Research Advances in Risk Assessment and Management of Fire Accidents Across Diverse Sectors

Dear Colleagues,

Fire incidents frequently occur across various sectors worldwide—including industrial sectors and public infrastructures—and often lead to catastrophic consequences, including casualties, economic damages, environmental impacts, etc. Effective risk assessment and management play crucial roles in preventing fire-related accidents and mitigating their consequences.

We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue on state-of-the-art reviews and advanced methodologies for assessing and managing fire risks across diverse sectors. Our goal is to compile high-quality research that sheds light on both theoretical and practical advancements in fire risk assessment and management.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Advanced methodologies for fire risk assessment and management;
• Organizational and human factors in fire risk management;
• Risk modeling of fire-related accidents in various sectors and environmental settings, including process industries, public sectors, etc.;
• Safety barrier management in relation to fire accidents;
• Consequence modeling of fire accidents;
• Safety economics approaches (e.g., cost–benefit analysis, cost effectiveness analysis, etc.) for fire risk management;
• Risk-based optimization of firefighting strategies;
• Leveraging AI and machine learning techniques for fire risk management;
• Risk-assisted evacuation planning for fire accident scenarios.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Shuaiqi Yuan
Dr. Yiping Bai
Dr. Tao Zeng
Prof. Dr. Fuqiang Yang
Prof. Dr. Genserik Reniers
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Fire is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.