Drought and forest fires

   This WDR documentary uses archive footage to tell the story of the major fires and gives eyewitnesses, rescuers and helpers a chance to have their say.
   2020
   Northrine-Westphalia, Germany
   Federation of European Fire Officers (FEU)
   Social Media
   County
   During
   Real-world
   Wildfire
   The forest is burning: 45 major forest fires raged in NRW in 2020 alone. Climate change - right on our doorstep.
   
   
   
   
   Making Information Accessible, Targeting Communication
   
   Creating awareness about increasing risks of wildfires because of a sequence of years with drought periods
   
   
   Cross-border cooperation of fire services
   
   
   
   ARD, WDR
   

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Created: 18 November 2023
Last edited: 28 November 2023

This WDR documentary uses archive footage to tell the story of the major fires and gives eyewitnesses, rescuers and helpers a chance to have their say.

Hazard:

Wildfire

Year:

2020

Location:

Northrine-Westphalia, Germany

Scale:

County

Involved Organisations:

ARD, WDR

Publishing Organisation

Federation of European Fire Officers (FEU)

Category

Real-world

Theme

Social Media

Thematic

• Making Information Accessible
• Targeting Communication

Disaster Management Phase

During

Description

The forest is burning: 45 major forest fires raged in NRW in 2020 alone. Climate change - right on our doorstep.

What was the overall goal of the Use Case?

Creating awareness about increasing risks of wildfires because of a sequence of years with drought periods

What worked well and could be recommended to others?

Cross-border cooperation of fire services