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we've been seeing the effects of climate change for years now in germany to this year's fires were catastrophic. you know, and we can expect to repeat. the problem is excessive base it by rising temperatures, rid of g, i'm droughts, 5 sizes of squaring up to new challenges. this team, the issue of fighting forrest bias and wi fi has been neglected for a long time. it's been a minor part of 5 fight as training programs, but now many fund advises having a rethink, throwing their weight behind new strategies. and oh no how? it's only been, i mean, we need to be changing the landscape, investing much more in prevention meets our goal, is to completely recovers the forest. at the worst case, it must be complete. the protecting of forests has never been more urgent. can we save them the

showing the fire whose boss, that's the job of these follow sizes in the can the 1st forest on the canary islands. one of them is to be as thomas, a manager with ad finance a tim and disaster management and g o. far as far as i one of the organizations specializations. it wasn't just we're here on grand canal are we are getting ready for the control burn. that's going to happen here on the mountain, the off the back, and we're putting on our protective gear. after another briefing, we'll be off when i get the most how this is joined by 18 of the participants from full countries. the technique that dunning today may sound crazy at 1st, the settings find it to the forest as a protective measure. cheat drought mean bron canarios, pine forest are dry as a bone. they can go up in flames at any time. the prescribed bones are tried and

tested prevention method here, $55.00 to add to toes. i'm an e mail has been running close is for. yes. i mean there's a motion for a long time. we just focused on putting out the fire fighting the fire. well, you have to not, and at some point is we realize that you can't and cycle to fire washing. you've got to work with it. and coordinates will not means tough physical look removing brush, creating 5 brakes. the 55 is from the u. k. poland gemini, and spain to be as follows, is a volunteer as far as 556 in regular life. he's a power medic. like many of the others, he's paid the costs fee out of his own pocket. 1500 euros. minus i was like, we're doing it alongside our main jobs giving in our heart and soul. your mind is now we're also carrying out prescribed burns of increasingly large areas in germany, and we're applying exactly what we've learned. tiers it down to here. so i reckon

it's money well spent and most of all the time, well invested funding prescribed funding is already common practice in many places, including the us, australia and southern europe and know it's playing and increasingly crucial role. so the north america has, like we've been seeing the effects of climate change for years now in germany to kind of this year's fires were catastrophic. and we can expect to repeat with these exercises of being organized by the spanish poll cost of foundations. the international organizations specializes in far as defined management and prevention . i'll be in position 3. tie in one of us to us we do hundreds of to the all do is preparation. the following is on. now let's participants start small for us with special kind of status. the flames quickly ripped through drawing needles, brush and bronchitis. the area were burning now won't burn during the next

vegetation phases, it will all be nice and green for the next few years. each fire images climate kenneth c o 2 into the atmosphere. but the control band encourages the growth of new gross is bushes and trees. they bind the previously mentioned volume of c o 2, making for close cycle through their efforts. tell us and the other volunteers are clearing far as debris and preventing the spread of a blaze that could jump to the trees. this approach to forest fire prevention is why the practiced in southern europe, but firefighters in northern europe need more experience paul coast foundation, co founder one come on you is working to bridge that gap. the south are made it to running country where we have been suffering fires for many years,

but now it's something new to many northern european countries. so the network has everything because the way that we can exchange that experience, i'm not the, the gang canaria exercise was tough, but instructive. as much fancy just it was a positive experience. we want to get people in germany more familiar with the idea of tactical fires, as well as showing that fire doesn't always have to be a bad thing because it's a space. this is the ad fire association has demonstrates that the importance of methods like these several times. like in 2022 in the east and german state of saxony. the as a valid fire raged. specialists were called in to help the is it so much as you can see how the human is underneath has completely burned out,

leaving the entire area open. it will continue to slowly small the and gradually disintegrate itself a long time ago. the team of volunteers baffles the ground, fired with hoes and shovels. alexander maia is in charge of the other. anything brown has to go. it's all humans and it's burning and smouldering. and just like on grand canal aria, they use breaks to keep the flames in check and carry out prescribed burns in the woods. this prevents the fire from devouring any more. if the ground is obviously it's exhausting, but it's working the entire area up to day. it was completely secured by an exposure, but so that'll slow things down source and we'll see you at funding now has about 500 members. the association was founded 20 years ago to help southern european fund crews during peak vault pharmacies and the know how i gained on these missions as turning out to be useful back home. germany as well and 5 risk has been

steadily rising since the 19 seventy's in recent years. more hot and dry periods have further increase the term so far as the bias. but until recently, local fire services have been focusing on other kinds of emergencies. to forget a traffic accident, an apartment fire requires different protective equipment. then if i'm out in the woods and it's obvious from my clothing, and it's all thin and a single layer, but still 5 per se, so that you can work 8 hours or a whole day in the blazing sunshine. the issue of finding forest buys and wild flies has been neglected for a long time. it's been a minor part of firefighters training teamwork reasons. one of the goals of ad fine is to plug these knowledge. gov. that's why they pulsing all know how gathered abroad to find fighting colleagues in germany

on the outskirts of eva, spider and brandon bug, to men of devising ways to save all forests, engineer cost and think shorter and forestry. scientists do yoga model or going to high tech rate. yeah, go ahead. so we've got our hot plate here. now we're going to load with the material to some of the are they prepared, especially experiment in their own lab or and that's home of my visibility, and i can vote west simulating as far as fi which emits the same gases that would be released in a real blaze and it's still just a very small fire, like a cigarette on the 1st floor, often by the board. at the other end is a device that could turn out to be something of a revolution. census that learn how to sniff out a forest fire and it's very early stages and uses ends with the sensors. sniff, smell the smoke and register that smells outcome. and the next time they're able to detect an incipient fire mackenzie,

an inch deals pump. they call the device and electronic nose software. it reveals whether the smouldering fire has been detected who these 2 s a of health reaction is a quarter of okay, you increase the cost by to the test and the lab is a success thing. so it is team updates every improvement, straight away in early forest by detection, every 2nd counts because it would help us to lock, right, because then the people flipped them yet. so here we've got the finished product with the solar cell and here the gas and so with the membrane on the gas. and so it is the key element of the electronic nose. with the help of artificial intelligence, it can detect individual gases in the air. at the tiniest wisp of smoke, it sounds the alarm. the technology is powered by climate friendly. so the energy

that 30 member international team is now working on enhancing the technology at 2 locations because every forest smells different things. so it's not a training. the nose is to recognize a variety of plants. so the senses can also be used in forest around the world. they don't keep distance. i'm optimistic that what we've established in the lab can be implemented in the forest, invited them to attend the shift change at the 5 station indignation town of the go in spain. 55 and my new ed lopez rodriguez is doing the hand of the 45 post the 45. the a great. so it's all in order, right? yes. one lopez rodriguez has been working for the

bump barrows for almost 30 years. he's deeply concerned about the sharp increase in forest fires, many of which now reach the edges of the town. the people this like for example, from here we can see a scorched eucalyptus forest. on the other side of the bay, there was a fire there about 3 or 4 weeks ago. i think once a month, if i finish woke up on time on us of all the countries in europe, spain is one of the worst effected by forest bias. on 2022 was a rank code breaking. yeah. more than 300000 tech to wind up in flames. in automatic, is it really normal that every summer thousands have hector's of land to burn? no, no, it's not natural at all. west for sure. natural forest fires do break out, but not like this continuous support. so if we want to stop the forest from burning

every summer of the month, we need to start thinking about what kind of forest we want. okay, most cadillac veto is surrounded by highly flammable mono. causes that's why the fi to is attacking the reset the problem. and in his free time exchanging his file size and guess what got me to work on. i a bit more, i don't know. why is it moving? okay, let's go for his targeting sauce, dining space, ease of tree, which is how much we're using these clamps to pull these australian blackwood side of the ground with the whole root if possible. right? even if some of it stays in the ground, the tree won't grow back to the left that nobody ever been. i can see a huge amount of cultures if you can look at this and australian blackwood were planted in spain for the woods and paper industry. the fostering trees are now out of control in many places, making them a serious fire risk. the,

the plantations of games and the ground as strongly as a bone, ideal conditions for forest fire. so you can see here very clearly how close together the trees can be, and then the case of forest it might as well be gun powder t to know what that good, especially if you consider that these trees are pirate fights. that doesn't mean a species that advances the spread of fire. the full power of 5 plants need fired to reproduce these seats on each of the nights when exposed to high temperatures. so trees, lots of blackwood acacia strife when it burns. but what's useful for the tree is a threat to a few minutes. that's why i'm unaware of the past rodriguez is slowly changing the fabric of the forest with the help of local school children. he founded his own association to carry out the work. now

a community of volunteers looks off to the forest around vehicle the this one is easy to pull out fatal, but this one is much more difficult. sometimes it's not a that's a long branch and it's much more complicated. must complete all the bones these natural fire, etc, runs, have been removed the replaced by variety of ceilings, elda, hazelnut volunteers, plus many different species of tree. this creates a climate friendly mixed forest, but stays cooler and more humid, which to test via the few kilometer is further on the fruits of fan day, the already visible. this is where the fi so initiation his project of to 25 years. the area has grown into a healthy mixed forest. killed us 50 as before, the,

let's see what species i can show you here. most of them, it was funny for example, meet almost hopefully you can see how the laurels are really thriving. oh scott, why is yours just like the oaks here in the scene. and luckily there is a crab apple tree over there. the must say, you know, by the such as trees now form attends kind of p of leaves fairly punishable by the rise of the sun. despite the high temperatures, as it stays humid here, making for a fire resistance forest. a still more, i'm very proud to have stuck with this project, a project run by an entire community, but i mean, it's something that gives my life of purpose. and that is indeed because i believe we're at a decisive point in the history of civilization and humanity that and i study of the if we don't take real action for them, but i mean, then it's not looking good. it's not a byproduct. i mean that's also why the firefighter and environmental list has some other interesting ideas of his sleeve involving animals

and random book, the ben, it's fire brigade is beginning a training exercise to be a thomas and his colleagues from at fire, a sharing new 1st fine, know how with the volunteer firefighters, me shall do a pump and roll here and rob, and we'll take you through the tools and you see the goal for today is that each station can practice on the fire or, and keep it under control. the have fun and good luck with group one. this group to i think he placed the funds on them. the fire brigades should learn to safely master the basics of fighting wildfire. so that means conserving water, not least due to climate change. they also need to get out of the vehicle and use tools to put out the fire and done with the most important selection of the devastation fires. and then it's the local fire brigade source help from the special ed club and show that demonstrates the tools needed for the job position.

this is a good grill. that's not a german name. it comes from portugal in spain come gets it multi to them. it has its disadvantages, it's the heaviest tool, as you'll see when we start shopping knocking. but although it's exhausting, look, it will help to send the fi later. the exercise is assessed for until he paused him on his been volunteering with the brigade for 5 years. but not to his office. yes. the 1st time i've used anything like this. we don't usually do basic stuff like this. but i'm really going for it. no, it's hard work. paused a moment as an engineer working in renewables. he's acutely aware of the danger that lies ahead. brandenburg is one of the most ard states in germany. that's policy due to the region sandy terrain, which draws out quickly. as temperatures rise, move walter, evaporates plants and soil with the exacerbating drought conditions. the tiniest

spot could trigger a catastrophe, is the 1st with desertification to protect it for this region in the coming decades . what we're doing here is increasingly important. excellent. we're already feeling the effects of climate change. it's a similar picture even further to the north recent burial forest fires in siberia, alaska and canada reeked have ox, c o. 2 emissions from world fires have spike drastically and recent years in 2020 the one day release. twice as much c o 2 as global aviation presenting bald fires on putting the brakes on climate change at fun. it is preparing fire brigades for the future. so maybe a minute, whenever we're out in the vehicle, we try to stay power low. it's fine if the vehicle is a slight distance from the fire oil, the shining demonstrates an efficient water saving technique for putting out fire safety. vicki ready? yes, it's good. with the pump and roll method,

the 55 is used in houses and worked directly on the fire the training for the real thing forest fire expert to be as follows, sets the field on fire. is the flames? don't jump the brakes. the bail, it's 55 has have done everything right. i paid it off of your now you can see what we learned this morning. i've got a fly that's totally wind driven. if there wasn't a break the, you could all mice traps to fly from behind. maybe it's kind of hard to the new the kid strips to find the fire. only the wind could dangerously find the flames. now, the professionals demonstrate what happens then. the patient spot fire westerly direction spot fire to the west. there's a patient, roger that will move in the firefighters,

get the flames quickly under control with just a few lease is a full set. any embers a put out with tools for the business brigade. this wasn't the newman a same day. yeah, yeah, it was great. really interesting also to see what's possible with that. what i have is that there are plenty of take away that i learned a lot that things i've never done before. to be honest and his crew also please verify the game and we provide the impetus and then it's up to the volunteer brigades to run with the ideas because god body could fit that the training ahead of the next well 5 season, which is starting earlier. and earlier, here in germany to the in stain prevention would counsel the suppose a 4 legged 5 fight is almost 300 coats live here on the farm and delicious northern

spain, 55 so many way lopez rodriguez, hopes they will help him faster, protect his forest, from any future places. oh i'm in highland was this good. i've heard so much about you. i really want it to meet you. yeah. good or bad stuff? no, the only good. only. good. precisely how these gods can help to prevent wild fires is demonstrated by the animals and how some federal menace the farm is in central kenesha surrounded by expensive woodlands. to stop these forests from catching fire came off some federal jimenez. the took goats deposited in the wood every day. each animal munches its way through, up to 3 to those of grosse and hey, every day. the animals spend all that time grazing on the underground along with cross smooth branches, dry wood, and leaves also on the menu, all of it,

honey, flammable steel. this is a gorse bush about all that is one of the biggest contributors to the spread of fire and we do when they dry out in the summer. it's like they form highways for the flames. they provide to me. but here that they'll show the goats keep the gorse and check with them, and disco doesn't, you're not going to ask you normally study of what are they going to. it's a natural and effective way to prevent find the phone and lives from the sale of the goats means far as maintenance is a simple but practical out on in the past, aggregate forestry with animals was also common place in countries like germany. the forest was used as a positive for god's cheap accounts, but as livestock when moved into stalls, the practice was precaution. occurring to european study office proves that these animal species reduce deadwood and forest. bringing goes back into the woods, can considerably less than the risk of fine. uh, it opens,

i've got an advert forestry practices are declining because real populations are also into kind hardly anyone lives in the country anymore. there aren't any shepherds like that's because it's getting harder and harder to make a living from farming. if your business is an intensive agriculture, i put them in think the c panel. i'd like to see if my experience could serve as an example of a sampler. midway, lopez rodriguez is sold on the idea of animals carrying out fire prevention work. he wants to bring goats into his woods very soon came, i know it's a special, our society needs many more people like him. i. and let us young people with a vision that with conviction, courage and engagement companies, you know, they strongly otherwise, but she wants to make the world a better place to get into that listed when the visual new out of new york rekindling old traditions to protect the forests strategy that could be exposed to other nations in brandon book,

things like getting serious. it's crunch time for the electronic forest fire. sniff is cost in plain show it to and his team of testing the early warning system. will it look okay. so big green the green material here, please. close to the fireball forestry scientist. young miller has been fascinated by wild fire since he was a boy. but you know, i grew up here in short, ida, i saw a wildfire at the age of 10. i saw the destruction and the animals running away. he ended to stay with me. the 50 the forestry scientist knows that the local connoisseurs pose a particular risk. 70 percent of old forest and brandenburg pine forests, a veritable powder keg. they catch fire quickly and then take the flames to residential areas. playing sure to hoops. his electronic noses will put a stop to bash. it is the time really is running out is we

need to act rapidly on a huge scale to counter this, threaten a threat that's already that. and that we're all sensing and saying good ones in a and king. so the 1st, the teen sets up a network of sensors and detecting fine gases and sounding via non one sense is enough for one heck to a sensor like this costs around 50 year ends to ensure health arrives as fast as possible. the signal has to get through a kid happens a lot, you're walking in the woods and at some point there's no mobile signal to solve that problem with setting up our own network in the forest using what's known as mesh gateways. the types of homes over not mesh gateways. these mesh gateways function like internet route is powered by so the energy, the sensors carry the alarm signal to the gateway on the edge of the forest. from here, the data is sent to an out by satellites and radium of today's test fi is secured

by the volunteer fire brigade pipeline, and we've got a larger group today. they want to observe as well. usually the fire brigade is only aware of the fi, one smoke has already started rising over the forest. but the senses we pulled the font as soon as it stops on the ground. each green spots on the computer monks a sensor has to have the 1st one's already going off right here. that one. that's why to the 2nd this month's really sick now comfortable. if you only, i just said please tell it. oh, that's amazing. that's brilliant. when you look how fast you've seen fires, you have to how the pores is burned and we're able to locate a potential fire before it gets underway. came from dias that so i can a little mini fire the sense is really do and show a 5 sizes are ahead of the game cubic money off the smoke hasn't even reach the

tree top and they've already sensed it no to this early detection would give us a time advantage of 10 minutes or a quarter of an hour, at least one minutes. now. the system could potentially nip destructive places in the bought customers in germany, the us, spain and greece already ordered sensors ahead of the 2023 wild fire season. i'm incentive for playing so to and milan to further home to technology and then we'll develop other senses to measure ground humidity and growth density. meso, l vision is to provide the far as with comprehensive protection and not just against the acute strengths of wild fires. auto swipe under this you to europe and other regions around the world are facing the prospect of new, perhaps even more devastating wild fires to protect our far as we need to act. there's no time to waste the

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