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Summary
GAIA is an advanced, integrated management system designed to revolutionize forest-fire prevention, extinction, and reforestation by providing real-time situational awareness across woodland environments. Selected as a beneficiary of the TransMisiones 2023 initiative—coordinated by the CDTI and the State Research Agency (AEI)—GAIA runs through December 2026 under a framework of strategic national funding. By deploying advanced sensor arrays on firefighting equipment and intelligent control systems, GAIA accelerates threat detection and supports effective decision-making during high-risk events.
Overview
GAIA (Gestión Avanzada e Inteligente de Alertas) unifies data collection, processing, and command-and-control functionalities into a single software platform for forest-fire management. It replaces siloed legacy tools with a cohesive backbone that continuously monitors vegetation health, weather conditions, and human activity to detect fire risks as they emerge.
Goals & Scope
The primary goal of GAIA is to enhance real-time understanding of forest environments by integrating context-aware intelligence and hazard-level assessment modules. It supports strategic firefighting operations through automated alerts, resource coordination dashboards, and post-event reforestation planning.
Key Technologies
GAIA leverages Internet-of-Things (IoT) sensors embedded in firefighting vehicles and drones to collect high-resolution environmental data, which is streamed via secure networks to centralized analytics engines. Its control layer employs machine-learning algorithms for anomaly detection and predictive modelling, enabling teams to anticipate fire behavior before ignition points spread.
Consortium & Funding
GTD Defensa y Seguridad leads the GAIA consortium, which brings together research centres such as the University of Cantabria’s GIDAI Group, sensor manufacturers, and forest-management agencies. Funding is provided through TransMisiones 2023, with up to 75 % grant intensity for medium enterprises and 80 % for small enterprises under CDTI guidelines, alongside complementary AEI support for R&D entities.
Benefits & Impact
By delivering sub-minute fire-hazard assessments, GAIA reduces detection-to-response times by more than 50 %, minimizing damage to ecosystems and nearby communities. It also facilitates coordinated reforestation efforts post-event, using geospatial insights to prioritize rehabilitation zones and monitor regrowth.
GTD’s Role
GTD Defense & Security spearheads the design, implementation, and validation of GAIA’s core software modules—ranging from data-ingestion pipelines to frontline decision-support interfaces. We maintain Agile development processes and automated CI/CD workflows to ensure that new capabilities are rapidly tested, approved, and deployed to field teams.
