Deliverable 4.3 Documentation on the INFRA service and its functionalities

In this report the development of an Arctic PASSION (Pilot) Service for wildfires, INFRA (Integrated Fire Risk mAnagement), and its functionalities are presented. INFRA aims to incorporate data from observation networks and services, integrate them into a central system and transform them into useful information that can be disseminated to end-users, such as indigenous communities and organizations, and municipalities..

Targets of INFRA are

(i) simplify access to relevant information/products which stem from diverse sources.

(ii) make possible to manage, integrate, select and transform such sets of information into a tailored product that is useful for the respective users.

Modular approach follow in developing INFRA helps to tailor the service to the user's needs.

The INFRA service is based on several modules and IT platforms, the most important being:

1 – INFRA-AEGIS – A web-GIS platform through which it is possible to present, combine and integrate all the informational layers produced by INFRA, or collected from many other sources and services.

2 – INFRA-SENTRY - A platform through which to distribute information and messages to users that can be easily adapted to specific needs.

The novelty of the INFRA service lies (i) in the attention to the local scale, and (ii) in having developed tools suitable for generating messages that are tailored to the category of users that are the intended target.

Interaction with users and the adaptation of products and functions to their needs are fundamental elements of INFRA. From the very beginning, dialog with various stakeholders contributed greatly in shaping the core concepts and aims of INFRA. This ongoing interaction has significantly influenced its development and the implementation of current functionalities.