The Wildfire response system in Slovenia is divided into two parts: Into the Sub-Mediterranean fire-prone part, and into the inland part. The current Slovenian system and capacity for fighting wildfires throughout the country is mainly based on large fire trucks. There are about 1000 large multi-purpose fire trucks with powerful water pumps holding between 2000 and 15000 L of water. They are wider than 240 cm and their pipelines are about 300 m long. However, there are also several smaller firefighting vehicles with water, which are not so numerous and well distributed across the country and most of which are not sufficient for autonomous operations on severe wildfires. Access of most common bigger fire trucks into the forest in case of wildfire is provided with systematically maintained forest and fire roads with a width of at least 3 m. Their operational impact zone was defined as 250 m on each side. Although several kilometers of fire roads have already been built in the Sub-Mediterranean part of Slovenia, only 52.8% of the forests in this part are considered accessible for large fire tucks. The rest—the Slovenian inland forest—is much more accessible at 67.9%. In order to accurately allocate future needs for mechanization and infrastructure, the wildfire response system should be improved through some organizational reforms.

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Accessibility of Slovenian Forests for Firetrucks

  • Jaša Saražin

摘要

The Wildfire response system in Slovenia is divided into two parts: Into the Sub-Mediterranean fire-prone part, and into the inland part. The current Slovenian system and capacity for fighting wildfires throughout the country is mainly based on large fire trucks. There are about 1000 large multi-purpose fire trucks with powerful water pumps holding between 2000 and 15000 L of water. They are wider than 240 cm and their pipelines are about 300 m long. However, there are also several smaller firefighting vehicles with water, which are not so numerous and well distributed across the country and most of which are not sufficient for autonomous operations on severe wildfires. Access of most common bigger fire trucks into the forest in case of wildfire is provided with systematically maintained forest and fire roads with a width of at least 3 m. Their operational impact zone was defined as 250 m on each side. Although several kilometers of fire roads have already been built in the Sub-Mediterranean part of Slovenia, only 52.8% of the forests in this part are considered accessible for large fire tucks. The rest—the Slovenian inland forest—is much more accessible at 67.9%. In order to accurately allocate future needs for mechanization and infrastructure, the wildfire response system should be improved through some organizational reforms.