Gironde and Landes, France
#00235
OngoingRegion
Case study of
#00313 Create cross-region and international wildfire mutual aid
Implementer
French civil protection services with European mutual assistance
Location
Gironde and Landes, France44.6800, -0.7400
Description
The 2026 Gironde and Landes fires triggered a mutual-aid deployment involving French civil protection services and European assistance to manage a large-scale wildfire event requiring mass evacuation. The event and formal evaluation remain ongoing.
Lessons learned
- Extreme concurrent fire seasons can exceed both regional and national aerial and ground fleet capacity, making pre-negotiated international mutual-aid agreements operationally critical.
Documented Jul 30, 2026