Fire Danger Harmonization Based on the Fire Weather Index for Transboundary Events between Portugal and Spain

Portugal and Spain have a cross-border cooperation protocol on wildfires response for buffer strip of 25 km each side the border. In spite success this collaboration, there are issues to be improved, since Portuguese Spanish authorities use different methodologies assess daily fire danger. A methodology harmonize danger its interpretation by Civil protection in transboundary area is hereby presented. The index used Canadian Fire Weather Index (FWI), which requires input from meteorological data gives an indication intensity. class important decision support tool preventing fighting wildfires. Since meaning FWI values change region-to-region according specific characteristics, calibration process was performed based statistical values, number fires burned between 2005 2013. results harmonization five classes minimizes discrepancies across This has potential reproduced other areas.