Practice selected:Local capacity building

Training and supporting local communities to manage fire risks themselves (e.g. community-based fire brigades). It may include teaching complementary skills to the existing knowledge, enhancing their involvement in planning actions, providing tools and equipment, and strengthening local resilience to wildfires.

Wildfire investigation training: Field assessment of burned areas

“Brigadista” training in controlled burn conditions

“Brigadistas” during controlled burn support in Quilombola Mimoso territory

“Brigadista” training in drone operation for wildfire monitoring

“Brigadista” training in helicopter boarding and disembarking operations

“Brigadista” training in aerial water dropping coordination using Bambi Bucket

“Brigadista” training in ATV operation for wildfire response

Drone operation training for “brigadistas” at Brasília National Park

Quilombola “brigadistas” in nighttime wildfire suppression in Kalunga territory

Quilombola “brigadista” in wildfire suppression at Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park

Environmental education in Xerente Indigenous territory

Nighttime wildfire response with drone monitoring in Tenharim-Marmelos territory

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