Wildfires’ increasing growth and spread have prompted aggressive approaches to fighting fire. The techniques used by firefighters can cause great damage to timberlands. Yet, there is currently no external review of the efficiency, costs, or impacts of various firefighting techniques....

The aim of this study was to assess the fire risk at Roburnia Plantation in order to determine factors that contribute to fire risk, the risk level, and the extent of fire damage. Both epistemological and scientific research designs were used in order to assess the level of fire risk at Roburnia...

Despite the relevant fire risk to which Italy is subject from the north to the south, very few analyses focus on this topic. This article investigates the causes of forest fires frequency and intensity in Italy during the first decade of the twenty-first century. The dynamical aspects of fire...

Climate change as a reality in today’s world is evidenced in one of the most dangerous and rapidly damaging environmental disasters, forest fires caused by heat waves. Given the extreme importance of forest bodies to tackling climate change via the reduction of greenhouse gases, an increase in...

The increase in extreme weather disasters over the past ten years, combined with the increased usage of social media in transmitting information during these disasters, has led to a growing need to understand the implications and best practices in utilizing social media to inform those at-risk....

Air pollution is known to negatively affect a range of health outcomes. Wildfire smoke is an increasingly important contributor to air pollution, yet extreme smoke events are highly salient and could induce behavioral responses that alter health impacts. We combine geolocated data covering the...

Fire has been traditionally used by farmers as mean of land preparation and, therefore, benefiting agriculture and pasture. However, fire application may also generate private and social costs. This study attempts to measure these fire use costs in the Brazilian Amazon. Fire control can be lost...