Wildfire Preparedness
Wildfire Preparedness supports companies developing space-enabled services for wildfire risk assessment, fuel management, and long-term preparedness to reduce fire risks and strengthen resilience.
Funder: European Space Agency
Due Dates: September 1, 2026 (APQ opening) | December 1, 2026, 13:00 CET (APQ deadline)
Funding Amounts: Proof-of-concept studies: eligible activity costs up to €600,000, 9–12 months; pilot projects: case-by-case costs, 12–24 months; ESA co-funding depends on entity type and national authorisation
Summary: Supports companies developing commercially viable, space-enabled services for wildfire risk assessment, fuel management, and long-term preparedness.
Key Information: Registered companies need national funding authorisation and a multidisciplinary team with in-house space-data capabilities.
Description
Wildfire Preparedness is a non-competitive thematic call within the European Space Agency’s Wildfire Safety initiative, administered through ACCESS Business Applications and Space Solutions (BASS). It supports proof-of-concept studies and pilot projects that develop and demonstrate services to reduce wildfire likelihood, severity, and societal impacts before ignition or escalation. The focus is on practical, commercially sustainable services rather than pure academic research or basic scientific data exploration.
Priority areas are wildfire risk assessment, fuel management and landscape condition, and adaptation and long-term preparedness. Other use cases can qualify if they clearly contribute to pre-event risk reduction or long-term resilience. Satellite Earth observation, communications, or GNSS must be essential to the service, with clear added value over terrestrial alternatives. Solutions should support actionable decisions by land managers, planners, insurers, public authorities, or other preparedness stakeholders.
