The logistic function was used for the activation between inputs and hidden layer; and the identity function was used for the activation of the output. A learning rate of r = 0.1 was chosen, whereas the output neuron was considered activated in case of an output value above 0.5. By taking into consideration the mean square error in a training and a validation dataset, best results were achieved after 100 epochs for the FWI, 1500 epochs for the FHI and 1000 epochs for the FRI (Vasilakos et al., 2007). It should be noted also that the parameters have been chosen to reflect the wildland fire ignition pattern based on the fire ignition causes of our study area. Hence, the model itself is applicable to another study area only if it will be trained with the fire history data of the new area. The output Fire Ignition Index map (Fig. 4) portrays the geographical probability of a new fire ignition, classified into 5 categories: low risk (0–40); medium risk (41–60); high risk (61–80); very high risk (81–90); and alarm risk status (91–100). The system is designed to function in an automated mode daily at 10:00 am local time, in the same way used for the creation of the weather maps. The SKIRON model provides all the necessary forecasted weather prediction data to be used as inputs.