Pau Costa Foundation (www.paucostafoundation.org), National School of Civil Protection (www.proteccioncivil.es) and MediXXI GSA (www.medixxi.com). ▪ Consultant on risk assessment and mapping projects of natural hazards affecting population and

infrastructures, at national, regional and local scales. ▪ Collaborator in EU-funded research projects on forest fire risk assessment and early warning systems

(WUIVIEW, FIREXTR) ▪ Assessor for the development of early warning systems for agriculture and forest fires in Honduras and

Nicaragua (AECID-Cooperation Programme). ▪ Instructor in the National School of Civil Protection in Spain, on wildfires and wildland-urban interface.

POSITION Independent Freelance Consultant on Risk Assessment

mailto:[email protected]

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2008-2018 Head of Forest Fire Department. Project Manager. MeteoGrid (www.meteogrid.com)

▪ Coordination, management and development of EU-funded projects with DG ECHO and DG R+TD (PYROSUDOE; SMART ISLANDS, SUNSHINE; SPITFIRE; WUIWATCH, CLARITY).

▪ Director of consultancy projects on risk assessment and mapping.

▪ Director of consultancy projects for the planning and development of prevention and protection of wildland-urban interface areas against forest fires.

▪ Assessor on forest fires and meteorology to regional firefighter headquarters in Madrid Autonomous Region.

▪ External expert in EU interchange programmes with Sweden and Czech Republic.

▪ External collaborator with the European Commission as evaluator and rapporteur.

▪ External reviewer of the Environmental Modelling and Software journal.

▪ External reviewer of the International Journal of Wildland Fire.

2008-2009 Advisory Committee of R+TD+I. In-house consultant. TYPSA Group, Catalonia Headquarters / Tecnoma S.A (www.typsa.es) ▪ Advisor on the identification of opportunities and development of proposals for the financing and

development of R+TDI activities in the TYPSA Group. ▪ Development of forest fire prevention plans in several Autonomous Regions in Spain.

2007-2008 In-house consultant. MeteoGrid (www.meteogrid.com)

▪ Advisor and developer of computer applications on forest fires.

▪ Development of applications and assessment on forest fires.

▪ Development of risk assessment modules of forest fires for its application to the whole territory of Spain through DG for Biodiversity. Service SIMIF.

▪ Development of specific indices on fire consolidation and risk assessment in the urban-forest interface. Improvement and extension of the existing simulation legacy systems.

▪ Adaptation of applications and development of user interfaces for their application to different Autonomous Regions in Spain.

▪ External reviewer of the International Journal of Wildland Fire.

▪ Collaborator in the elaboration of the characterization of forest fire risk affecting populated areas in Portugal (ADAI, Coimbra, 2008).

2006-2007 External Consultant. Software developer. METEOLOGICA (www.meteologica.es)

▪ Scientific assessment and software development of applications for the simulation of forest fire behaviour and spread.

▪ Implementation of forest fire behaviour simulation systems in several Autonomous Regions in Spain.

2004-2008 In-house engineer responsible for R+TD and Technology Transfer. TECNOMA S.A. - TYPSA Group (www.typsa.es) ▪ Coordination, management and development of EU-funded projects with DG IST and DG

Research (SCIER; MEDIGRID, ORCHESTRA).

▪ Director of consultancy projects on wildfire risk assessment in the wildland urban interface at national scale.

2004-2006 In-house engineer. METEOLOGICA (www.meteologica.es)

▪ Design and development of software applied to forest fire risk assessment and mapping within SIGYM-2 service for the Ministry of Environment in Spain.

▪ Design and development of computer applications for the simulation of forest fire behaviour and spread.


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1999-2004 Head of Forest Ecosystems Department. TECNOMA S.A. - TYPSA Group (www.typsa.es)

▪ Coordination and management of the Forest Ecosystems Department. ▪ Director of consultancy projects on forest fires risk assessment and mapping in the regional and national

scales.

▪ Coordinator and main researcher in EU-funded research projects (ENINFO, FORFAIT, E-FIS, WARM, CLIFF, AUTOHAZARD-PRO, EUFIRELAB) within the 5

th R+TD Programme.

▪ External evaluator for the European Commission under the 5th R+TD Programme.

1997-1998 Engineer. IBERINSA (www.acciona-ingenieria.es)

▪ Technical and scientific coordination of EU-funded research projects (FOMFIS) under the 5th Framework

Research Programme of the EC.

1996 Freelance consulting engineer. Freelance (www.davidcaballero.com)

▪ Director of visual simulation and forest fire consultancy projects for public and private entities (Counsel of Environment, Madrid Autonomous Region, Red Eléctrica de España utility at national scale).

1992-1994 Coordinator of the Transfer of Research Outcome Office. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (www.upm.es)

▪ Patent management, relationship with the OTRI network, relationship with the National R+TD Plan, facilitating technology transfer and the creation of the university-business network, promotion of new technologies in education through the GATE Tele Education Office (www.upm.es/gate).

1989-1996 Researcher, analyst and programmer. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (www.upm.es)

▪ Analyst and programmer of computer-based graphical simulations under Silicon Graphics platforms. Director of the Visual Simulation Lab at the School of Forestry Engineering, Polytechnic University of Madrid.

▪ Analyst and programmer of forest management and natural resources applications (SILVEX, GESTOR, CALHIC)

▪ Analyst and programmer of forest fire behavior simulation computer applications for the Ministry of Environment (CARDIN) and the associated geographical information systems (DIGICAR).

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

2019 TEC - Technical Expert Course of the EUCPM European Commission DG ECHO - Civil Protection Mechanism

2003 Completed the PhD studies program. Polytechnic University of Madrid

1997 MSc Civil Engineering and Forestry. Polytechnic University of Madrid Finished studies in December 1997 Title parchment released on 08/03/2001


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Mother tongue(s) Spanish

Other language(s) UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING

Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production

English C1 C1 C1 C1 C1

Russian B1 B1 B1 B1 B1

Catalan B2 B2 B1 B1 B1

Levels: A1/2: Basic user - B1/2: Independent user - C1/2 Proficient user Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

Communication skills ▪ Over 60 international scientific and technical publications in international conferences, seminars and journals (see below).

▪ Over 100 international conferences as speaker or chairman (see below).

▪ Over 450 hours as instructor in national and international courses and seminars, or teacher in academic activities (see below).

▪ Proven communication skills in mass media (radio, TV, newspapers) and social media (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube).

Organisational / managerial skills ▪ Proven organisational skills as director or co-ordinator in near 100 projects involving mid-size to large teams, international consortia and multi-disciplinary groups (see below).

▪ Proven managerial skills as head of department in several engineering and consultancy companies for over 20+ years.

▪ Proven co-ordination skills in several EU-funded research projects managing international consortia with 7 entities or more.

Job-related skills ▪ Proven skills on the design and implementation of new, innovative solutions and approaches in several engineering companies.

▪ Proven skills in multi-tasking (management and coordination, transfer of technology, innovation and research, solution design, development, social communication, market analysis and opportunities seeker, international relationship).

▪ Proven skills in adaptability and improvement in several domains (computer engineering, visual simulation and computer graphics, fire safety engineering, planning and development, data analysis and visualisation, education and training etc.)

▪ Permanent curiosity and uneasiness on new technologies, tendencies and search of new domains of application.

▪ Infectious passion for the improvement of technical and personal capacities of teams working together, transfer of knowledge and shared education.

PERSONAL SKILLS



Computer skills ▪ Experience in Silicon-Graphics OS, Microsoft-based OS, MacOS and CMS.

▪ Programming languages (Visual Basic, Real Basic, Python, C++), 30+ year experience.

▪ Desktop applications (MS Office Suite, Open Office), 30+ year experience.

▪ Geographical Information Systems (GRASS, ESRI ArcMap 10.5), 20+ year experience.

▪ Forest fire behaviour models (BEHAVE, FARSITE, FLAMMAP) 25+ year experience.

▪ Development of own tools on fire behaviour simulation, fire risk mapping, scientific visual simulation, 20+ year experience

▪ Computer Fluid Dynamics (ANSYS Fluent, Windninja) 2+ years experience.

▪ Fire Dynamics Simulation FDS 1.5 year experience

▪ Desktop publishing (Adobe InDesign), 4 year experience.

▪ Photography (Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom), 15+ year experience.

▪ Computer Graphics (3DS Max), 20+ year experience.

▪ Gaming and rendering (Unreal Engine 4.x), 2.5 year experience.

▪ Development of AR/VR applications for scientific modelling 1+ year experience.

▪ Dedicated on-line web-services and applications.

▪ Dedicated and multi-purpose applications on Android and iOs devices.

▪ Video production (Sony Vegas, DaVinci Resolve) 10+ year experience.

▪ Music production (Steinberg Nuendo, Wavelab), 20+ year experience.

Driving license ▪ B

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Memberships ▪ Technical Expert of the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism (2019)

▪ Member of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) nº 3277684.

▪ Member of the Pau Costa Foundation (PCF).

▪ Member of the International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS).

Awards and recognition ▪ Medal to the Merit of Civil Protection by the Ministry of Interior of Spain (2017).

▪ Golden Swatter Award to the best research activity, APAS, Spain (2011).

Publications

as first author

▪ CABALLERO, D. (2019) “Utilización, interpretación y limitaciones del índice de interfaz WUIX”. Self publication. Series Technical Reports. Madrid, August.

▪ CABALLERO, D., RIBALAYGUA, J., TORRES, L. (2010) "MeteoGrid: new approaches for the transfer of technology in the assessment on forest fire meteorology and fire management". In proc. of VI International Conference on Forest Fire Research D. X. Viegas (Ed.).

▪ CABALLERO, D., QUESADA, C. (2010) "Implementation of vulnerability components in the calculation and mapping of fire risk indexes in the Wildland-Urban Interface. Approach and case studies in Spain". In proc. of VI International Conference on Forest Fire.

▪ CABALLERO, D., BELTRÁN, I., VELASCO, A. (2007) “Forest fires and wildland-urban interface in Spain: types and risk distribution”. In proc. of IV International Wildfire Conference, Sevilla, 13-17 May.

▪ CABALLERO, D., ESTEBAN, J., IZQUIERDO, B. (2007) “ORCHESTRA: a unified and open architecture for risk management applications”. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2007 Vienna, Austria, 15- 20 April. In Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 9, 08557, 2007 SRef-ID: 1607-7962/gra/EGU2007- A-08557.

▪ CABALLERO, D.; XANTHOPOULOS, G.; VIEGAS, D. X. (2006) "The use of SCIER in Forest Fire Management". In European Association of Forest Fire Technologies, Missoula.

▪ CABALLERO, D. (2006) “Effect of random wind vectors in the final shape of fire spread simulation”. In proc. of V International Conference of Forest Fire Research. Figueira da Foz, 27-30 November.

▪ CABALLERO, D. (2006) “Taxicab geometry: some problems and solutions for square grid-based fire spread simulation”. In proc. of V International Conference of Forest Fire Research Figueira da Foz, 27-30 November.



▪ CABALLERO, D. IZQUIERDO, B. (2005) “ORCHESTRA: Developing a Unified Open Architecture for Risk Management Applications”. In proc. of 11th EC-GI&GIS Workshop. European Commission, Joint Research Centre. Alghero, Italy. 29 June - 1 July.

▪ CABALLERO, D. (2004) “Conclusions of the Third WARM workshop on forest fires in the wildland-urban Interface in Europe”.Madrid, 26-27 May.

▪ CABALLERO, D. (2004) “Forest fires spatial planning for prevention and mitigation purposes”. En proc. del First International Rescue Services and Civil Protection Forum. National Headquarters of the State Fire Service.Pp 139-141. Czestochowa, Poland, May-June.

▪ CABALLERO, D. (2004) “Gestión de los riesgos de incendios en la interfase forestal - urbana: proyecto WARM”. In proc. del II International Symposium on Fire Economics, Planning and Policy: A Global View. US Forest Service. Universidad de Córdoba. Córdoba, April.

▪ CABALLERO, D. (2004) “Wildland-urban interface fire risk management: WARM project”. In proc. of II International Symposium on Fire Economics, Planning and Policy: A Global View. US Forest Service. Universidad de Córdoba. Córdoba, April.

▪ CABALLERO, D. (2004) “WARM project, wildland-urban area fire risk management: framework and results”. In proc. of Seminar on Forest Fires in the Wildland-Urban Interface. ADAI, Coimbra, Portugal, March.

▪ CABALLERO, D. (2004) “Planning and management of forest fires in the wildland-urban interface”. International Seminar on Forest Fires.Czech University of Agriculture in Prague.Faculty of Forestry and Environment.Praga,RepúblicaCheca, January.

▪ CABALLERO, D. BELTRAN, I. (2003) “Concepts and ideas of assessing settlement fire vulnerability in the W-UI zone”. In proc. Of the II International Workshop on Forest Fires in the Wildland-Urban Interface and Rural Areas in Europe. WARM project Athens, Greece. 15th May.

▪ CABALLERO, D. (2002) “A method for incipient wildland fires PROFIRE analysis: PROFIRE application”. In proc. of 4th International Conference on Forest Fire Research. Luso, Portugal, 18th November. (Poster)

▪ CABALLERO, D. (2002) “A method for incipient wildland fires PROFIRE analysis: PROFIRE application”. In proc. of 4th International Conference on Forest Fire Research .Luso, Portugal, 18th November. (Text)

▪ CABALLERO, D. XANTHOPOULOS, G. VIEGAS, D.X. BOVIO, G. MACÉ, P. (2002) "Role of Internet in the decision-making sequence for wildland fire management in Europe: the E-FIS service". In proc. of 4th International Conference on Forest Fire Research. Luso, Portugal, 18th November. 16

▪ CABALLERO, D. XANTHOPOULOS, G. VIEGAS, D.X. BOVIO, G. MACE, P. (2002) "El papel de Internet en la cadena de toma de decisiones para la gestión de incendios forestales. El servicio E-FIS". V Congreso Nacional del Medio Ambiente. Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones de Madrid, Spain. 27th November - 1st December.

▪ CABALLERO, D. (2002) "FORFAIT knowledge base: general overview of forest fires". Document FORFAIT/WP9/D23. FORFAIT Project, February.

▪ CABALLERO, D. (2001) “Planning Forest Fire Defence in Madrid Province: Offer vs. Demand Approach”. In Proc. of the Intl. Conference on Forest Fires, Operational Mechanisms, Firefighting Means and New Technologies. Athens March 13-16.

▪ CABALLERO, D. VIEGAS, D.X. XANTHOPOULOS, G. (2001) "E-FIS: an electronic on-line decision support system for forest fires". In proc. Of the International Workshop on Improving dispatching for forest fire control. Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, Crete, Greece. December 6-8

▪ CABALLERO, D. (2001) "Algorithms for semi-automated dispatching in FOMFIS system". In proc. Of the International Workshop on Improving dispatching for forest fire control. Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, Crete, Greece. December 6-8

▪ CABALLERO, D. (2001) "Orchestrating criteria and resources in forest fire defence planning: some results of practical application". In Proc.Of I International Seminar on New Communication and Information Technologies in Forest Fire Prevention and Suppression”.EUR-OPA Major Hazards Agreement of the Council of Europe and Hellenic Firefighters Corp. Kalamata, Greece, 22-23 June

▪ CABALLERO, D. (2001) "Forest fire fighting resources planning: FOMFIS system". Curso Internacional sobre Incendios Forestales: Investigación de Causas y Nuevas Tecnologías para Prevención y Extinción. Centro Internacional de Altos Estudios Agronómicos Mediterráneos. Instituto Agronómico Mediterráneo. Zaragoza, Spain, 15 October.



▪ CABALLERO, D. (2001) "Particularidades del incendio forestal en el interfaz urbano. Caso de estudio en la Comunidad de Madrid" II Seminario de Prevención de Incendios Forestales. Planes de Defensa contra Incendios Forestales (ETSIM - Madrid). 28 March

▪ CABALLERO, D. (2000) "Forest firerisk: a holistic approach". Technical note TN/Tecnoma/D)/01. FORFAIT project.1st of March. CABALLERO, D. OLDFIELD, S.G. (2000) "FORFAIT: a holistic approach in the assessment of forest fire risk". Poster in the I Euro mediterranean Wildfire Meetings of the Millennium & Forest Fire Research Special Session. Hyères Les Palmiers, France, 25-27 October. (Poster)

▪ CABALLERO, D. XANTHOPOULOS, G. KALLIDROMITOU, D. LYRINTZIS, G. BONAZOUNTAS, M. PAPACHRISTOU, P. PACIOS, O. (1999) "FOMFIS: Forest Fire Management and Fire Prevention System". In proc. of DELFI Intl. Symp.Forest Fires Needs and Innovations. Pp. 93-98. Athens, Greece, 18-19 November.

▪ CABALLERO, D. (1999) "FOMFIS.Forest Fire Management and Fire Prevention System.Project synthesis report".European Commission Directorate General of Research.Environment and Climate Programme, Area 2.3, topic 4 / Forest Fires.31st March. CABALLERO, D. (1998) "FOMFIS: A Computer-Based System for Forest Fire Prevention Planning". In proc. of 3rd Intl. Conf. on Forest Fire Research. Coimbra, Portugal, 21st November.(Text) CABALLERO, D. (1998) "FOMFIS: A computer-based tool for the preventive planning of forest fire defence resources". In proc.Of Telecities Seminar, EDC Project Telematics Applications Programme.Lisbon, Portugal, 28-29th September

▪ CABALLERO, D. (1995) "Integración SIG-Vistapro para la simulación visual en tres dimensiones". ETSIMCátedra de Selvicultura.Madrid, Spain, November.

▪ CABALLERO, D. MARTINEZ-MILLÁN, F.J. MARTOS, J. VIGNOTE, S. (1994) "CARDIN 3.0, A Model for Forest Fire Spread and Fire Fighting Simulation". Vol.1: 501. In proc. of 2nd Intl. Conf. on forest Fire Research. Coimbra, Portugal.

Publications as

co-author

▪ VACCA, P., CABALLERO, D., PASTOR, E., PLANAS, E. (2020). "WUI fire risk mitigation in Europe: A performance-based design approach at home-owner level". Journal of Safety Science and Resilience. Volume 1, Issue 2, December 2020, Pages 97-105

▪ PASTOR, E., MUÑOZ-NAVARRO, J.A., CABALLERO, D., ÁGUEDA, A., DALMAU, F. PLANAS, E. (2019) “Wildland-urban interface fires in Spain: summary of the policy framework and recommendations for improvement”. Fire Technology, June.

▪ MOLINA-TERRÉN, D.M., XANTHOPOULOS, G., DIAKAKIS, M., RIBEIRO, L.M., CABALLERO, D., DELOGU, G.M., VIEGAS, D.X., SILVA, C.A., CARDIL, A. (2019) “Analysis of forest fire fatalities in Southern Europe: Spain, Portugal, Greece and Sardinia (Italy)”. International Journal of Wildland Fire.

▪ KALABOKIDIS, K., XANTHOPOULOS, G., MOORE, P., CABALLERO, D., KALLOS, G., LLORENS, J., ROUSSOU, O., VASILAKOS, C. (2012) "Decision support system for forest fire protection in the Euro-Mediterranean region". European Journal of Forest Research 131(3):597-608.

▪ BONAZOUNTAS, M., HADJIEFTHIMIADIS, S., METELKA, T., XANTHOPOULOS, G.,DECOTINGIE, J.D., TSILIBARIS, X., GIROUD, F., VIEGAS, D.X., CABALLERO, D. (2010) "SCIER: Sensing & Computing Infrastructures for Environmental Risk". In Proc.Of VI International Conference on Forest Fire Research D. X. Viegas (Ed.)

▪ BONAZOUNTAS, M., KANELLOPOULOS, S., XANTHOPOULOS, G., CABALLERO, D., MARTIRANO, G. (2010) "ArcFIRE: The forest-fire management platform". In Proc.Of VI International Conference on Forest Fire Research D. X. Viegas (Ed.)

▪ RIBEIRO, L. M.; VIEGAS, D. X.; CABALLERO, D. (2010) "Wildland Urban Interface - a diagnostic analysis for Portugal".Abstractcs - VI International Conference on Forest Fire Research - CD-ROM. Coimbra - Portugal : ADAI/CEIF - Ed. Domingos X. Viegas, 2010. v. 1. p. 1- 11.

▪ VIEGAS, D. X; PITA, L. P; GRILLO, F.; CABALLERO, D. (2010) "Analysis of the Forest Fire Accident of La Gomera, on the 11th September of 1984". In SPEIC10: Towards Sustainable Combustion, Tenerife.

▪ VIEGAS D.X., SIMEONI A., XANTHOPOULOS G., ROSSA C., RIBEIRO L.M., PITA L.P, STIPANICEV D., ZINOVIEV A. WEBER R., DOLD J., CABALLERO D., SAN MIGUEL J. (2009) Recent Forest Fire Related Accidents in Europe. Joint Research Centre – Institute for Environment and Sustainability. EUR – Scientific and Technical Research series, 75 pp – ISSN 1018-5593

▪ XANTHOPOULOS, G.; VIEGAS, D. X; CABALLERO, D. (2009) "The fatal fire entrapment accident of August 24, 2007, near the village of Artemida, Ilia, Greece".In



10th Wildland Fire Safety Summit, Phoenix.27-30 April 2009, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

▪ METELKA, T., CABALLERO, D. (2008) "Coupled Modelling of Forest Fires and Floods in Multi-risk Scenarios under SCIER System". In Proc. of Intl. Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software iEMSs 2008, Integrating Sciences and Information Technology for Environmental Assessment and Decision Making, 7-10 July 2008, Barcelona, Spain.

▪ METELKA, T., RAVA, S.L., CABALLERO, D. (2008) "Modelling of Combined Flood and Fire Hazards under SCIER 6th FP Project". In Proc. Of 2nd MIKE European Conference, October 2008, Dubrovnik, Croatia

▪ XANTHOPOULOS, G.; VIEGAS, D. X; CABALLERO, D. (2008) "Safety in Wildland Fire Suppression: Learning from Past Accidents". In Conference on Training for Fire Risk Management, Palmerston North.

▪ BOVOLO,C.I.; ABELE S.J; BATHURST,J.C.; CABALLERO,D.; CIGLAN, M.; EFTICHIDIS,G.; SIMO, B. (2007) A Distributed Framework for Multi-risk Assessment of Natural Hazards Used to Model the Effects of Forest Fire on Hydrology and Sediment Yield. Ed. Computers & Geosciences

▪ VIEGAS, D.X.; ROSSA, C.; CABALLERO, D.; PITA, L.P.C.; PALHEIRO, P. (2006) "Analysis of accidents in 2005 fires in Portugal and Spain".Forest Ecology and Management 234, S1: S141 - S141.

▪ VIEGAS, D.X. ROSSA, C. CABALLERO, D. PITA, L.P.C. PALHEIRO, P. (2006) “Analysis of accidents in 2005 fires in Portugal and Spain”. In proc. of the V International Conference of Forest Fire Research.Figueira da Foz, 27-30 November

▪ XANTHOPOULOS, G. CABALLERO, D. GALANTE, M. ALEXANDRIAN, D. RIGOLOT, E., MARZANO, R. (2006) “Forest fuels management in Europe”. In: Andrews, Patricia L.; Butler, Bret W., comps. 2006 Fuels Management – How to Measure Success: Conf. Proc., 28-30 March, Portland, OR, USA. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

▪ KALABOKIDIS, K. KALLOS, G. KARAVITIS, C. CABALLERO, D. TETTELAAR, P. LLORENS, J. VASILAKOS, C. (2005) “Automated fire and flood hazard protection system”. In proc. of the 5th International Workshop on Remote Sensing and GIS Applications to Forest Fire Management: Fire Effects Assessment. Pp 167-172. Zaragoza. 16-18th June. (Paper)

▪ KALABOKIDIS, K. KALLOS, G. KARAVITIS, C. CABALLERO, D. BEKMAN, H. LLORENS, J. NICOLOYANNI, E. (2002) "Automated fire and flood hazard protection system (AUTO-HAZARD PRO)". In proc. of 4th International Conference on Forest Fire Research.Luso, Portugal, November

▪ BELTRÁN, I. CABALLERO, D. RUIZ, E. SÁNCHEZ, R. XANTHOPOULOS, G. (2002) "Some particularities and findings in the characterization of forest fuels in Tenerife Island (Spain)". In proc. of 4th International Conference on Forest Fire Research. Luso, Portugal, 18th November.

▪ NICOLÁS, J.M. CABALLERO, D. (2001) "Demanda territorial de defensa contra incendios forestales. Un caso de estudio: Comunidad de Madrid". Congreso Forestal Español. Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones, Granada, Spain. 25-28th September.

▪ NICOLAS, J.M. CABALLERO, D. (2000) "The role of Geo-databases in the strategy of forest fire defence. A case study: Madrid province (Spain)". Poster in the Euromediterranean Wildfire Meetings of the Millennium & Forest Fire Research Special Session. Hyères Les Palmiers, France, 25-27 October. (Poster)

▪ ΚΑΛΛΙΔΡΟΜΙΤΟΥ, Δ. ΠΑΠΑΧΡΗΣΤΟΥ, Π. ΜΠΟΝΑΖΟΥΝΤΑΣ, Μ. CABALLERO, D. (1999).”FOMFIS: συστημα διαχειρισης και προληψηςτων δασικων πυρκαγιων”. 1ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο "Γεωγραφικά Συστήματα Πληροφοριών – Δυνατότητεςκαι Εφαρμογές, Προοπτικέςκαι Προκλήσεις"- Ελληνικη Εταιρεια Γεωγραφικων Συστηματων Πληροφοριων. 6 Δεκεμβρίου.

▪ KALLIDROMITOU, D.; BONAZOUNTAS, M.; PAPACHRISTOU, P.; CABALLERO, D (1999)."Forest Fire Management and Fire Prevention System". 14th ESRI European Users Conference, Munich, Germany. 15-17th November.

▪ DENORE, B. CABALLERO, D. (1998) "FOMFIS: Systeme d’information de gestion de la foretet de prevention contre les feux de foret".Utilisation des SIG et de la télédétection pour la Défense des Forêts Contre l’Incendie. FOREXPO 1998, Bordeaux, France, 10-12th June.

▪ SEVILLA, R. CABALLERO, D.(1997) "FOMFIS: Un sistema de planificación y gestión integral de incendios forestales". In proc. of I Seminario Nacional del Estado de la Investigación y el Desarrollo en Protección Contra Incendios Forestales, pp. 283-288.



Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Lugo, Spain, 20-21st March.

▪ MARTÍNEZ-MILLÁN, F.J., VIGNOTE, S.; MARTOS, J.; CABALLERO, D. (1993) "Simulación de la Propagación y Combate de Incendios Forestales". In proc. of "Congreso Forestal Nacional", Lourizán, Spain.

▪ MARTÍNEZ MILLÁN, J. MARTOS, J. VIGNOTE, S. CABALLERO, D. (1993) "Sistemas de Gestión de Espacios Naturales". In proc. of "Congreso Forestal Nacional", Lourizán, Spain.

▪ BALGAÑÓN, M.; CABALLERO, D. (1993) "SILVEX, Un Programa de Simulación de Tratamientos Selvícolas". In proc. of "Congreso Forestal Nacional", Lourizán, Spain.

▪ MARTÍNEZ-MILLÁN, F.J. MARTOS, J. VIGNOTE, S. CABALLERO, D. (1991) "CARDIN, Un Sistema para la Simulación de la Propagación de Incendios Forestales" MAPA-INIA. Investigación Agraria Serie Recursos Naturales Vol. 0 December

▪ MARTÍNEZ-MILLÁN, F.J. MARTOS, J. VIGNOTE, S. CABALLERO, D. (1990) "CARDIN A Computer System for the Simulation of Forest Sire Spread". 1st International Conference on Forest Fire Research. Coimbra, Portugal. 19-22 November.(Poster).

▪ MARTÍNEZ-MILLÁN, F.J. MARTOS, J. VIGNOTE, S. CABALLERO, D. (1990) "CARDIN: Fire Spread Simulation System". In proc. of IUFRO XIX World Congress, Division 4. Montreal, Canada. 5-11 August.

Recent participation in conferences

▪ SICUR 2020 Incendios forestales: avanzando en soluciones para la Interfaz Urbano Forestal. AESPI Tecnifuego. Madrid, Spain, February 2020.

▪ Maratón de Formación en Incendios Forestales: Ciencia y Gestión Integral. “Lecciones observadas en incendios recientes. Análisis del riesgo de incendio y el diseño preventivo”. Universidad de Lleida. Lleida, Spain, January 2020.

▪ FIRECAMP 2019. “Evaluación y prevención del riesgo de incendios de interfaz urbano-forestal”. CIM Alto Minho. Viana do Castelo, Portugal. November 2019.

▪ VI Jornada de Seguridad Global Desde una Perspectiva Municipal. Experiencias y lecciones observadas para la planificación municipal frente a incendios forestales. Arucas. Cabildo de Gran Canaria. Canary Islands, Spain. November 2019.

▪ Mediterranean Security Event 2019 - MEDEA Workshop. EARTO / ENLETS / EC Security Research. Heraklio, Greece, October 2019.

▪ II Jornada Técnica Lucha contra Incendios Forestales. “El reto de la mesoescala de interfaz urbano-forestal”. Tecnifuego / APTB / ASELF. Madrid, Spain, October 2019.

▪ APICI 10º Congreso Internacional de Ingeniería de Seguridad Contra Incendios. “Innovación en seguridad ante incendios (SAI) sobre incendios forestales. Nuevas tendencias”. September 2019, Madrid, Spain.

▪ Trobada de responsables municipals per a la prevenció dels incendis forestals a Illes Balears. “El peligro de incendio forestal es real”. Conselleria Medi Ambient i Territori GOIB. July-October 2019.

▪ NFPA Conference and Exhibition. San Antonio, TX. Session T51- “Surviving wildfire threats in the WUI in Europe: lessons learned from Greece, Spain and Portugal”. June.

▪ Security Research Event (SER). Workshop for journalists. European Commission DG Migration and Home Affairs, Bruselas, December 2018. Panelist in the roundtable.

▪ V Jornadas Técnicas. La prevención de incendios forestales. Percepción social. Fundación Pau Costa, JCCLM, REE, Toledo, 19

th November 2018. “La prevención de

incendios en zonas residenciales, ejemplos de buenas prácticas en Torrelodones, Madrid”.

▪ 6th Safety & Security Conference PROTEGER 2018. APSEI, Lisboa, November 2018.

“Wildfire and urban fire interface”.

▪ 8th International Conference on Forest Fire Research 8ICFFR. ADAI, Coimbra,

November 2018. “Approaches for the transformation of the WUI mesoscale”.

▪ Forum Catalan Wildfire Research. CERTEC, Pau Costa Foundation, Barcelona, November 2018. “The Greece fires of 2018”.

▪ Foro Internacional de Incendios Forestales en Latinoamérica. Pau Costa Foundation, Córdoba, Argentina, 18th October 2018. “Realidad y retos de los incendios de interfaz: preparándose para el futuro”.

▪ AF3 Workshop on Fire Modelling. Istituto Superiore Antincendi – Vigili del Fuoco. Rome, 22nd June 2017. “Wildland-urban interface fires in the Mediterranean area”.

▪ International Wildfire Risk Reduction Workshop. National Fire Protection Association Conference & Expo 2017. Boston (MA), 6th June 2017.

▪ Workshop on prevention planning at different scales in the WUI: Experience in Europe.



National Fire Protection Association Conference & Expo 2017. Boston (MA), 5 thJune 2017.

▪ Seminário Incêndios no interface urbano/rural. Escola Nacional de Bombeiros. Leiria (Portugal), 6 maio 2017. “Forest Fires in the WUI: a framework to the problem”.

▪ Jornadas de participación ciudadana en la prevención de incendios y gestión de la emergencia. La interfaz urbano-forestal: gestión del riesgo para una defensa efectiva. 19-21 abril 2017. Villade Mazo, La Palma, Canarias. Gobierno de Canarias, Cabildo de La Palma, Plataforma Fran Santana.

▪ GEOSAFE Conference - State of the art in RTD for wildfire prevention and suppression. 6-7 abril2017, Aix-en-Provence. “WUIWATCH project: relationship between prevention and operations in the WUI”.

▪ FORESTERRA Conference - Fire Risk at the WUI in the European Mediterranean Countries. 7 marzo 2017, Madrid. ”The role of municipalities and owners in the management of the wildland urban interface in Spain”.

▪ 14th International Wildland Fire Safety Summit. 31 enero 2017, Barcelona. “Identifying defensible spaces at the micro and meso scales: some examples in Mediterranean WUI”.

▪ WUIWATCH 4º Workshop sobre operaciones y seguridad en los incendios de IUF. 12 diciembre 2016, Cheste. “El proyecto WUIWATCH. Relación entre prevención y operación en la interfaz”.

▪ XXXVIII Foro INIA sobre Incendios Forestales. 30 noviembre 2016, Madrid. “Índices de riesgo y peligro de incendios: herramientas para la planificación de la prevención de incendios”.

▪ Jornada Técnica: prevención de incendios forestales en la IUF. 22 noviembre 2016, Málaga. “Lecciones aprendidas en los incendios de interfaz de 2016: la necesidad de la prevención y la autoprotección”.

▪ WUIWATCH 3º Workshop on Human Factors and Safety. 24 mayo 2016, Aix-en-Provence, Francia.“Human factor and prevention planning: a matter of agreement and commitment”.

▪ REDFORESTA 2016 El camino hacia la innovación tecnológica en la ingeniería forestal. 05 mayo 2016, Palencia. “Retos y experiencias en la planificación preventiva frente a incendios en la interfaz”.

▪ I Seminario sobre actuaciones de prevención, seguridad y extinción en zonas de IUF. 10 noviembre 2015, CENCA, Madrid. “Aplicación de mapas de riesgo sobre las actuaciones preventivas”.

▪ I Trobada de responsables municipals per a la prevenció d’Incendis Forestals. 30 julio 2015, Palma de Mallorca. “El perill d’ Incendi Forestal és real. Risc en Interfase Urbà Forestal”.

▪ EFIRECOM International workshop on wildfire risk culture and communication. 08 julio 2015, Solsona. “Using fire risk planning for education, the WUI experience”.

▪ II Intl. Conf. On Fire Behaviour and Risk ICFBR. 26 mayo 2015, Alghero, Italia. “Wildland -Urban Interface Forest Fire Risk Observatory and Interest Group in Europe WUIWATCH”.

▪ WUIWATCH 1st Workshop on Prevention and risk mapping. 25 mayo 2015, Alghero, Italia. “State of the art in prevention, risk mapping and legislation, overview”.

▪ Intl. Conf. Large forest fires. Prevention, suppression and lessons learned. 19 mayo 2015, Olimpia, Grecia. “Wildfires in the rural areas: lessons learnt in the wildland-urban

interface”.

▪ Jornada de sensibilización interna sobre reutilización y datos abiertos. 10 febrero 2015, Madrid. “MeteoGrid: un ejemplo de uso de datos abiertos”.

▪ VII International Conference on Forest Fire Research. 17-21 Noviembre 2014, Coimbra. “Advances and challenges to mapping fire risk in the W-UI using LiDAR telemetry”.

▪ Jornadas de incendios de interfase agrícola-urbano forestal. 27-28 Noviembre 2014. San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife. Gobierno de Canarias. Dirección General de Seguridad y Emergencias. “Problemática General de los Incendios de Interfaz”.

▪ Jornadas técnicas sobre incendios forestales en entornos de interfaz rural y educación ambiental. Toledo, 26-27 Noviembre 2014. Junta de Castilla-La Mancha, Fundación Pau Costa, Red Eléctrica de España. “Cartografía del riesgo por incendios forestales en la IU-F”.

▪ Jornada Tècnica: Reptes de la Prevenció i Extinció d’Incendis Forestals en el Mediterrani. “Gestió preventiva contra els incendis en zona d’Interfase urbana-



forestal”. Palma de Mallorca, julio 2014.

▪ Jornada Técnica sobre la Interfase Urbano-Forestal: Planes de Autoprotección contra Incendios Forestales. “Los Planes de Autoprotección: su necesidad y problemática”. Madrid, julio 2014.

▪ Workshop on integrating wildfire risk in the urban and spatial planning: Review of knowledge and practices. “Interfaz Urbano-Forestal: Integración del riesgo por incendio en la planificación”.Solsona, España, junio 2014.

▪ Foro SICUR: Incendios Forestales, la problemática de la Interfaz Urbano-Forestal. “El entorno urbano forestal”. Madrid, febrero 2014.

▪ Comité de Lucha contra Incendios Forestales (CLIF 2013). “Foro permanente de interés sobre incendios forestales en la interfaz”. CENCA San Fernando de Henares, España, noviembre 2013.

▪ VI Simposio Nacional sobre Incendios Forestales. “Hacia un modelo global para la defensa contra incendios forestales en zonas de interfaz: presentación del plan de trabajo”. Sant Joan d'Alacant, noviembre 2013.

▪ Conferencia ESRI España 2013. “Avances y retos en la cartografía del riesgo por incendio en la Interfaz Urbano-Forestal”. Madrid, octubre 2013.

▪ International conference on forest fire risk modelling and mapping: Vulnerability to forest fire at wildland-urban interfaces. “Advances and challenges to mapping fire risk in the W-UI using LiDAR telemetry”. Aix en Provence, Francia, octubre 2013.

▪ Seminarios Técnicos sobre Incendios Forestales. “Utilización de redes sensoriales inalámbricas en el marco del Sistema de Defensa Contra Incendios Forestales (SIDEINFO) para alerta temprana y monitorización de la emergencia”. CENCA San Fernando de Henares, mayo 2013.

Recent projects

▪ Collaboration in the Copernicus Emergency Management Service Mapping Validation (Order 01_EMSV064).

▪ Main researcher in Vulnerable Elements in Spain and Portugal and Risk Assessment project (VESPRA) EC DG ECHO.

▪ Service for the development of an Early Warning System and survey of forest fires in Andalusia Autonomic Region (2021)

▪ Forest fire prevention and action plan for the municipality of San Antony de Portmany, Balearic Islands, Spain (2021).

▪ Forest fire prevention plan of Jarabeltrán Community, Madrid Autonomic Region, Spain (2020-2021).

▪ Forest fire prevention plan of La Pizarrera Community, Madrid Autonomic Region, Spain (2020-2021).

▪ Technical director of the elaboration of prevention plans for the municipalities of Menorca Island, Balearic Islands, Spain (2020-2021).

▪ Forest fire prevention and action plan for the municipality of Santa Eulària des Riu, Balearic Islands, Spain (2020).

▪ External expert evaluator for EC REA EASME H2020 call for Multi-hazard risk management for risk-informed decision-making in the EU (April 2020).

▪ Forest fire prevention plan of Los Barrancos Community, Madrid Autonomic Region, Spain (2019)

▪ Main researcher in WUIVIEW Wildland-Urban-Interface VIrtual Essays Workbench

(ECHO/2018/826522). European Commission DG ECHO, years 2019-2021.

▪ Implementation of a forest fire prevention plan in the municipality of El Escorial, Madrid Autonomic Region, Spain (2019).

▪ Forest fire prevention planning of the Ciudad San Ramón Community, Madrid Autonomic Region, Spain. (2018)

▪ Assessment and mapping of the wildland-urban interface in Girona province, Spain.. Development and implementation of the WUIX index (2018).

▪ Elaboration of the report “Protect the forest, protect your house”, Greenpeace (2018).

▪ Forest fuel modeling and mapping of Balearic Islands, Spain (2018-2019).

▪ Forest fire prevention plan in Majadahonda municipality, Spain (2018).

▪ Development of Early Warning Systems for agriculture, hydrological and forest fire risks in the Republic of Nicaragua (2018-2019).

▪ Development of Early Warning Systems for agriculture, hydrological and forest fire risks in the Republic of Honduras EXP. AECID 2016/ACDE/001958 (2018-2019).

▪ Implementation of the Emergency Plan for forest fires in the municipality of



Torrelodones (2018).

▪ Training programme for the extinction operation for intervention in areas of Urban-Forestry Interface in the Balearic Islands (February 2017)

▪ Integrated Climate Adaptation Service Tools for Improving Resilience Measure Efficiency CLARITY (EC H2020 SC5-01-2016-2017), years 2017-2020.

▪ Advice on fire risk in interface areas in La Devesa, Valencia. Valencia City Council, MediXXI. October 2016.

▪ Member of the advisory committee of the FIREXTR Fire Smart Territory project.

Portugal.

▪ Cartography of the vulnerable elements of the Community of Madrid. Fire Department of the Community of Madrid. 2016.

▪ Local Civil Protection Plan for Forest Fire Emergencies in the Municipal District of Torrelodones. 2016. EU Exchange of Experts Sweden and Spain to Portugal 2016. Forest Fire Research and Prevention. 15-18 marzo 2016.

▪ Technical Plan of Preventive Actions against Forest Fires in the Municipality of Torrelodones Phase II: La Berzosilla. 2016.

▪ Local Civil Protection Plan for Forest Fire Emergencies in the Municipality of Valdemorillo. 2016.

▪ Elaboration of an Updated Map of Forest Fuels of the Community of Madrid. Fire Department of the Community of Madrid. 2016.

▪ Local Civil Protection Plan for the Municipality of El Boalo against Forest Fires. 2016.

▪ EU Exchange of Experts Portugal and Spain to Sweden 2015. Forest Fire Research and Prevention. 2016.

▪ I&D&I service for the development of wind models in forest fires for the Doñana Biological Station. 2016.

▪ European Project Coordinator WUIWATCH Wildland-Urban Inteface Forest Fire Risk

Observatory and Interest Group in Europe (EC ECHO/SUB/2014/694556), years 2015-2016.

▪ Main researcher in the Spanish-Portuguese Meteorological information system for trans-boundary operations in forest fires SPITFIRE (ECHO/SUB/2014/693768), years

2015-2016.

▪ Technical Plan of Preventive Actions against Forest Fires in the Municipality of Torrelodones Phase I: Los Peñascales. 2014.

▪ Integrated service of propagation simulator and meteorological information applied to the prevention and extinction of forest fires. Government of the Balearic Islands (2014).

▪ Satellite remote sensing service and advanced fire simulator for forest fire defence in Spain. General Directorate of Civil Protection and Emergencies. Ministry of the Interior (2014).

▪ Self-protection plan for forest fire emergencies in the Cerro Alarcón I Urbanization. Cerro Alarcón Community of Owners (2014).

▪ Emergency Plan for forest fires in the municipality of Marugán (Segovia) and for the self-protection of the Siete Fuentes Urbanization. Marugán City Council (2013).

▪ Main researcher in the SmartUrbaN Services for Higher eNergy Efficiency SUNSHINE

(CIP-ICT-PSP-2012-6- 325161), years 2013-2015.

▪ Characterization of the Meteorological Episodes of Forest Fire in the Community of Madrid (2013-2014).

▪ Preparation and Implementation of Specific Forest Fire Risk Indexes for the Community of Madrid (2012-2013).

▪ Installation of Weather Station Network for Forest Fires. Fire Brigade of the Community of Madrid (2012-2013).

▪ Design and Development of New Methods and Techniques of Territory Analysis for Fire Risk Mapping in Urban-Forestry Interface Zones (2012).

▪ Development and Implementation of a Fire Hazard Index in the Basque Country (2012). Coordinador en España de las actividades de intercambio de experiencia sobre incendios forestales dentro del programa Leonardo da Vinci de la Comisión Europea con el Cuerpo Nacional de Bomberos de Polonia, Febrero 2012.

▪ SMART-ISLANDS: 3D Smart Webservices for Mediterranean Islands (2011-2014)

▪ Platform for Prevention and Management of Forest Fires in Urban-Forestry Interface Areas (2011-2014). PID CDTI.

▪ SIMIF Meteorological Information System and Forest Fires - Phase III. Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.



▪ Identification of urgent local prevention actions in the urban-forestry interface areas of the municipalities of the island of Ibiza (2011).

▪ Coordinator of the Service of elaboration and management of meteorological predictions for the defense against forest fires and natural risks in Andalusia. EGMASA (2011).

▪ Director of the project "Forest fire risk characterisation in the urban-forest interface in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia - Coastal zone of Malaga and Granada" (2011).

▪ Director of the project "Determination of urgent local prevention actions in the Urban-Forestry Interface areas of the municipalities of the Island of Ibiza", August 2011.

▪ Coordinator of the project "Study and diagnosis of forest fire risk in the urban-forestry interface in the Community of Madrid", May 2011.

▪ Director of the project "Regional Forest Fire Prevention Plan of the Territorial Section I, Peñalara Natural Park", May 2011.

▪ Organizer of the Technical and Dissemination Conferences on forest fires in the Urban-Forestry Interface in Andalusia, PYROSUDOE Project, March-April 2011.

▪ Director of the project "Forest fire risk characterisation in the urban forest interface of the Community of Navarra" (2010).

▪ Director of the project "Characterization of forest fire risk in the urban-forest interzaz urban areas of the interior of the province of Cordoba (t.m. Cordoba and t.m. Almodovar del Rio)", included in the European project "Culture of fire risk in areas of interface forest/habitat: PYROSUDOE" (Programme of Territorial Cooperation Southwest European Space), September 2010.

▪ Director of the project "Preliminary study and diagnosis of the risk of forest fire in the urban-forestry interface in the Autonomous Community of Valencia" (2010).

▪ ArcFire design and development of a custom webgis-based sw platform supporting the forest fire management. Epsilon International, Athens, Greece (2009-2010).

▪ Coordinator of the SIGYM Meteorology and Geographic Information Service for Early Warning and Risk Management of Forest Fires - Fire Brigade of the Community of Madrid (from 2009 to present).

▪ Director of the project "Forest Fire Risk Characterization in the Urban-Forestry Interface of the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands" (2009).

Past EC-funded research projects ▪ Main researcher in Sensor & Computing Infrastructure for Environmental Risks SCIER

(IST-5-035164), years 2006-2008.

▪ Main researcher in Open Architecture and Spatial Data Architecture for Risk Management ORCHESTRA (FP6-511678), years 2004-2007.

▪ Main researcher in Mediterranean Grid of Multi-Risk Data and Models MEDIGRID

(FP6-2003-Global-2-004044), years 2004-2006.

▪ Main researcher in and coordination committee member of the Euro-Mediterranean Wildland Fire Laboratory EUFIRELAB (EVR1-CT-2002-40028 ), years 2003-2006.

▪ Main researcher in Automated Fire And Flood Hazard Protection System AUTOHAZARD-PRO (EVG1-CT-2001-00057), years 2002-2004.

▪ General coordinator of Wildland-Urban Area Fire Risk Management WARM (EVG1-

CT-2001-00044), years 2001-2004.

▪ Main researcher in Electronic On-line Decision Support System for Forest Fires EFIS

(C26789), year 2001.

▪ Main researcher in Forest Fire Risk Hazard Assessment: A Holistic Approach FORFAIT (IST-1999-10649), years 2000-2002

▪ Main researcher in Environmental Venture Investment Information ENINFO (eTen

1998-2/ETEN-45604), year 1999.

▪ Technical coordinator of Forest Fire Management and Fire Prevention System FOMFIS (ENV4-CT96-0335), years 1997-1998.

Other research projects and activity

▪ Characterisation of wildland-urban interface in Portugal (2009). ADAI

▪ Characterisation of the wildland-urban interface in Spain. Ministry of Agriculture (2006)

▪ SILVEX, a forest management model. Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain (1996)

▪ DAC-1 a model for the dispersion of air pollutants. Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain (1995)

▪ DIGICAR, development of a dedicated Geographical Information System for the management of forest fires. Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain (1991)



▪ GESTOR, a model for the estimation of forest stand growth and forest management . Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain (1991)

▪ CARDIN a model for the simulation of forest fire spread. Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain (1991-1995)

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