Integrated fire management

Global Fire Management Hub

Introduction The Fire Hub brings together key partners to assist countries in building capacities to implement integrated fire management to reduce the negative impacts of wildfires on livelihoods, landscapes and global climate stability.
Start date 01/01/2024
Status Ongoing
Activities

The Fire Hub’s work is divided into five main pillars:

  • Knowledge and data sharing: definition of major fire concepts; publications; technical advice on integrated fire management; workshops and events, and easy access to datasets and products.
  • Capacity building: training with national actors; mentoring programme for young fire experts.
  • Wildfire resilient communities: Indigenous and traditional knowledge; community-based fire management; gender, equity, diversity and inclusion.
  • Fire risk reduction and early warning: wildfire risk assessment methods and tools, including post-fire loss and damage; early warning systems. 
  • IFM policy development and support: incorporating integrated fire management into national and subnational policies; support for regional fire networks.
  • Outputs of the Fire Hub’s work will include the promotion of holistic approaches nationally and subnationally, enhanced global collaboration and stakeholder understanding, inclusive participation of indigenous, rural communities and other underrepresented groups, and improved coordination and communication at international, regional, and national levels to elevate the profile of IFM.