Abstract: |
There has been a notable increase in recent years in the use of aeroplanes and helicopters in the extinction of Spanish forest fires. As well as being extremely useful in combating fires, airborne units are costly to acquire, hire and operate. Since 1992, the Directorate-General for Nature Conservancy (DGNC) has maintained a database holding data on the details of every intervention by its airborne units. This paper demonstrates some of the uses to which this database can be put in order to determine the performance, improvements in certain aspects of logistics and infrastructure and operating efficiency of the aerial resources employed in Spain. |
