Global warming is giving rise to increasing temperatures, less rain, and longer periods with dry weather conditions. Such periods increase the risk of wildfires - large, destructive fires that spread quickly across woodland or brush. These fires now occur in regions where they were previously rare, such as Northern Europe, where both the frequency and the size of these events is expected to increase. To prepare for and reduce the risk of such wildfires, societal safety must be strengthened, for example by enhancing our ability to predict these disasters. PREWISS aims to contribute to the prediction of wildfires risk and spread by implementing new methods for detecting risk factors together with new models for fire spread. Fighting wildfires efficiently involves to understand them. Biophysical parameters such as flammability properties, moisture, wind, or slope of the terrain influence the ignition and propagation of wildfires. To achieve our goal, we will focus on the characterization of vegetation and the study of their behaviour during fires. We must assume that not all wildfires are possible to avoid, therefore we need to learn to predict their possible spread as precisely as possible when they occur. This would enable fire brigades to direct their efforts in the areas that pose the greatest danger of destruction. To this end, PREWISS will develop a model that, with geospatial data, can be used to predict this spread and help on designing prevention or real-time protection actions In summary, as a general research question, the present project aims to answer to the need to understand the phenomenon of wildfires much better. Our main objective is the development of a dynamic tool to predict the ignition and spread of wildfires under the specific conditions that can be encountered in Scandinavia. To this end, this project will create new knowledge that will help fighting the wildfire disasters we know are on their way, and prevent the havoc they bring in their wake