Forest fires destroy thousands of hectares in Mediterranean countries every year, giving rise
to ecological and economic issues. The use of all tools available to assess forest fire risk is
of extreme importance for taking preventive fire measures and for allocating existing fire
fighting resources to deal with fires effectively. Remote Sensing and Geospatial analysis
have proven to be powerful tools for forest fire risk assessment. Greece is a country that
faces repeated forest fire challenges. This study focuses in the use of freely available …