Particularities of Firefighter Intervention at Residential Buildings Outside of Settlements: a Case Study

Abstract

In many cases, firefighters must interfere with residential properties in the outskirts, often in difficult circumstances. Obviously, the number of people living in the outskirts is constantly increasing worldwide, and the need for farm-type isolation is growing, but with the tendency of moving from cities to nature, wildland–urban interface is gaining ground. The aim of paper is to increase fire protection for people living in farmsteads and other populated areas outside of settlements, but not on agricultural land. We are now facing year-round housing in such areas, which renders remediation activities more difficult for the organisations involved in the fire interventions. They may require extraordinary leader skills and special firefighting equipment, large numbers of firefighting forces, furthermore, the intervention can be exhausting due to its duration.