Drawing on data from the physics-based FIRETEC model, a nonlinear dynamical approach examines time series for a variety of ...

How wildfires spread is more variable and unpredictable than Canada's standard models assume, new research from UBC Okanagan data scientists shows. Ladan Tazik, lead author of a new study in Fire and ...

The committee will examine how research on experimental fires can be improved to strengthen fire and smoke models for prescribed burns. The committee will: Identify relevant agency research projects ...

Extreme fire behavior forced evacuations in the Burville area near the Monroe Canyon Fire. The fire was discovered on July 13. Since then, it has burned 31,811 acres with 11% containment. Power was ...

A rapidly growing wildfire straddling the Ventura-Los Angeles county line Thursday afternoon triggered evacuations in and around Piru and Castaic amid a major heat wave that officials warned could ...

Huge swaths of the Los Angeles area are currently being scorched by enormous wildfires, with four blazes active around the city being fanned by the Santa Ana winds. The largest of these is the ...

A group of scientists in China constructed a specialized compartment to test the thermal breakage and fallout of BIPV façades under enclosure fire conditions. They examined three different types of ...