Fire, Volume 8, Issue 9

Assessing the energy flux delivered to ecosystem components by wildfires is hard because of technical and safety problems in performing measurements during such events. Here, we present a laboratory and field experimental assessment of a new method o...

The accurate computation of the thermophysical properties of gases and gas mixtures is critical for combustion analysis but remains challenging due to the precision and numerical stability required across wide temperature ranges. In this study, we pr...

Grassland fire risk perception constitutes a fundamental element of fire risk assessment and underpins the evaluation of response capacities in grassland regions. This study examines Qinghai Province, the fourth-largest pastoral region in China, as a...

Against the background of the accelerating global transition towards a low-carbon energy system, the lithium-ion battery (LIB) industry has witnessed a rapid development. Concurrently, fire accidents in LIB application scenarios have occurred frequen...

In order to provide fire-scene parameters for fire protection design and data support for fire safety management of waiting halls in high-speed railway stations, this study systematically investigated the combustion characteristics of single, two, an...

Sandwich panels are widely used in industrial roofing due to their lightweight and thermal insulation properties; however, their structural fire resistance remains insufficiently understood. This study presents a data-driven approach to predict the m...

Fire has had a profound impact on Australia’s landscapes and biodiversity since the late Tertiary. Indigenous (Aboriginal) people have lived in Australia for at least 65,000 years and fire is an integral part of their culture and cosmology. In...

A unified WebGIS platform for wildfire simulation and visualization is presented, integrating three coupled physical models: HDWind for wind field computation, PhyFire for wildfire spread, and PhyNX for smoke plume dispersion. The system includes pre...

The main goal of this work is to analyse the thermo-mechanical effect in single shear dowelled timber connections under fire conditions. This research includes the development of numerical models using the finite element method. The numerical methodo...

This research examined how ambient pressure impacts the asymmetrical flow effects of fire induced under natural ventilation. Numerical simulations using Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) software were conducted, altering the longitudinal positions of fir...

This study examined the structural and ecological drivers of burn severity during the March 2025 wildfire in Uiseong County, Republic of Korea, with a focus on developing a predictive framework using the differenced Normalized Burn Ratio (dNBR). Seve...

A major fire occurred in the wildland–urban interface in southern Portugal, on 13 July 2022, becoming uncontrolled due to weather conditions. This study investigates how atmospheric dynamics increased fire danger in Mainland Portugal during ear...

Building fires are considered major disasters because of their significant effects on people, property, and the environment. This understanding has led to increased attention on developing preventive measures, particularly through the creation of eff...

This study evaluates the impact of different flame retardants on the mechanical and thermal properties of rigid polyisocyanurate (PIR) foams, focusing on formulations with isocyanate indexes of 335 and 400. The flame retardants tested include triethy...

Sandwich panels, widely used in factory and warehouse construction, are highly susceptible to fire due to their fragile surfaces and polyurethane-insulated cores. Such structures facilitate rapid fire spread, significantly increasing the risk of exte...

With the rapid development of large-space buildings, their fire risk has become increasingly prominent. Conventional fire detection technologies are often limited by spatial height and environmental interference, leading to false alarms, missed detec...

The ammonia-n-heptane reaction mechanism is essential for simulation of the in-cylinder process for diesel-ignited ammonia engines. To gain insight into the differences in predictive performance among various ammonia-n-heptane reaction mechanisms, fo...

Wildfires pose severe threats to ecosystems and human settlements, making early detection and rapid response critical for minimizing damage. The adage—“You fight fire in the first second with a spoon of water, in the first minute with a b...

The combustion of liquid fuels that have leaked into inert porous media, such as sand, is a critical issue for industrial safety and fire risk assessment. Despite its importance, the complex influence of porous media on the combustion process, partic...

Background: Rural fires represent a significant environmental and socioeconomic challenge in Mediterranean regions, particularly in Portugal, which experiences some of the highest fire incidences in Europe. Understanding the temporal evolution of fir...

To address the difficulty frontline commanders face in accurately perceiving fireground risks during the early stages of oil storage tank fires, in this study, we propose a method that integrates complex network theory with a multi-source information...

Green Firebreaks (GFBs), strips of strategically placed low-flammability vegetation, represent a proactive complement to other approaches to wildfire management. This review, which summarises the literature to elucidate GFBs’ potential to reduc...

The effects of wildfires and prescribed burnings on soil are highly variable. In order to evaluate the effects of different burning intensities on soil properties, a surface-controlled burn of undisturbed soil monoliths was carried out by combining t...

This study numerically investigated how varying pulse durations of water mist systems influence fire dynamics in long, narrow underground enclosures. A Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) model was built to represent a pulse-actuated, fine water mist test...

With the increasing frequency of global forest fires, research on the spread of forest fires has become one of the important directions in fire research. In order to improve the accuracy of surface fire spread simulation, based on relevant forest res...

This study focuses on firefighters’ relationship with different types of change in their profession and what barriers and facilitators might contribute to how they respond. Informed by the Force Field analysis of change, interviews were conduct...

Crown fire hazard assessment and behavior prediction in dwarf pine (Pinus pumila) forests are dictated by the amount of canopy fuel available, topography, and weather. In this study, we collected data on CFL (available canopy fuel load), CBD (canopy...

Despite increased focus on resilient planning and construction design in areas prone to wildfire impacts, recent research has found inconsistent approaches, a lack of evidence-based performance criteria, and limited suitable code-based verification m...

The disintegration of near-limit flames propagating through the gap of Hele–Shaw cells has recently become a subject of active research. In this paper, the flamelets resulting from the disintegration of the continuous front are interpreted in t...

Forest fires pose severe ecological, climatic, and socio-economic threats, destroying habitats and emitting greenhouse gases. Early and timely warning is particularly challenging because fires often originate from small-scale, low-temperature ignitio...

In response to the prevalent issues of short inhibition cycles and poor environmental compatibility in traditional inhibitors, this study prepared a new sepiolite-based composite inhibitor by loading imidazolium ionic liquid onto sepiolite. Through T...

Pinus nigra Arnold, which is naturally widespread in mountainous and Mediterranean ecosystems, is a key species for reforestation due to its ecological and economic value. As climate change and changing fire regimes increase the wildfire risk, unders...

Given the critical importance of timely forest fire detection to mitigate environmental and socio-economic consequences, this research aims to achieve high detection accuracy while maintaining real-time operational efficiency, with a particular focus...

This study investigates the certification outcomes of intermediate-level ICs in The National Fire Service Academy in South Korea through a comprehensive quantitative analysis of their evaluated competencies. Using assessment data from 141 candidates...

To investigate the distribution law of gas migration in the gob area of a fully mechanized mining face, the similarity principle was employed, combined with Darcy’s law for porous media seepage, to derive the similarity criteria for simulating...

Fire is a disaster that seriously threatens people’s lives. Because fires occur suddenly and spread quickly, especially in densely populated places or areas where it is difficult to evacuate quickly, it often causes major property damage and se...

Burned area (BA) mapping and fire severity assessment are essential for understanding fire occurrence patterns, formulating post-fire restoration strategies and evaluating vegetation recovery processes. However, existing BA datasets are primarily der...

Dust explosion prevention and mitigation of the consequences thereof require measurement of dust explosion parameters. Testing methods are defined by European and American standards, producing results in explosion chambers of a 1 m³ standard volume a...