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Burning Issues in Forest Fire Research

A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Hazards and Risk Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2024) | Viewed by 1012

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Luís Reis

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1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Rua Luís Reis Santos, 3030-788 Coimbra, Portugal
2. ISEC Lisboa—Higher Institute of Education and Sciences, Alameda das Linhas de Torres, 179, 1750-142 Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: forest fires; fire safety; fire technology; renewable energy technologies
Dr. Jorge R.N. Raposo

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1. RCM2+ Research Centre for Asset Management and Systems Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, R. Pedro Nunes, 3030-199 Coimbra, Portugal
2. ESTA—Abrantes Higher School of Technology, Polytechnic Institute of Tomar, R. 17 de Agosto de 1808, 2200-370 Abrantes, Portugal
Interests: forest fires; merging fires; fire safety; fire technology; assets maintenance
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Dr. Xiaodong Xie

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State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
Interests: forest fires; merging fires; fire safety; fire technology
Prof. Dr. Jason J. Sharples

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School of Science, University of New South Wales Canberra, Canberra, BC 2610, Australia
Interests: bushfire; wildfire; fire weather; modelling; fire–atmosphere interaction
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Wildfires are very common in the world. It is perhaps the natural disaster that occurs more frequently, and they are incredibly destructive. Wildfires affect forests, the ecosystem, humans, infrastructure, and have a large socio-economic impact since there is a requirement to spend money to fight fire and repair the destruction caused by fire. Wildfires also cause several casualties every year, including human lives. It is important to understand the behavior of fire in detail to induce a better response in real-life situations by firefighting operational teams to keep themselves, populations, and their properties safe.

In this Special Issue, we aim to collate research focusing on burning modes, the tendency of different species to burn, fire behavior, the causes of fire, and to contribute to the existing knowledge on how to mitigate forest fires.

The knowledge of forest fires tends to be presented to fire operational and decision makers that require support in the area of forest management in order to obtain the best results.

Dr. Luís Reis
Dr. Jorge R.N. Raposo
Dr. Xiaodong Xie
Prof. Dr. Jason J. Sharples
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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 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

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. Forests 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 2600 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.

Keywords

  • forest fire
  • climate change
  • fire management
  • fire safety
  • fire technology
  • fire events

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The Role of Field Measurements of Fine Dead Fuel Moisture Content in the Canadian Fire Weather Index System—A Study Case in the Central Region of Portugal
by Daniela Alves, Miguel Almeida, Luís Reis, Jorge Raposo and Domingos Xavier Viegas
Forests 2024, 15(8), 1429; https://doi.org/10.3390/f15081429 - 14 Aug 2024
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The Canadian Fire Weather Index System (CFWIS), empirically developed for forests in Canada, estimates the fuel moisture content (mf) at different depths and loads through meteorological parameters. While it is often suggested that adapting an existing fire danger rating system [...] Read more.
The Canadian Fire Weather Index System (CFWIS), empirically developed for forests in Canada, estimates the fuel moisture content (mf) at different depths and loads through meteorological parameters. While it is often suggested that adapting an existing fire danger rating system like CFWIS for a new environment requires developing new relationships or modifying existing ones, it is worth considering if such adaptations are always necessary. Based on a dataset of field measurements for surface litter (Pinus pinaster) carried out in the central region of Portugal (2014–2023), we propose a correction of mf based on the Fine Fuel Moisture Code (FFMC) of the CFWIS. This moisture correction was used to determine the Initial Spread Index (ISI) directly and, subsequently, the Fire Weather Index (FWI). Fire records from the study region were used to analyze the performance of the corrected indices. We found that the moisture correction led to higher values and potentially more accurate indices under dry conditions but did not provide a significant improvement in predicting the number of fires and burned areas compared to the original indices. The results suggest that, in relation to fire activity, the CFWIS is sufficiently robust to variations in the fuel moisture content in the study region. Full article
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