Technical Methods Supporting Forest Fire Suppression

Abstract

Forest fires are major challenges for the professional firefighters. As a result of global climate change, the average number of the forest fires has increased all over the world.These forest fires lead to significant damages and firefighting costs, so the problem needs a solution from the fire prevention and from the operation sector.

This paper presents solutions of the two sectors through Hungarian and international examples. Hungarian and international technical solutions are presented to prevent forest fires and making the operation more effective, mainly in connection with the development of artificial water resources.

As a result of the paper forest fire prevention methods can determine, which can effectively assist the intervening forces in the effective firefighting. By doing so, fire costs can be reduced, which means more savings to the economy.