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The Avalanche Warning Service was established in 1957 for statistic purposes and international studies, to collect territorial data requested by FAO- Forestry Division and the Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Researches of Davos (Swiss).
It was the first state avalanche warning service on the whole
Italian national territory for civil purposes. It used uniform
and homogeneous methods aimed to collect records, information
and data about single avalanche events, to map avalanche event
areas, to fill out avalanche forms with all the detailed
information (soil, geology, vegetation, orography, slope,
altitudes, etc.) distinguished according to types of area
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The Avalanche Warning Service, that is still working nowadays, in the 60's contributed to the creation of two important historical archives, the Italian Cadastre and Historical Avalanche Cartography, that recently have been digitized into a Territorial Information System in GIS, whose data came straight from the office within whose territorial jurisdiction an avalanche event occurs (Avalanche Event Dossier).
The Cadastre and Historical Cartography represent important
instruments for territorial planning and risk prevention and
management, proper task of local authorities and Civil
Protection Services, and in particular of Local Avalanche
Commissions (Commissioni Locali valanghe - CLV).
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