Project duration: January 2025 – October 2025

This project led by Fenice Verde setting up a Wildfire Citizen Observatory aimed at facilitating Municipalities in compiling the Wildfire Registry and enabling local communities to report wildfires. According to Law 353/2000, Municipalities must update annually a database of wildfire to enforce post-fire environmental costraints, helping to prevent future man-made fires.
The project involves the design and development of a digital platform, in collaboration with PUSH,  which will allow citizens to submit their reports, providing additional data for the Wildfire Registry.
The framework is piloted with the Municipalities of Carlentini (Siracusa) and San Mauro Castelverde (Palermo), laying the groundwork for scaling up the initiative across Sicily.
The project, supported by SEF, is conducted in partnership with the Municipality of Carlentini, the Municipality of San Mauro Castelverde, and the National Higher Institute for Operational Civil Protection Training in Rome (INSFO PC). It has also received the patronage of the Department of Territory and Environment of the Sicily Region, the Regional Department of Civil Protection (DPRC Sicilia), and the Operational Coordination of Volunteer Organizations in the Sicily Region (COV).
The initiative is part of the Alliance of European Citizen Observatories established by the EU-funded Horizon project CitiObs, aimed at enhancing citizen observatories across Europe.