O tempo de resposta do ataque inicial a incêndios florestais nos espaços mais sensíveis de Portugal: o exemplo prático da serra da Lousã

The occurrence of forest fires requires the combination of favorable weather conditions, vegetation as the fuel and a source of ignition. When these three conditions are witnessed forest fires start, usually, as small fires. After the ignition, the initial attack response time often determine the characteristics which the fires eventually end up taking, therefore response time for the initial attack should be in accordance with the intrinsic characteristics of each forest areas, in order to mitigate its consequences and reduce the size of the burnt areas.