Torchbearers: The Next Generation of Fire and Emergency Research
A special issue of Fire (ISSN 2571-6255). This special issue belongs to the section "Fire Research at the Science–Policy–Practitioner Interface".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 17
Special Issue Editors
2. Strategic Capability Command, Fire and Rescue NSW, Sydney 2190, Australia
Interests: fire
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The theme of this Special Issue is "research perspectives from the next generation of firefighters, fire engineers, and emergency managers". This Special Issue is targeted at early career researchers from diverse firefighting, fire engineering, and emergency management backgrounds, and presents an opportunity for the next generation of leaders within the field to highlight their work and contributions to the profession. We welcome original research articles and reviews to this Special Issue. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: leadership, diversity, and culture within the fire service; wellbeing and safety; firefighting or rescue strategies and tactics; or fire safety engineering. Senior researchers may partner with early career researchers, as long as the main contributor is the latter.
Dr. Greg Drummond
Dr. Margaret Moreton
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 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
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.
Keywords
- firefighting
- emergency management
- fire engineering
- future
- leadership and culture
- diversity and improvement
- critical systems
- early career research
- emerging technologies
- disruptive approaches
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