AERIAL FIREFIGHTING CONFERENCES CO-ORGANIZED WITH GFMC
Aerial Fire Fighting Europe 2023
16-17 October 2023, Athens, Greece
After the first Aerial Firefighting Conference, held in Greece in 2008, the Tangent Link Aerial Firefighting series returns to Greece for 2023, the leading event for Aerial Firefighting professionals in Europe. The two-day conference and exhibition will provide a platform for AFF specialists to debate and present on current aerial fighting challenges in Europe, with an emphasis on Southern and Eastern Europe/Mediterranean stakeholders. The conference will be co-chaired by Zisoula Ntasiou (National Coordination Center for Operations and Crisis Management, Hellenic Fire Corps) and Johann Georg Goldammer (Director, Global Fire Monitoring Center).
Tangent Link are delighted to invite all stakeholders to this forum to directly engage with government experts, aerial operators, and technology providers from all over the world. The event is supported by the Greek Ministry for Climate Crisis and Civil Protection.
Venue and Agenda
- AFF Europe 2023 will be held at Grand Resort Lagonissi, situated on the Athenian Riviera. It is close to Athens International Airport (20 minutes) and the center of Athens (45 minutes).
- Final agenda (PDF)
Post-conference
- Conference Chairs’ report (to follow)
- Aerial Fire Magazine: “Aerial Firefighting Europe 2023 – Greece Shines” – a conference report with illustrations (PDF)
- International Aerial Fire Fighting Congress 2023 (Pyrosvestiki, Greece Fire Service Vol.220, September-October 2023, p.6-7) (PDF, 0.3 MB)
- La Conferenza Antincendio di Atene: la lunga estate degli EWE (JP4 Mensile di Aeronatica e Spazio No. 600, January 2024, by Riccardo Filippi) (PDF, 1.1 MB)
- Technology and Teamwork: Approaches to Wildfire Management (AirMed & Rescue, April 2024) (PDF, 1.0 MB)
Since the beginning 2008 the Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC) has supported the organization of the Aerial Fire Fighting Conferences. All conferences are documented on a special GFMC conference post:
Conference Partners
Reports of previous AFF conferences:
Please see the web pages of the previous International Aerial Firefighting Conferences, including the conference reports:
- Aerial Firefighting North America 2023 (03-04 April 2023, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.)
- Aerial Firefighting Asia Pacific 2023 (02-03 August 2023, Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia)
- San Diego, California (21-23 March 2022)
- Nîmes, France (18-20 May 2022)
- Tallinn, Estonia (12-13 October 2021)
- Sacramento, USA (4-5 March 2020)
- Nimes, France (19-20 March 2019)
- Nimes, France (17-18 October 2017)
- Sacramento, USA (22-23 March 2016)
- Zadar, Croatia (29-30 April 2015)
- Sacramento, USA (19-20 March 2014)
- Aix-en-Provence, France (10-11 April 2013)
- Sacramento, USA (25-26 January 2012)
- Melbourne, Australia (25 August 2011)
- Washington, D.C., U.S.A. (25-26 May 2011)
- Malaga, Spain (2-3 December 2010)
- Vancouver, Canada (16-17 March 2010)
- Rome, Italy (5-6 November 2009)
- Anaheim, California (19-20 February 2009)
- Greece (21-22 October 2008)