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NERO Network @neronetwork.bsky.social · 14d

🔥 #XFIRE2025 is wrapped up!
Three days of active discussions, knowledge exchange, and networking are behind us. We return home with new insights, ideas, and friendships that will continue beyond Nicosia.
Thank you to all participants, speakers, and organizers who made this workshop a success! 🙏

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NERO Network @neronetwork.bsky.social · 20d

🔥 The wait is almost over!
#XFIRE2025 kicks off next week in Nicosia.
✅ Final programme now online – 3 keynotes, 4 invited talks, 4 sessions.
🔗 nero-network.eu/wp-content/u...
#Wildfires #ExtremeEvents #NERO

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NERO Network @neronetwork.bsky.social · 24d

🤝 Beyond science!
On 24 September, #XFire2025 hosts a Stakeholder Roundtable with reflections on policy, practice, and resilience in the face of extreme #wildfire events.
An opportunity to bridge research and real-world action.

NERO Network @neronetwork.bsky.social · 27d

🔥 Keynote at #XFIRE2025! We are delighted to welcome Dr. Mario Miguel Valero at the 1st International Workshop on Extreme Wildfire Events with his keynote talk: 🗣️ “The need to measure #extreme #fire behavior: #RemoteSensing advances, challenges and opportunities” 📅 25 Sept | 📍 Nicosia, Cyprus.

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NERO Network @neronetwork.bsky.social · Sep 8

🚨 Keynote Spotlight!
🔥 Prof. Domingos X. Viegas will deliver a keynote:
👉 “Oscillatory fire behavior in wildfire propagation”
A world-leading researcher on extreme wildfire dynamics, Prof. Viegas will share unique insights into fire spread mechanisms.

#WildfireResearch #ExtremeEvents #XFIRE2025

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NERO Network @neronetwork.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚨 Keynote Spotlight!
Dr. Francesca Di Giuseppe from ECMWF will address:
👉 “The promised revolution of ML to anticipate extreme fire behavior: Hype or reality?”
Don’t miss this opening highlight at X-Fire 2025 on 23 September in Nicosia.
#WildfireScience #MachineLearning #XFIRE2025

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NERO Network @neronetwork.bsky.social · Sep 2

🔗 Full programme available here: nero-network.eu/wp-content/u...

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NERO Network @neronetwork.bsky.social · Sep 2

📢🔥 Programme Announcement – #XFire2025
We are pleased to share the programme of the 1st International Workshop on Extreme Wildfire Events (X-Fire)!
📅 23–25 September 2025
📍 Nicosia, Cyprus
#ExtremeWildfire #Wildfire

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NERO Network @neronetwork.bsky.social · Aug 28

🔥 The 1st International Workshop on Extreme Wildfire Events (#XFire2025) is almost here!
Organized under #NERONetwork this 3-day event will gather leading experts to explore the modeling, observation, drivers, and management of #extremewildfire events.
Stay tuned -more highlights are coming soon!

NERO Network @neronetwork.bsky.social · Jul 28

🔥 STSM Spotlight: Advancing Fire Response at ANEPC 🔥
Irene González i Fernández and Paula Sanchez Gayet recently completed a #STSM at Portugal’s Autoridade Nacional de Emergência e Proteção Civil ( ANEPC).
Check out some snapshots of their work and time at ANEPC! 📸

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NERO Network @neronetwork.bsky.social · Jul 24

📄 Read the Gevye Fire Brief: nero-network.eu/news/nero-fi...

NERO Fire Brief: Sakarya, Gevye Wildfire – Türkiye, July 2025 – NERO

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NERO Network @neronetwork.bsky.social · Jul 24

🔥 Türkiye is facing an exceptionally severe wildfire season.
From the Gevye fire — now documented in our latest report — to a recent tragic event with reported casualties, extreme fire behavior is becoming more frequent.

We stand with affected communities.
#ExtremeWildfire #Wildfire #NERO #COST

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NERO Network @neronetwork.bsky.social · Jul 21

🌍 #STSM in Action: Dr. Francesco Bartoli in Valencia 🇮🇹➡️🇪🇸
Our colleague from D.R.E.Am. Italia is currently on an #STSM with VAERSA’s Forest Fire Prevention Unit in the Valencian Community focusing on:
🔥 Fire weather bulletin analysis
🛰️ High-res data & fuel dynamics
🗺️ Live fuel condition mapping

NERO Network @neronetwork.bsky.social · Jul 8

📄 Read the report 👉 zenodo.org/records/1583...
🔗 More deliverables 👉 nero-network.eu/deliverables

NERO – CA22164 – Fire Behavior Analysis Reports | Short Term Scientific Missions held at the National Authority of Emergency and Civil Protection (Portugal, 2024)

In 2024, NERO supported and promoted several Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) aimed at enhancing real-time wildfire analysis capabilities. These missions were conducted during the active fire se...

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NERO Network @neronetwork.bsky.social · Jul 8

🔥 New deliverable out now! 🔥
#FireBehavior #STSM reports are compiled in one place with results of STSMs conducted in #Portugal 2024
Covering major fires:
🔥 Alcabideche (Cascais)
🔥 Vimioso (Bragança)
🔥 Soutelo (Bragança)
🔥 Freixo de Espada à Cinta
🔥 Padrão (Castelo Branco)

#NERO #COST

NERO – CA22164 – Fire Behavior Analysis Reports | Short Term Scientific Missions held at the National Authority of Emergency and Civil Protection (Portugal, 2024)

In 2024, NERO supported and promoted several Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) aimed at enhancing real-time wildfire analysis capabilities. These missions were conducted during the active fire se...

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NERO Network @neronetwork.bsky.social · Jul 5

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NERO Fire Brief: İzmir, Çeşme Wildfire – Türkiye, July 2025 – NERO

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NERO Network @neronetwork.bsky.social · Jul 5

🔥 NERO Fire Brief – İzmir, Çeşme 🇹🇷

2 July 2025: A fast-moving #wildfire near Ildır village spread rapidly in strong winds & dry maquis shrubland.

🌿 ~9,000 ha burned, #spotting & #fast_spread forced village evacuations & highway closures.

#Wildfire #Türkiye #NERO #ExtremeFire #COST

NERO Fire Brief: İzmir, Çeşme Wildfire – Türkiye, July 2025 – NERO

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NERO Network @neronetwork.bsky.social · Jul 2

📄 Read full brief: nero-network.eu/news/nero-fi...

NERO Fire Brief: İzmir, Orhanlı Wildfires – Türkiye, June 2025 – NERO

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NERO Network @neronetwork.bsky.social · Jul 2

🔥 NERO Fire Brief – İzmir, Orhanlı 🇹🇷
29 June 2025: Two #wildfires broke out near Orhanlı and came close to merging - but didn’t.
👉 Merging fire fronts can create #extreme, unpredictable fire behavior.
Even without merging, these fires showed #ExtremeWildfire traits: rapid spread & spotting

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NERO Network @neronetwork.bsky.social · Jun 30

NERO Fire Brief: Sakarya, Taraklı Wildfire – Türkiye, June 2025 – NERO

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NERO Network @neronetwork.bsky.social · Jun 30

🔥 NERO Fire Brief – Sakarya, Taraklı 🇹🇷
Nearly 150 wildfires hit Türkiye in June 2025. The Taraklı fire showed #ExtremeWildfire behavior: ~37 ha burned in 1.5 hrs, pyroconvection & wind-driven spread.
📄 Read more in our Fire Brief
#Wildfire #Türkiye #NERO #COST

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NERO Network @neronetwork.bsky.social · Jun 24

📷 Full report: nero-network.eu/news/nero-fi...

NERO Fire Brief: Extreme Wildfire Event in Pisak-Mimice, Croatia – June 2025 – NERO

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NERO Network @neronetwork.bsky.social · Jun 24

🔥 We published NERO Fire Brief – Pisak-Mimice, Croatia 🇭🇷
On June 21, 2025, a wind-driven wildfire burned ~300 ha across Pisak, Marušići & Mimice.
🌬️ Gusts: 22 m/s
🔥 Rapid spread, spotting, extreme behavior

#Wildfire #Croatia #NERO #ExtremeWildfire #COST

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NERO Network @neronetwork.bsky.social · Jun 11

🔥 Submissions for #XFire2025 are now closed!
We received a fantastic number of high-quality abstracts — thank you! 🙌
The review process is now underway. Please be patient as we evaluate all contributions.
Stay tuned for updates!
#WildfireResearch #COST #NERO

NERO Network @neronetwork.bsky.social · Jun 9

📢 Check out this opportunity!

A new training event on Extreme Weather Events is coming up – organized by @ewedproject.bsky.social‬
and open to interested participants.

EWED @ewedproject.bsky.social · Jun 6

📢 Open training alert!
📌 Theoretical and practical sessions on #EWEs, free of charge. Coffee breaks and lunches during the teaching day, included.
📌 Places limited!
🚨 Register by 4 July
All the ℹ, including the registration form: civil-protection-knowledge-network.europa.eu/events/ewed-...

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