Every year worldwide some extraordinary wildfires occur, overwhelming suppression
capabilities, causing substantial damages, and often resulting in fatalities. Given their …

Bushfires are one of the most frequent natural hazards experienced in Australia. Fires play
an important role in shaping the landscape and its ecological dynamics, but may also have …

Pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) wildfires cause devastation in many regions globally. Given
that fire‐atmosphere coupling is associated with pyroCbs, future changes in coincident high …

In the last few years, in several parts of the world, under extreme weather conditions, several
catastrophic fires have taken place. These fires are called mega-fires. They are not just large …

Many populated areas of Australia are at high risk of bushfire. All state and territory rural fire
services have community bushfire safety education programs providing information and …

Disastrous wildfires have occurred often in south-eastern Australia. Following multi-fatality
wildfires in Victoria on 7 February 2009 the national approach to community wildfire …

Extreme wildfires are global phenomena that consistently result in loss of life and property
and further impact the cultural, economic and political stability of communities. In their most …

Forest fires are a common disturbance in many forest systems in the world and in particular
in the Mediterranean region. Their origins can be either natural or anthropogenic. The …

How do firefighting teams achieve safety when entrapped by flame? My case analysis of
firefighting crews during the Black Saturday bushfires of 2009 in Victoria, Australia …

Studies using remote sensing data for fire danger prediction have primarily relied on fire
ignitions data to develop fire danger indices (FDIs). However, these data may only represent …