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Advances in the Assessment of Fire Impacts on Hydrology, 2nd Edition submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3432 | Submission Open
Keywords: post-fire hydrological processes; hydrological modeling; remote sensing; GIS; UAV; LiDAR; floods; erosion
Fire Extinguishing Agent and Application
edited by , , Mingjun Xu and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8589 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire extinguishing agent; fire extinguishing mechanism; fire extinguishing technology and equipment; fire extinguishing equipment; fire extinguishing effectiveness and application; compressed air foam system
Fire Prevention and Control in Urban Infrastructure and Underground Space: 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6751 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire mechanism; fire risk assessment; monitoring and early warning; emergency rescue; fire fighting; smart fire fighting; Internet of Things; big data application
Aircraft Fire Safety
edited by , Quanyi Liu, Zhenxiang Tao and Imrana I. Kabir
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2531 | Submission Open
Effects of Climate Change on Fire Danger
edited by and
submission deadline 11 Nov 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 24047 | Submission Open
Keywords: post-fire mapping; wildfire behavior; wildfire risk; fire weather; fire detection; remote sensing; GIS; spatial analysis
Composite Fire Suppressants
edited by and
submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1856 | Submission Open
Keywords: composites; fire suppression; design and preparation; characterization; mechanism
Applications of Computational Statistics to Wildfire Science and Management
edited by W. John Braun
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13818 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire safety; fire simulation; fire risk assessment; fire management; statistical applications
Combustion Process, Emission Control, and Energy Generation in Internal Combustion Engines
edited by and Mingzhang Pan
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7812 | Submission Open
Keywords: clean combustion technology; emission control technology; energy generation; internal combustion engine
Modeling, Experiment and Simulation of Tunnel Fire
edited by Rongliang Pan, Hong Huang, Chang Liu, Xiujun Yang, and Zeng Long
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7573 | Submission Open
Keywords: tunnel fire dynamics; tunnel fire protection engineering; flow organization in tunnel fire; evacuation; tunnel fire risk analysis; tunnel fire risk management; on-site experiment in tunnel; tunnel with new forms
Effects of Fires and Possible Restoration Interventions in Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5121 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire ecology; forestry; hydraulic forestry management; effects of fire; post-fire impacts; fire damage to vegetation and soil; recovery and post-fire restoration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Fire Research at the Science–Policy–Practitioner Interface)
Tunnel Fire Behavior: Dynamics, Smoke Management, and Safety Strategies
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1049 | Submission Open
Keywords: tunnel fire; smoke; fire spread; temperature; ventilation; fire modeling; human evacuation; fire suppression; artificial intelligence
Smart Firefighting Technologies and Advanced Materials
edited by Linlin Yi, , Yue Chen and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 998 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart firefighting; fire safety assessment; fire mechanism; smoke control; advanced flame-retardant materials; fire detection; fire prevention
Thermal Runaway in Lithium Batteries: Fire Mechanisms, Early Warning and Advanced Suppression submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 407 | Submission Open
Keywords: thermal runaway; solid electrolyte; flame retardant; battery thermal management; thermal safety control
Advanced Fire Suppression Technologies
edited by Xiaoyang Yu, Mingjun Xu and Xuyang Miao
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 284 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire suppression; water mist; lithium battery fire; environmentally friendly firefighting agents; advanced firefighting systems; intelligent firefighting technologies; compressed-air foam; stimuli-responsive foams; wildfire suppression; fire dynamics modeling; extreme environment fire suppression
Low Carbon Fuel Combustion and Pollutant Control
edited by and Xuanqi Liu
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 212 | Submission Open
Keywords: low carbon fuels; combustion technology; pollution control; sustainable energy; emission reduction; clean combustion; biofuels; ammonia– hydrogen fuels; CCUS
Mineral By-Products as Active Components in Flame Retardant Systems for Polymers and Composites submission deadline 16 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9277 | Submission Open
Keywords: by-product; mineral; flame retardant; polymer; composite
Combustion and Fire II
edited by
submission deadline 23 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 300 | Submission Open
Keywords: mathematical modeling; numerical methods; empirical/theoretical models; combustion; fire; experiments and validation
Fire Safety and Emergency Evacuation
edited by Wei Xie, Eric Lee, and Tao Li
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 22479 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire safety; fire risk assessment; smoke control; crowd dynamics; evacuation; disaster management; artificial intelligence
Building Fires, Evacuations and Rescue
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 16136 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire dynamics and building materials; structural integrity and fire safety; evacuation modeling and simulation; emergency response and rescue operations; human factors in fire emergencies; smart building technologies for fire safety; regulatory frameworks and policy implications; post-fire assessment and recovery
Fire/Explosion Risk Assessment and Loss Prevention of Hazardous Materials, Mines and Natural Gas, 2nd Edition
edited by Chuyuan Huang, Haipeng Jiang and Lijuan Liu
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7423 | Submission Open
Keywords: hazardous materials; mines; natural gas; fire and explosion; risk assessment; monitoring and early warning; safety precautions
Confined Space Fire Safety and Alternative Fuel Fire Safety
edited by Peng Lei, Yulun Zhang, Jie Chen and Qi Zhao
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5275 | Submission Open
Keywords: confined space fire; underground space fire; smoke transportation characteristics; alternative fuel fire and explosion; ventilation and smoke control; fire monitoring and early warning
Coal Fires and Their Impact on the Environment
edited by Qiang Zeng and Ting Ren
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4274 | Submission Open
Keywords: mechanism of coal fire occurrence; coal fire propagation; monitoring and early warnings of coal fire; coal fire impacts on the environment; utilization of resource at coal fire sites; ecological restoration of coal fire sites
Thermochemical Conversion Systems
edited by , Jiri Rysavy, , and Ruming Pan
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2918 | Submission Open
Research Advances in Risk Assessment and Management of Fire Accidents Across Diverse Sectors
edited by , Yiping Bai, Tao Zeng, and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2384 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire accidents; fire safety; risk assessment; risk management; safety barriers; human factors; safety management systems; consequence assessment; fire safety economics; CFD simulations
Science and Technology of Fire and Flame
edited by Changxiao Shao
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 958 | Submission Open
Keywords: computational fluid dynamics; spray combustion; combustion and flame; combustion instability; numerical simulation and modeling
Creating a Platform to Understand Fire Management in Africa
edited by , Lucy Amissah and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open
Keywords: biodiversity; fire regimes; climate change; ecosystem services; traditional knowledge; fire management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Fire Research at the Science–Policy–Practitioner Interface)
Catalytic Remediation and Emission Control from Combustion Technology: From Fundamentals to Industrial Applications
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open
Keywords: heterogeneous catalysis; exhaust gas catalysis; combustion technology; metals; nanoparticles
Advances in Incorporating Fire in Social-Ecological Models, Second Edition
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open
Keywords: wildfire; fire-prone ecosystems; mega-fires; modeling wildfire behavior and dynamics physical; social and economic valuation    
Dust Explosion Prevention
edited by , Richard Kuracina and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 179 | Submission Open
Keywords: safe operation; flammable industrial  ; dusts fire and explosion  ; combustible dust explosions
Combustion and Fire Safety of Wood: From Built Environments to Forests submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 225 | Submission Open
Keywords: flammability and ignition; combustion characteristics; wood products; wood-derived components; bio-based composites; passive or active fire-prevention technologies
Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL) Applications in Wildfire Science: Principles, Progress and Prospects (2nd Edition) submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5260 | Submission Open
Keywords: wildfire research; artificial intelligence applications; wildfire risks; wildfire modeling; data science
(This special issue belongs to the Section Fire Science Models, Remote Sensing, and Data)
Fire Patterns, Driving Factors, and Multidimensional Impacts Under Climate Change and Human Activities
edited by , Fengjun Zhao, and Qiuhua Wang
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2612 | Submission Open
Keywords: wildfires; climate change; human activity; fire prediction and forecasting; fire prevention and control; fire ecology; fuel management; fire behavior; smoke emissions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Fire Research at the Science–Policy–Practitioner Interface)
Novel Combustion Technologies for CO2 Capture and Pollution Control
edited by , Hui Wang and Miaomiao Niu
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1609 | Submission Open
Keywords: CO2 capture; chemical looping combustion; oxygen-enriched combustion; simulation; energy conservation; pollution reduction
Buoyancy Controlled Fire Behaviors Under Special Environments
edited by , , Tong Xu and Shangqing Tao
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 186 | Submission Open
Keywords: buoyancy-driven flames; pool fires; flame spread rate; ignition and extinction; sub-atmospheric pressures; gravity
Advanced Fire Extinguishing: Integrating Ultrafine Powders, Flame Retardants and System Design
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire extinguishing technologies; ultrafine dry powders; flame retardants; fire suppression systems; combustion inhibition; fire safety engineering; material science for fire protection; environmental impact of fire retardants; fire suppression mechanisms; system design and optimization
Turbulent Spray Combustion: Mechanism Research and Modeling
edited by Jianfeng Zou
submission deadline 18 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1005 | Submission Open
Keywords: turbulent spray combustion; multiphase flows; turbulence– chemistry interaction; droplet collision; droplet evaporation; droplet dynamics; atomization and evaporation; combustion diagnostics; spray combustion modeling; machine learning in combustion
Fire Numerical Simulation, Second Volume submission deadline 26 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7019 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire simulation; fire sub-models; fire spread; smoke spread; fire suppression; FireFOAM; FDS; CFAST
Fire, Polymers, and Retardants: Innovations in Fire Safety
edited by Baljinder Kandola
submission deadline 26 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1651 | Submission Open
Keywords: polymeric materials and polymeric composites; inherent flammability; fire retardant; nanostructured fire retardants; intumescent and bio-based systems; surface-engineered polymers; responsive materials that activate under thermal stimuli
Jet Fuel Combustion
edited by Wei-Cheng Wang
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 8918 | Submission Open
Keywords: chemical kinetic models for jet fuels; ignition; extinction; and flame propagation of jet fuels; combustion efficiency and exhaust emissions; evaporation; combustion; and atomization of jet fuel droplets; spray combustion characteristics and optical diagnostics; engine performance with regard to ignition; altitude relight; and blowout limits
Clean Combustion and New Energy
edited by Huaming Dai
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3644 | Submission Open
Keywords: clean combustion; new energy; carbon reduction; heat and mass transfer; energy conversion and utilization; hydrogen energy; catalyst
Fire and Explosion Prevention in Maritime and Aviation Transportation
edited by , Junzhong Bao and Chengwu Li
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1214 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire dynamics in maritime systems; aviation explosion mitigation; risk assessment for hazardous cargo transport; AI + fire safety; advanced sensor-based detection systems; electric vehicle fire prevention; explosion-resistant material innovations; regulatory compliance in aviation fuel safety; computational modeling of fire scenarios
Innovative Applications of Remote Sensing and Machine Learning in Forest Fire Detection and Prevention
edited by and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 610 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest fire; fire detection; fire and smoke alarms; fire risk evaluation; fire behavior assessment; fire spread analysis; remote sensing; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Fire Research at the Science–Policy–Practitioner Interface)
Smoke Movement and Control Strategies in Underground Spaces: Challenges and Solutions for Safety
edited by , Xiangliang Tian and Haitao Li
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 281 | Submission Open
Keywords: smoke control; underground spaces; fire safety; smoke movement; ventilation strategies; smoke management systems; fire evacuation
Intelligent Fire Safety Solutions in Urban Architecture: Innovations and Challenges
edited by Xueming Shu and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 225 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban fire resilience; smart firefighting; fire hazard evaluation; community risk reduction; evacuation dynamics; sustainable governance
Advances in Metal Combustion
edited by Daoguan Ning
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open
Keywords: metal combustion; dust flame; metal fuel cycle; regeneration of metals; energetic materials
Innovative Combustion Technologies for Low-Carbon and Zero-Carbon Fuels
edited by , and Chan Zou
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 97 | Submission Open
Keywords: novel combustion concepts; fuel flexibility and blending strategies; emission control and environmental impact; fire and explosion safety for low-carbon fuels; system integration and applications
Advances in Gas Turbine Combustion
edited by and Khawar J. Syed
submission deadline 18 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrogen; ammonia; biogas; syngas; fuel blends; flashback and blowoff; emissions control; combustion dynamics; combustion modelling; turbulence modelling; computational methods; validation
Remote Sensing in Fire Management: Current Challenges and Future Directions
edited by , José M. P. do Nascimento, and Hasmath Farhana Thariq Ahmed
submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 362 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; wildfires; high-resolution satellite imagery; real-time analysis; fire behavior modeling; advanced sensors and platforms; artificial intelligence and machine learning
Reaction Kinetics in Chemical Looping Processes
edited by Alberto Abad Secades
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3907 | Submission Open
Keywords: chemical looping; kinetics; oxygen carrier; CO2 carrier; nitrogen carrier; combustion; reforming; gasification; ammonia; CO2 capture
Simulation, Experiment and Modeling of Coal Fires (2nd Edition)
edited by Wei Liu, , and Caiping Wang
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1695 | Submission Open
Keywords: coal spontaneous combustion; self-heating of coal; smoldering coal fires; coal-fire propagation; fire prevention material; monitoring and early warning; coal fire prevention; coal mine safety; thermal energy extraction and utilization  
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