Recent advancements in the study of fire dynamics and compartment fire behaviour have deepened our understanding of how fires develop, propagate and interact with their surroundings. This field ...

David Blunck has spent years studying how wildfires spread. But his academic research turned personal in September 2020, he said, when a wildfire neared his parents’ home in Canby. Blunck, an ...

Researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno and University of Washington Tacoma will collaborate to develop a new model that helps land and fire managers better predict and manage wildfires. The ...

Research commissioned by the UK government finds rooftop solar panels can significantly influence fire behavior, particularly when the height gap between modules and the roof surface falls below ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - While it is difficult to find any kind of silver lining to the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, scientists can use data being collected now to help anticipate and better ...

An example of a low severity fire from a prescribed burn in a dry mixed conifer forest. (Andrew Latimer / UC Davis) Not all forest fires have devastating effects. Low- and moderate-severity forest ...

Find Firehouse.com’s full coverage of the 2025 California Fire Storm, which began Jan. 7 near Los Angeles, here. “Our report represents a critical first step in understanding how the Southern ...

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During some of the worst hours in Camp Fire, which in 2018 burned the town of Paradise, California to the ground, the fire was growing so fast it ate up 10,000 acres within just 90 minutes. "We're ...