Forest Fire Glossary

The project MEDITERRANEAN FOREST FIRE FIGHTING TRAINING STANDARDIZATION" – MEFISTO funded by European DG ECHO (DIRECTORATE GENERAL EUROPEAN CIVIL PROTECTION AND HUMANITARIAN AID OPERATIONS), in 2016, aims to raise the preparedness level through an efficient and standardized training protocol developed by a representative network of Mediterranean stakeholders, addressing to new opportunities for interoperability between Mediterranean training centers, allowing international cooperation against disasters related to forest fires.

The establishment of a common language is crucial for increasing effective collaboration during fire fighting activities, having a key role in the sharing of experiences and knowledge between different countries. Through a shared standardization of terms and concepts MEFISTO Project ( https://www.mefistoforestfires.eu ) produced the European Forest Fire Fighting Multilanguage Glossary, available both in ready-to-print PDF version ( https://www.mefistoforestfires.eu/content/common-terminology-and-good-practices ) and as a multulanguage glossary mobile app for forest fire professionals and specialist.

The MEFISTO European Forest Fire Fighting Multilanguage Glossary mobile app allows a quick translation of terms and definitions among the five languages. A search function makes very easy to search for translation of specific terms. Another function allows sorting the terms included in the glossary in alphabetical order.

The glossary have been produced joining three already available glossaries:
European Glossary for Wildfires and Forest Fires
Alpine Forest Fire Glossary
Forest Fire Fighting Terms Handbook
Starting from these “solid bases”, new terms suggested by forest fire experts and incident commanders from all of the MEFISTO partners’ countries has been added, translating all of the terms and definition in five languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese.

The development of the mobile App of the forest fire glossary was made by:
Rodrigo Gomez Conejo, CESEFOR – Spain
José Luis Sevillano Ruiz, CESEFOR – Spain
Marta Tejero Pascual, CESEFOR – Spain
Rocío Gallego García, CESEFOR – Spain

The glossary has been compiled by:
Andrea Laschi – GESAAF, Università degli studi di Firenze - Italy
Cristiano Foderi – GESAAF, Università degli studi di Firenze - Italy

The translation was made with the assistance and guidance of:
Enrico Marchi - GESAAF, Università degli studi di Firenze - Italy
Davide Travaglini - GESAAF, Università degli studi di Firenze - Italy
Fabio Fabiano – GESAAF, Università degli studi di Firenze - Italy
Gherardo Chirici – GESAAF, Università degli studi di Firenze - Italy
Fabio Salbitano – GESAAF, Università degli studi di Firenze - Italy
Gianluca Calvani, Tuscany Region - Italy
Giacomo Pacini, Tuscany Region - Italy
Paola Pasquinelli, Tuscany Region - Italy
Luca Tonarelli, DREAM ITALIA - Italy
Enrico Magnani, DREAM ITALIA - Italy
Simone Scopetani, DREAM ITALIA - Italy
Vitor Reis, Escola Nacional de Bombeiros - Portugal
José Ferreira, Escola Nacional de Bombeiros - Portugal
Verónica Catarino, Escola Nacional de Bombeiros - Portugal
Artur Gomes, Escola Nacional de Bombeiros - Portugal
Luis Pita, Escola Nacional de Bombeiros - Portugal
Jody Rato, Escola Nacional de Bombeiros - Portugal
Tiago Marinho, Escola Nacional de Bombeiros - Portugal
Ronan de Saint Germain, ENTENTE pour la Forêt Méditerranéenne - France
Louis Bonfils, ENTENTE pour la Forêt Méditerranéenne - France
Jean-pierre Blanc, ENTENTE pour la Forêt Méditerranéenne - France
Jean-Frédéric Biscay, ENTENTE pour la Forêt Méditerranéenne - France
Philip Tosello, ENTENTE pour la Forêt Méditerranéenne - France
Elena Blanco Lago, CESEFOR - Spain
Roberto Rubio Gutiérrez, CESEFOR - Spain
Enrique Rey Van Den Bercken, CDF (Centro para la defensa contra el fuego) - Spain
Víctor Fernández Huertas, CDF (Centro para la defensa contra el fuego) – Spain