Gironde and Landes, France
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OngoingRegion
Implementer
French civil protection services with European mutual assistance
Location
Gironde and Landes, France44.6800, -0.7400
Description
The 2022 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. European mutual-aid mechanisms (EU Civil Protection Mechanism) were activated to supplement national aerial and ground fleet capacity that was exceeded by concurrent fire seasons.
Lessons learned
- Extreme concurrent fire seasons can exceed both regional and national aerial and ground fleet capacity, making pre-negotiated international mutual-aid agreements (such as the EU Civil Protection Mechanism) operationally critical before a crisis occurs.