The Pacific Fire Exchange (PFX) Is Now an Affiliated Society Member of Section “Fire Research at the Science–Policy–Practitioner Interface” of Fire

In October 2021, The Pacific Fire Exchange (PFX) chose the “Fire Research at the Science–Policy–Practitioner Interface” Section in Fire (ISSN: 2571-6255) as its partner and became an affiliated society member.

The Pacific Fire Exchange (PFX) is a fire science and information communication project co-led by the Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization and the University of Hawaii. The PFX is part of the Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) regional exchange network of fifteen fire science consortia aimed at fostering a nationwide information exchange for fire-related challenges.

The project seeks to facilitate fire knowledge exchange and enable collaborative relationships among wildfire stakeholders in the Pacific. PFX supports members of the Pacific Island fire community including resource managers, fire responders, landowners, communities, government, non-profit, and higher education.

The project aims to meaningfully contribute towards reducing the threat of wildfire in the Pacific through the exchange of knowledge between scientists and managers and by supporting regionally relevant fire prevention and management collaborations. The project leverages the "best available" research to reduce fire management costs and protect natural, social, and cultural resources from wildfire devastation. Through information, training, and tools for Pacific wildfire mitigation activities, we aim to support:

• Easier access to information sources;
• Better and more comprehensive information;
• Improved technical assistance;
• Environment with more collaborative information transfer.

The Pacific Fire Exchange (PFX) is a fire science and information communication project whose functions are highly relevant to the scope of Fire. We look forward to collaborating with PFX and publishing state-of-the-art research from its members in this field.