During the VALKYRIES Project, a series of use cases and demonstrators will be developed placing an emphasis on cross-frontier and cross-sectorial BLOS (Beyond Line of Sight) scenarios, where the usual communications infrastructure could have been damaged, and emergency response teams are deployed without an accurate view of the operation environment.
The incident begins in Spain and progresses rapidly towards Portugal, affecting a Natural Park and endangering several border towns.
News on the incident suggests that it is an intentional fire that threatens several urbanized areas in the middle of the mountain and with an extensive wooded area. The intensity of the fire, together with the large extension of the burned ground and the weather situation, requests the authorities to activate the regional emergency plan, requesting the intervention of the military emergency unit. Under these circumstances, coordination between different stakeholders is crucial to minimize human and material damages.