Guides
Burning Garden and Farm Waste in Portugal
When you need council authorisation or just a notice to burn a pile of garden waste in Portugal, the days all burning stops, how to apply, and the fines.
Wildfire
Wildfire
ANEPC Stages the 1 July Período Crítico Across Continental Portugal — Decreto-Lei 124/2006 SNDFCI Restrictions on Queimadas, Foguetes and Outdoor Smoking Kick In Through 30 September Alongside the DECIF Charlie Peak Deployment
Tuesday 1 July activates the Período Crítico under Decreto-Lei 124/2006 SNDFCI — across continental Portugal the queimadas-foguetes-smoking restrictions kick in through 30 September alongside the DECIF Charlie peak deployment, the Black Hawk reinforcement and the AGIF coordination.
INE
INE Pegs 30.6% of Mainland Portugal as High or Very-High Rural-Fire-Hazard Land — 51,115 People Live Inside the Zones, Centro and Norte Both Cross 50% and Fire Brigades Carry Tighter Proximity to the Risk Than Hospitals
INE's 22 May statistical release pegs 30.6% of mainland Portugal as high or very-high rural-fire-hazard land, with Centro at 50.5% and Norte at 50.2%; 51,115 residents (0.5% of the population) live inside those zones and the ageing ratio there climbs to 210 against the mainland average of 184.6.
News
PRR Disburses 65% of the €3.38 Million Allotted to Portugal's Twenty Programas de Reordenamento e Gestão da Paisagem — Castro Almeida's Office Confirms the Diploma That Threads PRGP Into the Plano Diretor Municipal Pipeline
Manuel Castro Almeida's office confirms to Lusa on Friday 15 May that the PRR has already paid 65% of the €3,381,260.46 envelope for the twenty Programas de Reordenamento e Gestão da Paisagem. A new diploma threads the rail into the Plano Diretor Municipal pipeline.
Security
Civil Protection's Hollowed Senior Cadre Heads Into Portugal's June 1 Período Crítico — What 'Ten Commanders Gone in 18 Months' Actually Means for the 2026 Wildfire Season Operationally
Thirty days from Portugal's Período Crítico opens 1 June with ANEPC short ten senior commanders in 18 months. End-of-day analysis on what the cadre gap means for command-and-control through the 2026 fire season.
Guides
Preparing for Wildfire Season in Portugal
How to clear land around your house, read the fire danger map, get civil protection alerts, and what to do if a wildfire comes near your home in Portugal.