Fire, Volume 7, Issue 11

Compared with a stationary fire, the spread of smoke in a moving fire source is more complex, which means hazardous consequences. The study of smoke flow and distribution of ceiling temperature is essential for effective emergency response strategies...

The rapid and accurate detection of fire scenes in various environments is crucial for effective disaster management and mitigation. Fire scene classification is a critical aspect of modern fire detection systems that directly affects public safety a...

Wind has a significant effect on pool fire behavior, which is relevant to many fire conditions, such as wildfires, building fires, and oil transportation fires. Although fire behavior and morphology changes have received considerable attention and be...

With the large-scale exploitation of mineral resources, the safety problems of open-pit slopes and dumps become increasingly prominent. In this work, the safety demonstration of the interaction between the eastside slope of an open-pit quarry and the...

Departures from historical wildfire regimes due to climate change have significant implications for the structure and composition of forests, as well as for fire management and operations in the Alberta region of Canada. This study analyzed the relat...

Hydrogen is regarded as a promising energy source for the future due to its clean combustion products, remarkable efficiency and renewability. However, its characteristics of low-ignition energy, a wide flammable range from 4% to 75%, and a rapid fla...

Both topography and wildfire can exert significant influences on ecosystem processes and functions during boreal forest successions. However, their impacts on ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) remain unclear. A mega-fire burned an area of 8700 hecta...

Oxygen enrichment at high altitudes indoors can be effective in meeting demand. However, the high oxygen environment inevitably brings about additional fire hazards, and the specific changes are still unclear. As pine wood is a common material in con...

Wildfire risk has been exacerbated across Europe by climate change favoring more damaging and severe wildfire events. This evolving wildfire risk context interacts with a broad landscape of EU policies including those on nature conservation, forestry...

In order to solve the problem of gas overrun in the fully mechanized caving face and the upper corner of high gas and extra-thick coal seam, the fracture and caving process of the roof in the goaf is analyzed and studied by using the relevant theorie...

Wildfire represents a significant threat to ecosystems and communities in the Department of Amazonas, Peru, causing losses in biodiversity and land degradation and affecting socioeconomic security. The objective of this study was to analyze the spati...

Wildfires occur frequently in various regions of the world, causing serious damage to natural and human resources. Traditional wildfire prevention and management methods are often hampered by monitoring challenges and low efficiency. Digital twin tec...

Pinus albicaulis (whitebark pine) is a keystone species, providing food and habitat to wildlife, in high-elevation ecological communities. In recent years, this important species has been negatively impacted by changes in fire regimes, increased Dend...

In order to determine the reasonable parameters of high-gas and extra-thick coal seam drainage, considering the factors of the coal seam metamorphic degree, stress condition, gas occurrence state, and permeability dynamic change, the gas desorption,...

This study investigates the role of prescribed grazing as a sustainable fire prevention strategy in Mediterranean ecosystems, with a focus on Sardinia, an area highly susceptible to wildfires. Using FlamMap simulation software, we modeled fire behavi...

Forest fuels are the core element of fire management; each fuel component plays an important role in fire behavior. Therefore, accurate determination of their characteristics and spatial distribution is crucial. This paper introduces a novel method f...

Wildland fuel distribution and characteristics are critical components for the development of a national integrated wildfire management strategy. This study presents a methodological framework for the mapping of fuels in Mediterranean ecosystems in t...

Cryogenic compressed hydrogen (CcH2) technology combines the advantages of high pressure and low temperature to achieve high hydrogen storage density without liquefying the hydrogen, which has broad application prospects. However, the safety concerns...

In view of the spread and distribution of high-temperature toxic smoke on the working face during belt conveyor fires, the FDS was used to carry out numerical simulation, establish a belt conveyor fire simulation model, set up a variety of working co...

This study experimentally investigated a water-cooled four-cylinder turbocharged diesel engine (DE) under different loads and fuel blend ratios. The integration of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations enables a deeper analysis of the combus...

This study presents a novel experimental method to determine the flammability limits and the minimum oxygen concentration in methane–hydrogen mixtures using the spark test apparatus (STA), by incorporating CO₂ as an inert compound. The proposed...

Large quantities of water are often used to extinguish fires when accidental fuel leakage occurs during storage and transportation. This may lead to spill fires on water. Boilover and splash of heavy oil spill fires in particular can pose a serious t...

Recent incidents of fire accidents attributed to oil combustion have emerged as a significant threat to both industrial safety and environmental conservation. In this study, the thermal oxidation and thermal analysis kinetics parameters of transforme...

Fires affect forest dynamics in seasonally dry regions such as the Mediterranean Basin. There, fire impacts on tree growth have been widely characterized in conifers, particularly pine species, but we lack information on broadleaf tree species that s...

Aiming at the complex conditions of the coexistence of the explosive gases in the coal mines and the risk of spontaneous coal combustion, the effect of encapsulation, oxygen barrier and different microcapsules on methane and long-chain alkanes has be...

Refineries are industrial complexes of great economic importance which are located close to major cities. A pool fire accident that can occur from an oil leak combined with wind can result in disastrous consequences for such an industry. This study i...

Mobile fans, as flexible and convenient new longitudinal ventilation and smoke extraction equipment for tunnels, demonstrate more significant effectiveness in an emergency response to tunnel fires compared to traditional smoke extraction methods. Thi...

Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) was performed on six samples of pine wood, poplar sawdust and olive residue, and the kinetic parameters were evaluated by using isoconversional models. The hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin contents were also estima...

Extreme spread events (ESEs), often characterized by high intensity and rapid rates of spread, can overwhelm fire suppression and emergency response capacity, threaten responder and public safety, damage landscapes and communities, and result in high...

As strategies to build a strong maritime nation are widely implemented, the importance of island ports has been increasingly highlighted, and their fire safety issues are also receiving more attention. However, at present, research on the constructio...

The potential for throttle control of hybrid rocket systems has long been known as a potential advantage for a variety of applications. Because only a single flow path is controlled, theoretically, hybrids should be significantly easier to throttle t...

Forest fires pose a significant threat to ecosystems, property, and human life, making their early and accurate detection crucial for effective intervention. This study presents a novel, lightweight approach to real-time forest fire detection that is...

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This study presents a detailed analysis of the thermal degradation and kinetic behavior of two Amazonian wood species, Goupia glabra (cupiúba) and Manilkara huberi (maçaranduba), using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scan...

Fire detection is a critical task in environmental monitoring and disaster prevention, with traditional methods often limited in their ability to detect fire and smoke in real time over large areas. The rapid identification of fire and smoke in both...

This study evaluates bushfire smoke as a workplace hazard for firefighters by characterising its chemical composition and potential health risks in Western Australia. Portable Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectrometry was used to measure airborn...

This study addresses the urgent need for an efficient and accurate smoke detection system to enhance safety measures in fire monitoring, industrial safety, and urban surveillance. Given the complexity of detecting smoke in diverse environments and un...

The main role of the nucleolus is ribosomal biogenesis, but it also responds to stress with changes in number, area, and/or morphology. Nucleoli with transcriptionally active ribosomal RNA genes are selectively stained by silver nitrate. Hypothesisin...

Coal remains one of the most used solid fuels for heat and electricity generation but burning coal releases large amounts of CO₂ into the urban atmosphere in addition to harmful substances. In order to reduce the consumption of solid fossil fuels, it...

In order to study the influence of wind direction on fire spread on building facades, a three-dimensional model of a high-rise building was built with PyroSim software. Numerical simulations were conducted with five wind directions (0°, 45°,...

The smoldering of pine needle fuel beds (PNBs) has been a common subject of research because of its importance in initiating the rekindling of forest floor fires. Experimental studies of the coupling effects of the bulk density and external heat supp...

Due to low costs, pipelines are commonly used for transporting hazardous substances such as combustible liquids and gasses. Currently, chemical industrial parks and gas production stations have dense pipeline networks. In the case of a pipeline leaka...

Ventilation Air Methane (VAM) significantly contributes to global warming. Capturing and mitigating these emissions can help combat climate change. One effective method is the thermal decomposition of methane, but it requires careful control to preve...

This study utilizes Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast (ADS-B) data sourced by the OpenSky Network to curate a dataset aimed at enhancing the precision of aerial suppressant drop predictions in wildland firefighting. By amalgamating ADS...

Prescribed burns are a land management tool currently used to aid in fire mitigation and to promote desired plant species and reduce undesired species, which are often invasive species. Currently, there is a public stigma surrounding the negative eff...

The self-heating risk of four coal samples (two bituminous and two subbituminous) and five metal powder samples (four industrial and one laboratory-prepared) were studied calorimetrically using oxidation heat at 30 °C. All of the samples were mea...

This study aims to examine the socio-economic determinants of human negligence in wildfire occurrences across Pakistan’s peri-urban and rural regions. Increasingly frequent and severe wildfires, driven by climate change, socio-economic conditio...

The proper design and installation of systems that enable the efficient control and removal of smoke and hot gases in underground parking facilities are necessary for protecting the public and property in the event of a fire. This paper discusses how...

In spite of extensive research on macroscopic solid movements in the dense granular system of a moving bed air reactor, research on the evolution characteristics of the mesoscale inter-particle contact force network is still lacking. In this work, di...

This paper investigates the applicability of deep learning models for predicting the severity of forest wildfires, utilizing an innovative benchmark dataset called EO4WildFires. EO4WildFires integrates multispectral imagery from Sentinel-2, SAR data...