LFM guidelines

The Landscape Fire Management guidelines provide a comprehensive framework for effective decision-making in fire prevention, mitigation, and response efforts. These guidelines address key challenges in landscape fire management in Montenegro:

• Promoting the idea of the Directorate for Protection and Rescue’s independence;
• Establishing the Directorate for Protection and Rescue as a separate budgetary unit;
• Enhancing legal regulations, inspection oversight, equipment status and level, management and coordination, early warning systems, insurance policies, and all improvements should align with LFM principles;
• Implementing adaptive measures in key sectors to address climate change, incorporating LFM principles;
• Strengthening preventive measures in forestry practices using LFM;
• Integrating the LFM concept into reforestation and post-fire management;
• Data digitalization;
• Initiating greater planning document development;
• Establishing a civil protection unit;
• Setting up clear information exchange procedures between institutions;
• Developing a fuel material typology;
• Creating a unified database;
• Promoting volunteerism;
• Raising awareness and educating decision-makers;
• Introducing a school subject on fire-related topics into the education system.