Catalonia, Spain
#00240
SuccessRegion
Case study of
#00314 Use common incident command and interoperable communications
Implementer
GRAF, Fire and Forestry Actions Support Group of the Catalan Fire Service
Location
Catalonia, Spain41.8523, 1.5745
Description
Catalonia's GRAF (Fire and Forestry Actions Support Group) integrates specialist fire-behaviour analysis, strategic decision-making, and field operations within the Catalan Fire Service. The unit is embedded in the incident-command structure rather than operating separately, making it dependent on the wider command system and landscape-specific training.
Lessons learned
- A specialist fire-behaviour unit must be embedded within the incident-command and field-response system to be operationally effective — a standalone unit without those integrations does not replicate the capability.
Documented Jul 30, 2026