Fire Safety and Sustainability

Dear Colleagues,

Industrial fires and explosions pose significant risks in various technological processes that involve flammable chemicals. These incidents can result in severe consequences, including property damage, injuries, and even loss of life. Preventing and mitigating the threat of industrial fires and explosions is of the utmost importance to ensure the safety of facilities, personnel, and the environment.

This Special Issue aims to explore the latest advancements in industrial safety and risk management, focusing on key areas such as the theory and technology of inherently safer chemical processes, quantitative risk assessment of industrial facilities, public safety management, emergency management software and hardware technologies for industrial hazards, accident investigation and analysis techniques, and the development of safety production information management and decision support systems.

This Special Issue aims to cover the aforementioned subjects and welcomes contributions in the form of original research articles or reviews, adhering to the journal's guidelines. While contributions related to the following subjects are particularly encouraged, submissions need not be strictly limited to these areas:

• Studies on the causes of industrial fires and explosions;
• Case reports and analyses of industrial fire/explosion accidents;
• Methods for preventing fires and explosions, especially in relation to emerging technologies;
• Approaches to detecting the leakage/spillage of flammable substances for preventive monitoring purposes;
• Fire/explosion risk assessment studies for emerging technologies, including energy storage systems (batteries, hydrogen storage);
• Studies on the impact of industrial fires/explosions on infrastructure, personnel, and the environment;
• Approaches to mitigating the consequences of fires/explosions.

I look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Ming-guang Zhang
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Fire is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.