Fire | Special Issues

Advances in Structural Fire Engineering

edited by

Shaojun Zhu

,

Xiuzhi Zheng

, Zhi Liu and Wei Ji

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7960 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural fire safety; innovative materials; sustainability; intelligence; resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fire Risk Assessment and Safety Management in Buildings and Urban Spaces)

Progress in Advanced Combustion and Reactive Flows Related to Clean Technologies and Alternative Fuels

edited by Yali Shao and

Ramesh Agarwal

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3251 | Submission Open

Keywords: clean combustion; alternative fuels; chemical looping combustion; oxy-fuel combustion; combustor design; computational fluid dynamics simulation; hydrogen; ammonia; reaction mechnisms

Tunnel Fire Behavior: Dynamics, Smoke Management, and Safety Strategies

edited by

Kun He

and

Yongzheng Yao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2591 | Submission Open

Keywords: tunnel fire; smoke; fire spread; temperature; ventilation; fire modeling; human evacuation; fire suppression; artificial intelligence

Integrative Approaches to Wildland Fire Research: From Fundamental Fuel Behavior to Advanced Technological Solutions

edited by Jeanette Cobian-Iñiguez

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1290 | Submission Open

Keywords: wildland fire behavior; prescribed burning; fuel behavior; fire detection; data science; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fire Research at the Science–Policy–Practitioner Interface)

Advanced Analysis of the Mechanism of Biomass Pyrolysis and Oxidation

edited by Junrui Duan, Kai Li and Lili Ye

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1215 | Submission Open

Keywords: mechanisms of biomass pyrolysis; mechanisms of biomass oxidation; formation of toxic and hazardous substances; rate coefficients of elementary reactions; chemical reaction kinetics; macro-kinetic model

Thermal Runaway in Lithium Batteries: Fire Mechanisms, Early Warning and Advanced Suppression

edited by

Longfei Han

,

Yan Wang

and

Junling Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 610 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal runaway; solid electrolyte; flame retardant; battery thermal management; thermal safety control

Fire Dynamics in Long and Narrow Confined Spaces

edited by Weibing Jiao,

Weiguang An

and Tao Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 249 | Submission Open

Keywords: fire dynamics; smoke propagation; long and narrow confined spaces; tunnel fires; plume behavior; fuel spill fires; cable tunnel fires; ventilation effects; ceiling jet

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fire Risk Assessment and Safety Management in Buildings and Urban Spaces)

Fire Safety Design Based on Scaled Fire Spread Data

edited by

Maryam Ghodrat

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 213 | Submission Open

Keywords: fire safety design; fire management strategies; combustion characteristics of material; refractory materials; sustainable fire-safe materials and simulation-based fire analysis; WUI fire spread; structure-to-structure fire spread mechanism; education in fire science

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fire Risk Assessment and Safety Management in Buildings and Urban Spaces)

Fire Detection and Public Safety, 3rd Edition

edited by

Changkun Chen

, Jun Fang and

Tao Chen

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 212 | Submission Open

Keywords: fire detection; flame; smoke; and/or gas detection; fire detection algorithms; fire-related public safety issues; fire sensors for specific locations and extreme conditions; new concept of fire monitoring and response systems

Combustion Process, Emission Control, and Energy Generation in Internal Combustion Engines

edited by

Jiaqiang E

and Mingzhang Pan

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13561 | Submission Open

Keywords: clean combustion technology; emission control technology; energy generation; internal combustion engine

Effects of Fires and Possible Restoration Interventions in Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Raffaella Lovreglio

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11222 | 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)

Aircraft Fire Safety

edited by

Pei Zhu

, Quanyi Liu, Zhenxiang Tao and Imrana I. Kabir

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8079 | Submission Open

Coal Fires and Their Impact on the Environment

edited by Qiang Zeng and Ting Ren

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6895 | 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

Combustion and Fire Safety of Wood: From Built Environments to Forests

edited by

Elif Kaynak

and

Ágoston Restás

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4929 | Submission Open

Keywords: flammability and ignition; combustion characteristics; wood products; wood-derived components; bio-based composites; passive or active fire-prevention technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Simulation of Combustion and Fire)

Comprehensive Prevention of Underground Space Mine Fires and Gas Disasters, as Well as Prevention of Water Injection Seepage Disasters

edited by Yipeng Song,

Hao Xu

, Peng Liu, Jia Liu, Tianbai Zhou and Yueping Qin

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2582 | Submission Open

Keywords: coal spontaneous combustion; underground space; flame combustion; numerical modeling; fire prevention and control; thermodynamics; extinguishing materials; monitoring method

Low Carbon Fuel Combustion and Pollutant Control

edited by

Xiao Yang

and Xuanqi Liu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1769 | Submission Open

Keywords: low carbon fuels; combustion technology; pollution control; sustainable energy; emission reduction; clean combustion; biofuels; ammonia– hydrogen fuels; CCUS

Firebreak Optimization in Fire Prevention

edited by Harikesh Singh and

Sanjeev Kumar Srivastava

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1613 | Submission Open

Keywords: firebreak optimization; wildfire prevention; fire risk mapping; fire spread modeling; geographic information systems (GIS); remote sensing; fire management; real‑time fire monitoring; fire impact mitigation; adaptive firebreak design; predictive modeling; wildfire risk reduction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fire Science Models, Remote Sensing, and Data)

Fire Suppression and Explosion Mitigation: Innovations in Materials and Mechanisms

edited by Xiaolong Zhu,

Kun He

, Chuanyu Pan,

Yan Tang

and

Jiyun Wang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1611 | Submission Open

Keywords: fire suppression mechanisms; explosion mitigation mechanisms; phase-change extinguishing agents; water-based environmentally friendly retardants; intelligent suppression systems; shock-wave attenuation; numerical simulation

Dust Explosion Prevention

edited by

Miroslava Vandlíčková

,

Richard Kuracina

and

Iveta Marková

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1340 | Submission Open

Keywords: safe operation; flammable industrial ; dusts fire and explosion ; combustible dust explosions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Simulation of Combustion and Fire)

Advances in Combustion, Plasma Chemistry and Clean Fuel Technologies—Experimental and Computational Approaches

edited by

Ziyu Wang

, Xingqian Mao and Hongtao Zhong

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1297 | Submission Open

Keywords: combustion chemistry ; plasma-assisted combustion ; clean and alternative fuels ; soot and pollutant formation ; plasma catalysis ; fire dynamics ; data-driven modeling; numerical simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Simulation of Combustion and Fire)

Intelligent Fire Safety Solutions in Urban Architecture: Innovations and Challenges

edited by Xueming Shu and

Changkun Chen

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 598 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban fire resilience; smart firefighting; fire hazard evaluation; community risk reduction; evacuation dynamics; sustainable governance

Intelligent Forest Fire Prediction and Detection: 2nd Edition

edited by

Demin Gao

,

Shuo Zhang

and Cheng He

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 291 | Submission Open

Keywords: novel techniques in wildfires (artificial intelligence; big data; cloud computing; machine learning; data mining; deep learning; and reinforcement learning); remote sensing; Internet of Things; climate change; forest fires; fire models; fire monitoring; reviews on wildfire; prescribed burning; fire ecology; fire regime; fire behavior

Catalytic Remediation and Emission Control from Combustion Technology: From Fundamentals to Industrial Applications

edited by

Lenka Kubonova

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 244 | Submission Open

Keywords: heterogeneous catalysis; exhaust gas catalysis; combustion technology; metals; nanoparticles

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Simulation of Combustion and Fire)

Prevention and Management of External Fires and Internal Fires in Mining Environments

edited by

Hongyong Liu

and Yongyu Wang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open

Keywords: external fires in mining; coal spontaneous combustion; coal mine fire prevention lithium battery thermal runaway; non-metallic materials flammability intelligent fire monitoring; fire risk assessment; emergency response and mitigation; mine fire prevention techniques; fire retardant materials

Innovative Methods and Insights into Coal Mine Fire Prevention

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 524 | Submission Open

Keywords: endogenous fire (coal spontaneous combustion); exogenous fire (belt; cable; and fuel fires); fire monitoring; early warning; and prediction; fire prevention and suppression technologies; smoke movement and ventilation control; machine learning in fire safety; multi-scale and multi-physics simulation

Advances in Gas Turbine Combustion

edited by

Ali Cemal Benim

and Khawar J. Syed

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 485 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogen; ammonia; biogas; syngas; fuel blends; flashback and blowoff; emissions control; combustion dynamics; combustion modelling; turbulence modelling; computational methods; validation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Simulation of Combustion and Fire)

Fire-Adapted Plant Species

edited by

Nicole E. Olson

submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 249 | Submission Open

Keywords: fire-adapted plant species; fire-prone ecosystems; plant functional traits; evolutionary adaptation to fire; fire regimes including climate-altered fire regimes; post-fire regeneration; plant population and community dynamics; conservation; fire management; global change ecology

Smart Firefighting Technologies and Advanced Materials

edited by Linlin Yi,

Jie Wang

, Yue Chen and

Yongda Huang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8521 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart firefighting; fire safety assessment; fire mechanism; smoke control; advanced flame-retardant materials; fire detection; fire prevention

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fire Risk Assessment and Safety Management in Buildings and Urban Spaces)

Thermochemical Conversion Systems

edited by

, Jiri Rysavy,

,

and

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5309 | Submission Open

Fire Safety in the Built Environment

edited by

Guowei Zhang

,

Lu He

and

Tianwei Chu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2892 | Submission Open

Keywords: compartment fires; smoke control; HVAC systems; CFD modelling; performance-based design; travelling fires

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fire Risk Assessment and Safety Management in Buildings and Urban Spaces)

Applications of Computational Statistics to Wildfire Science and Management —2nd Edition

edited by W. John Braun

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1839 | Submission Open

Keywords: fire safety; fire simulation; fire risk assessment; fire management; statistical applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fire Research at the Science–Policy–Practitioner Interface)

Theory and Practice of Tunnel and Underground Fires

edited by

Changkun Chen

and Peng Lei

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 228 | Submission Open

Keywords: enclosure fire dynamics; underground and tunnel fire; smoke transportation characteristics and control; emergency evacuation; fire monitoring and early warning

Advances in Explosion, Fire and Related Cascading Effects: Modeling, Assessment and Prevention

edited by

Xiaofeng Li

,

Valerio Cozzani

,

Yajie Bu

and Yixin Zhao

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open

Keywords: explosion and fire; domino effects; cascading events; multi-hazard; modelling and simulation; loss prevention; risk management; resilience assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fire Risk Assessment and Safety Management in Buildings and Urban Spaces)

Assessment and Mitigation of Hydrogen-Fuelled Fire Hazards

edited by

Javad Mohammadpour

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 164 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogen safety; fire and explosion hazards; combustion and flame dynamics; hydrogen dispersion; CFD and turbulence modelling; risk assessment and mitigation; clean energy systems; safety engineering; hydrogen infrastructure; fire detection and suppression

Next-Generation Gas Sensing Technologies for Early Fire Warning and Clean Energy Safety

edited by

Peiyu Duan

and

Qiangling Duan

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 147 | Submission Open

Keywords: gas sensors; early fire warning; clean energy safety monitoring; novel sensing materials; miniaturized sensor arrays; AI for detection; IoT distributed stratigies; application in complex condition

Fire Safety and Structural Performance of Wood and Sustainable Building Materials Including Their Composites

edited by

Patrik Mitrenga

, Linda Makovická-Osvaldová and

Kateřina Hájková

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open

Keywords: fire prevention; wood composite; wood modification; fire resistance; testing; thermal degradation; fire engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fire Risk Assessment and Safety Management in Buildings and Urban Spaces)

Hybrid Mixtures and Dust Explosion Prevention

edited by Miroslava Vandlickova,

Richard Kuracina

and Stanislava Gašpercová

submission deadline 11 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open

Keywords: safe operation; flammable industrial; dusts fire; explosion; combustible dust explosions; dust and hybrid mixture explosions

Remote Sensing in Fire Management: Current Challenges and Future Directions

edited by

Houda Harkat

, José M. P. do Nascimento,

João Pedro Matos-Carvalho

and Hasmath Farhana Thariq Ahmed

submission deadline 14 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1430 | 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

Advances in Decision Support for Urban Fire Risk Management and Policy Formulation

edited by

Dingli Liu

, Zhisheng Xu, Jinghong Wang and Zongjia Zhang

submission deadline 28 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2706 | Submission Open

Keywords: fire risk assessment; emergency response accessibility; fire resource allocation; fire station location optimization; fire management policy; urban fire safety; high-rise building fire protection; public fire safety literacy; decision support systems; spatial analysis and modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fire Research at the Science–Policy–Practitioner Interface)

Experimental and Numerical Investigations into Fire Dynamics in Enclosed and Open Spaces

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3681 | Submission Open

Keywords: compartment fire; flashover and backdraft; smoke filling; facade fire spreading; high-rise buildings fire; fire plume; CFD simulation; flame interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Simulation of Combustion and Fire)

Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL) Applications in Wildfire Science: Principles, Progress and Prospects (2nd Edition)

edited by

Washington Franca-Rocha

,

António Vieira

and

Marcos Francos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 16073 | 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/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 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 14273 | Submission Open

Keywords: hazardous materials; mines; natural gas; fire and explosion; risk assessment; monitoring and early warning; safety precautions

Fire, Polymers, and Retardants: Innovations in Fire Safety

edited by Baljinder Kandola

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4185 | 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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Simulation of Combustion and Fire)

Novel Combustion Technologies for CO₂ Capture and Pollution Control

edited by

Xiaojia Wang

, Hui Wang and Miaomiao Niu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3179 | Submission Open

Keywords: CO2 capture; chemical looping combustion; oxygen-enriched combustion; simulation; energy conservation; pollution reduction

Creating a Platform to Understand Fire Management in Africa

edited by

Natasha Ribeiro

, Lucy Amissah and

João Neves Silva

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 526 | 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)

Smoke Movement and Control Strategies in Underground Spaces: Challenges and Solutions for Safety

edited by

Junfeng Chen

, Xiangliang Tian and Haitao Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 473 | Submission Open

Keywords: smoke control; underground spaces; fire safety; smoke movement; ventilation strategies; smoke management systems; fire evacuation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fire Risk Assessment and Safety Management in Buildings and Urban Spaces)

Innovative Combustion Technologies for Low-Carbon and Zero-Carbon Fuels

edited by

Tong Si

,

Yinjiao Su

and Chan Zou

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 308 | 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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Simulation of Combustion and Fire)

Ignition and Combustion of Energetic Materials

edited by

Peihui Xu

, Dongyang Qiu and Zonghou Huang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 186 | Submission Open

Keywords: energetic materials; metal fuel; ignition; combustion; combustion diagnostics; molecular dynamics; chemical kinetics

Wildfire Exposure and Human Health: A Multidisciplinary Perspective

edited by

Bela Barros

and

Marta Oliveira

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open

Keywords: wildfire health impacts; community impacts; occupational health; health risk communication; environmental health; biomarkers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fire Research at the Science–Policy–Practitioner Interface)

Occupational Health and Biomechanics in Firefighting

edited by

Roger O. Kollock

and

Bridget F. Melton

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open

Keywords: firefighting biomechanics; occupational health; musculoskeletal injury risk; load carriage and personal protective equipment; postural control and dynamic stability; movement variability and fatigue; wearable sensors; field-based biomechanical assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fire Social Science)

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