Figure 1.
Type A firebreaks (Manual... 2020)
Table 1.
Width of firebreak in different regions of France by road category and definition of the width and height of the space above the carriageway
| Region | Highways | National roads | Regional roads | Communal roads | Width × height of space above road |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpes de Haute Provence | Width depending on the risk level (15–20 m) | 5 m | 4 × 4 | ||
| Hautes Alpes | 10 m | 3 m | 2 m | 5 × 4 | |
| Alpes Maritimes | 6–20 m depending on the municipality | Not specified | |||
| Bouches-du-Rhône | 20 m | 10 m | 4 × 4 | ||
| Var |
| 20 m | 10 m, but may be increased to 50 or 100 m, on for some strategic roads, decision taken by the Regional Council | 2 m | 4 × 4 |
| Vaucluse |
|
| 3.5 × 3.5 | ||
| Gard | 10 m | Not specified | |||
| Hérault | 5 m | 4 × 4 | |||
| Lozère | 4 m | Not specified | |||
| Aude | 20 m for main roads, 2 m for other roads | Not specified | |||
| Pyrénées-Orientales | 0–20 m depending on the information provided by the road owner/manager | Not specified | |||
| Drôme | 3 m | 0 | Not specified | ||
| Ardèche | 2 m | Not specified | |||
| Corse-du-Sud | Roadside only (a few metres) | 4 × 4 | |||
| Haute-Corse | Roadside only (a few metres) | 4 × 5 | |||
Figure 2.
Scheme for the creation of firebreaks near roads using the example of the Valencia region (after Baixauli et al. 2015)
Figure 3.
Average annual number of forest fires in selected European countries between 2011 and 2020 (excluding the UK [data not available]) (based on the report San-Miguel-Ayanz J. et al. 2022)