Several Central Texas fire departments have adopted a new wildfire risk modeling tool to help firefighters better prepare and ...

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Florida have been awarded a total of nearly $1.2 million by the National Science Foundation's Fire Science Innovations program to ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – A wildfire swept through the west Maui community of Lahaina on Aug. 8 killing at least 97 people and destroying more than 2,000 buildings. Shortly thereafter, an interdisciplinary ...

The behavior of massive wildland fires is incredibly complex, but as the western U.S. experiences these events with increasing frequency, the need to better understand those systems has become crucial ...

Wildfire Simulator is a fire-growth computer model that has two purposes: First, to let users see how certain conditions, such as wind speed and direction, affect the spread of a wildland fire. Second ...

Playing with fire, it's *** new way to fight it. Fire management agencies are relying more on simulation programs to better understand fire behavior. Meteorologist Ophelia Young sits through *** ...

Computer simulations can predict the spread of wildfires through sections of a real forest using a realistic yet computationally efficient new method to model the combustion of individual trees. The ...

If you missed the Wildfire Hazard and Risk Mapping listening session held in Aberdeen on Jan. 22, there is a chance to attend ...

BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. — Understanding the behavior of the Marshall Fire, which caused so much loss, is top of mind for some researchers right now. "It was of key interest to many of us because it ...