IBAMA/Prevfogo in the State of Maranhão/Brazil, is composed of 8 Federal Indigenous Brigades, from the ethnic groups: Gavião, Krikati, Guajajara and Kanela. Developing environmental education activities within the context of Integrated Fire Management (MIF). Its general objective is to sensitize the indigenous community with a view to preventing forest fires, with the implementation of nurseries for native species, areas of ecological restoration and recovery of springs. Thus, integrating it into management planning as a preventive action by the MIF. They combine food production associated with soil recovery, production of wood and fruit species, listed by the indigenous people as essential for the traditional indigenous way of life. The methodological basis is participatory, culminating in action plans following their needs adapted to their way of life, respecting traditional knowledge. They develop integrated practices such as: collecting seeds, preparing substrate for seedlings, producing native seedlings, conducting nurseries and planting seedlings in ecological restoration areas, combined with spontaneous forest management, among other techniques. As a result, we have an average production of 12,000 seedlings, the development of an estimated area of 10 acre with ecological restoration and recovery of springs spread across all Indigenous Lands in the priority area of action of Prevfogo/Ma. In addition to the reduction in forest fires and the return of hunting, it was observed that the environmental education activities planned together with the brigades and local communities make it possible to improve the environment as a whole and promote awareness of the reduction in the number of forest fires.

The Noleedi project (fire in Kadiwéu language) studied the effects of IFM conducted by indigenous brigades in wildfire prevention and biodiversity conservation in Kadiwéu indigenous land. The area comprises an Ecotone between Cerrado and Pantanal in Brazil. In this way we studied the effect of different fire regimes on target communities of plants and animals. Moreover, we focusing on structural reproductive phenology of plant species used by indigenous people. The results demonstrated the effectiveness of IFM on the reduction of wildfires, the area burned had a reduction of 53%. We also detected a reduction of climate influence on fire occurrence. In view of investigate biodiversity response to fire, we investigated the influence of fire history, comparing areas that experienced high frequency of wildfires with areas of low frequency of fires. We also study the effect of the last fire occurrence on biodiversity comparing areas that burned in the beginning of the dry season with areas that burned from the middle to the end of the dry season. Our initial results reveal that areas with high frequency of fire had a delayed fruiting compared with areas with low frequency. About Fauna, we found no difference in the occurrence of mammals in different fire regimes and a reduction of Avian diversity in areas with high fire frequency. We also a detected an increase in Solifuga abundance after fires. Those results are important to guide fire management in view of reduce biodiversity impact mainly for those species that are useful to local people.

Through the use of a geoprocessing platform, the Wanī-Hêwa Project seeks to combine the expertise of Prevfogo's with the knowledge of indigenous forest inhabitants regarding wildfire behaviour.

The project has 3 phases. The first one is the indigenous firefighter's professional qualification. The second phase is the data generation of traditional wildfire management techniques and indigenous land information. The third one is the resource fund to guarantee the project’s sustainability.

This study is about the qualification phase, which is focused on teaching geoprocessing as a tool to make the project's second phase possible. There will be two knowledge paths. The geoprocessing analyst path will promote many skills on the GIS-based platform, trained and advised by Prevfogo’s multidisciplinary specialists crew. We expect to co-create an innovative environment of learning while respecting cultural and social diversity. The other path, the application users, will be taught by the indigenous geoprocessing analysts advised by Prevfogos’ specialists.

At first, there will be 24 indigenous firefighters qualified from 13 distinct ethnic groups (Wapichana, Xerente, Karajá, Kurã Bakari, Javaé, Kraho, Mehinaco, Kuikuro, Wauja, Kaiabi, Kamayurá, Aweti, Txicão) located in 3 Brazilian states (Mato Grosso, Roraima, and Tocantins). They will be guided to prepare a final paper, applying their knowledge to a relevant issue regarding the territorial fire management of their own communities.

The first phase of Wanī-Hêwa Project aspires to create, through qualification, an integrated and articulated network promoting autonomy and protagonism in the generation of indigenous-owned data about wildfire.

The present paper intents to talk about the women participation in Federal Brigades for the Prevention and Suppression of Wildfire - BRIFs. The motivation for choosing this theme came from the impressions taken from environmental educators who participated in a training process given by the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources - IBAMA in June 2022. After this training, the participants held 23 Environmental Education Workshops about Integrative Management of Fire in indigenous communities, quilombos and rural settlements from different regions of Brazil. The initial perceptions pointed to a small number of women in the BRIFs, however, they showed a very high potential for aggregation and determination that came to improve the brigade teams in many aspects. After a survey of data with the administration of the National Center for Wildfire Prevention and Suppression - Prevfogo and a consultation through a form with the IBAMA employees who participated in the training course for facilitators in Environmental Education, it was possible to verify the number of women participating in the brigades, the number of leadership positions held by them (state coordination, brigade supervision, brigade leadership and squadron leadership). By this experience, we could identify some aspects that came to contribute to women being able to participate in these activities, as well as some issues that can be improved to encourage and enhance women's access to the Wildfire Prevention and Suppression Brigades throughout the country.

Qualified fire brigade training is essential for safe and effective action in preventing and fighting forest fires. In order to evaluate how the training of these professionals occurs in different countries, this study compared the curriculum plans of training courses for brigade members given in Brazil, the United States and Chile. A comparative research method was adopted, seeking to identify the similarities and singularities of the guidelines given to course instructors, through documental analysis. From the collected data, basic components were identified in all lesson plans and instructor training manuals, such as basic concepts. However, it was identified that each course has a more specific focus: Brazil has a greater focus on Integrated Fire Management and Fire Behavior, the USA emphasizes techniques and combat practices and, finally, Chile emphasizes more aspects related to the profile and didactic training of instructors. The evaluation carried out can contribute to an analysis of each country on the emphasis given to their training courses and to the improvement of training processes in the countries.

The Autonomous Region of Castilla y León created the Defence against the Fire Centre (CDF) in 2003 as a centre for training, research and education. It's been 20 years. Where are we now?
Learning and training
The Centre develops initial and periodic training activities for all the regional forest firefighting workers. The effort is focused on developing the necessary skills and on promoting a safety and security co-responsibility. The number of learning contents has been reduced to increase the practical activities. Nevertheless, the duration of face-to-face training activities has been reduced, thanks to the remote learning.
Qualification and certification Plan
Our system defines the basic training required for each professional profile and the periodic updating activities. The Plan has been adapted to improve the national training working group conclusions. The current evolution tends to increase practical exercises and to reduce the theory courses.
Awareness campaigns
The educational project was launched with the design of a permanent exhibition and guided tours of scholarships. It was complemented with mobile exhibitions traveling throughout the Community. Recently, we have designed activities that teachers carry out in their classrooms, by developing specific digital resources consistent with the formal education. We are also launching a campaign of educational workshops in schools by environmental Agents throughout the whole Community.

The main goal of this study is to characterize the socioeconomic and environmental impacts of the indigenous firefighters' participation in the National Center for Wildfire Prevention and Suppression (Prevfogo)’s federal brigades program.

We considered 3 indicators to analyze the socioeconomic impact of the formation of indigenous brigades: 1) the spatial distribution of indigenous firefighters as a social vector of income distribution through the indigenous territories; 2) training and professional qualification related to Integrated Fire Management (IFM) as a development factor; and 3) voluntary prescribed burns conducted by the own indigenous communities as a mechanism of understanding the importance of IFM. Utilizing historical institutional data from Prevfogo, the study quantified the three indicators using maps, spatial analysis, and statistics.

There are six indigenous brigades in the State of Roraima, with 130 firefighters from three ethnic groups. They are located in 10 indigenous lands and 49 indigenous villages on 2,523,000 hectares. We observed that the firefighters' dispersion throughout the State of Roraima helps to socialize the incomes and the knowledge perceived during their participation in the brigades. We also noticed that the increased access to qualifications made job opportunities available to those who didn't have much formal education. It contributed to professional and personal improvement by combining traditional knowledge with technical-scientific expertise, especially related to IFM and territory management.

Therefore, we conclude that being part of an indigenous federal brigade brought more citizenship and government presence to far and remote regions, as well as facilitating access to income and employment opportunities.