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International Journal of Wildland Fire

International Journal of Wildland Fire

International Journal of Wildland Fire publishes articles on basic and applied aspects of wildland fire science including, but not confined to, ecological impact, modelling fire and its effects, and management of fire. Read more about the journalMore

Editors-in-Chief: Susan G. Conard, Stefan Doerr and Martin Girardin

Publishing Model: Open Access

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These articles are the latest published in the journal. International Journal of Wildland Fire is published under a continuous publication model. More information is available on our Continuous Publication page.

Published online 19 December 2024

WF24098Managing south-east Asia’s savannas: challenges and holistic approaches through community-based fire management

Marina Tornorsam 0009-0008-6858-4694, Thi Thuy Nguyen, Ate Poortinga, Vanessa Machuca, Enikoe Bihari, Karis Tenneson, Hanh Quyen Nguyen, Thomas Buchholz, David Saah, Peter Cutter and David Ganz
 

We review the challenges and solutions for managing savannas in the Lower Mekong region, focusing on fire regimes, misclassification and mapping difficulties. Emphasising a balance between community socioeconomic needs and biophysical conditions, we recommend sustainable savanna management through holistic, community-based fire management, integrated landscape planning and further exploration of incentivisation for avoided emissions.

This article belongs to the collection: Savanna burning.

WF24098 Abstract  |  WF24098 Full Text  | WF24098PDF (4.6 MB)   Open Access Article

Published online 17 December 2024

WF24042An integrated framework for habitat restoration in fire-prone areas: part 1 – co-creation of land management scenarios

P. Maia, S. Corticeiro 0000-0003-4247-5170, R. Vaz, P. M. Fernandes, S. Valente, J. Keizer, S. C. Pereira and D. Carvalho
 

In the context of increasing extreme wildfire events due to climate change, understanding how to manage our forests is crucial for protecting ecosystems and communities. This study developed a comprehensive framework that combines habitat restoration with fire hazard management, showing that integrating stakeholder input can significantly reduce fuel loads in forests. By modifying forest cover types, the approach not only allows lowering wildfire hazard while potentially fostering habitat conservation, serving as a valuable tool to assist decision-makers in forest management.

WF24042 Abstract  |  WF24042 Full Text  | WF24042PDF (1.5 MB)  | WF24042Supplementary Material (381 KB)   Open Access Article

Published online 16 December 2024

WF24104A comparative analysis of wildfire initial attack containment objectives and modelling strategies in Ontario, Canada

Kennedy Korkola, Melanie Wheatley, Jennifer Beverly 0000-0001-8033-9247, Patrick M. A. James and Mike Wotton
 

Chart showing little difference in percentage initial attack success across different initial attack success definitions

We used statistical modelling and machine learning to model the probability of initial attack (IA) success for eight different time and size-based definitions. We found no substantial differences in model predictive accuracy across the different definitions. Models of IA success should be defined using specific research or operational objectives.

WF24104 Abstract  |  WF24104 Full Text  | WF24104PDF (1.3 MB)  | WF24104Supplementary Material (329 KB)   Open Access Article

Published online 16 December 2024

WF24138Mapping wildfires in Canada with Landsat MSS to extend the National Burned Area Composite (NBAC) time series back to 1972

Rob Skakun, Guillermo Castilla and Piyush Jain
 

This study presents mapped fires in Canada from 1972 to 1983 created from Landsat MSS imagery. The fire maps integrated into the annual NBAC time series provide long-term insights of fire trends in Canada’s forests.

WF24138 Abstract  |  WF24138 Full Text  | WF24138PDF (3.1 MB)   Open Access Article

Published online 03 December 2024

WF24050Early forest flame and smoke detection based on improved feature extraction module with enhanced image processing inspired by YOLOV7

Ruipeng Han, Yunfei Liu, Xueyi Kong, Zhihui Qiu, Shuang Li and Han Liu
 

To increase the collection of fire information, this paper integrates deep learning techniques and digital image processing methods, creating a model with enhanced feature extraction capabilities for early forest fire detection.

WF24050 Abstract  |  WF24050 Full Text  | WF24050PDF (5 MB)   Open Access Article

Published online 02 December 2024

WF24035Fire regime impacts on soil microbes, soil organic carbon and ground cover in an Australian tropical savanna

Marissa H. Blunden 0009-0000-0281-7821, Luke Florence, Susanna R. Bryceson, Gary J. Clark, John W. Morgan and Jennifer L. Wood
 

In an Australian tropical savanna, soil microbial abundance was more affected by burn season than fire frequency. Grass and litter cover reduced microbial abundance; modern grasses had a greater impact on microbes than ancient endemic species. Soil organic carbon and coarse-scale microbial community structure were unaffected by fire regime.

This article belongs to the collection: Savanna burning.

WF24035 Abstract  |  WF24035 Full Text  | WF24035PDF (4.1 MB)  | WF24035Supplementary Material (372 KB)   Open Access Article

Published online 28 November 2024

WF24112Predicting terrain-induced wind turbulence for smokejumper parachute operations

Natalie Wagenbrenner, Loren Atwood, Jason Forthofer and Isaac Grenfell
 

Terrain-induced turbulence is dangerous for smokejumpers parachuting into complex terrain. We evaluate WindNinja and find that the model can be useful as an aid in identifying safe jump spots in complex terrain. Findings from this work will reduce parachute accidents and increase the safety of aerial firefighter operations.

WF24112 Abstract  |  WF24112 Full Text  | WF24112PDF (26.7 MB)   Open Access Article

Published online 28 November 2024

WF24036The influence of wildfire risk reduction programs and practices on recreation visitation

Eric M. White, Samantha G. Winder and Spencer A. Wood
 

Novel data sources were used to measure how recreation was influenced by fuels reduction efforts under the US Forest Service Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration (CFLR) Program. Visitation to the CFLR landscapes changed at a rate mirroring the trend observed elsewhere. Pre-commercial thinning and pruning had slight positive influences on visitation, whereas prescribed burning and managed wildfire had slight negative influences. We did not find any wholesale changes by fuel treatments within CFLR landscapes.

WF24036 Abstract  |  WF24036 Full Text  | WF24036PDF (1.3 MB)  | WF24036Supplementary Material (152 KB)   Open Access Article

Published online 22 November 2024

WF24110Changing large wildfire dynamics in the wildland–urban interface of the eastern United States

Noah C. Weidig 0000-0003-1205-3209, Carissa L. Wonkka, Michaella A. Ivey and Victoria M. Donovan
 

Large wildfires are increasing across the eastern United States. Quantifying the risk to human life and property is imperative. We find large wildfires burn disproportionately in areas with high housing density but increases in the number of large wildfires have occurred in more remote areas with low housing density.

WF24110 Abstract  |  WF24110 Full Text  | WF24110PDF (2.2 MB)  | WF24110Supplementary Material (2.5 MB)   Open Access Article

Published online 22 November 2024

WF24097A high-fidelity ensemble simulation framework for interrogating wildland-fire behaviour and benchmarking machine learning models

Qing Wang 0000-0002-9414-5184, Matthias Ihme, Cenk Gazen, Yi-Fan Chen and John Anderson
 

3D visualisation of fire propagation on a 15° slope with a wind speed of 2 m/s at 10 m above the ground level.

This work presents an efficient ensemble simulation platform for landscape-scale wildfire simulations with physical representation of the combustion. We conducted high-fidelity simulations spanning 117 different wind speeds and slopes combinations. The fire spread and intermittency behaviour is studied, with an analysis of the plume- and convection-driven fire regimes.

WF24097 Abstract  |  WF24097 Full Text  | WF24097PDF (3.8 MB)   Open Access Article

Published online 21 November 2024

WF24129Fire for the future: governance of market-based savanna fire management projects in Arnhem Land, northern Australia

Taegan Calnan 0009-0007-2420-4867, Dean Yibarbuk and Jeremy Russell-Smith
 

Developing effective participatory community-based governance is recognised as a key challenge in delivering equitable and sustainable outcomes for Indigenous communities in market-based carbon and ecosystem services projects.

This article belongs to the collection: Savanna burning.

WF24129 Abstract  |  WF24129 Full Text  | WF24129PDF (1.6 MB)  | WF24129Supplementary Material (190 KB)   Open Access Article

Published online 21 November 2024

WF24094Development of a scale for recruitment of forest fire workers using confirmatory factor analysis

Ismail Safak
 

An assessment scale for the forest fire workers recruitment process in Turkey was created and its validity and reliability evaluated. Twenty-three criteria were identified across five factors through confirmatory factor analysis. The calculated goodness-of-fit indices for the CFA model indicated a strong model fit to the observed data.

WF24094 Abstract  |  WF24094 Full Text  | WF24094PDF (976 KB)   Open Access Article

Published online 21 November 2024

WF24020Increasing fire danger in the Netherlands due to climate change

Hugo A. Lambrechts 0000-0003-0989-6811, Raoul D. H. Sooijs, Spyridon Paparrizos, Fulco Ludwig and Cathelijne R. Stoof
 

The average annual elevated fire danger days per decade according to the Fine Fuel Moisture Code (FFMC) for the future Dutch Royal Meteorological Institute (KMNI)scenarios: (a) Reference period 1981–2010, (b) GL 2036–2065, (c) GL 2071–2100, (d) WH 2036–2065 and (e) WH 2071–2100.

Our study looked at past elevated fire danger days, but also at how it will change in the future in the Netherlands using meteorological data, the Canadian Fire Weather Index and Dutch climate scenarios. We find that fire danger has increased already and will continue to do so in the future.

This article belongs to the collection: Fire and Climate.

WF24020 Abstract  |  WF24020 Full Text  | WF24020PDF (2.7 MB)  | WF24020Supplementary Material (228 KB)   Open Access Article

Published online 20 November 2024

WF24067Pixels to pyrometrics: UAS-derived infrared imagery to evaluate and monitor prescribed fire behaviour and effects

Leo O’Neill 0000-0001-5734-0979, Peter Z Fulé, Adam Watts, Chris Moran, Bryce Hopkins, Eric Rowell, Andrea Thode and Fatemeh Afghah
 

Uncrewed aircraft systems coupled with infrared cameras offer notable potential to monitor and measure wildland fire, such as prescribed fires. Here, we test the capabilities of a low-cost UAS to measure fire behaviour and effects. We find that estimates of fire consumption (how much fuel is burned) are notably accurate using this approach.

WF24067 Abstract  |  WF24067 Full Text  | WF24067PDF (4.3 MB)  | WF24067Supplementary Material (595 KB)   Open Access Article

Published online 12 November 2024

WF23199Before the fire: predicting burn severity and potential post-fire debris-flow hazards to conservation populations of the Colorado River Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii pleuriticus)

Adam G. Wells 0000-0001-9675-4963, Charles B. Yackulic, Jaime Kostelnik, Andy Bock, Robert E. Zuellig, Daren M. Carlisle, James J. Roberts, Kevin B. Rogers and Seth M. Munson
 

Predictions of burn severity and potential post-fire debris-flow from potential wildland fire showed moderate to high hazard classifications for most Colorado River Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii pleuriticus) conservation populations in the Green and Yampa Rivers of the Upper Colorado River Basin.

WF23199 Abstract  |  WF23199 Full Text  | WF23199PDF (5.9 MB)  | WF23199Supplementary Material (1.2 MB)   Open Access Article

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WF24136, Accepted 11 December 2024

Methods to assess fire-induced tree mortality: Review of fire behavior proxy and real fire experiments

Alistair Smith, Raquel Partelli-Feltrin 0000-0002-5076-8515, Aaron Sparks, James Moberly, Henry Adams, Dylan Schwilk, Wade Tinkham 0000-0002-4668-7624, JR Kok, David Wilson, R Alex Thompson, Andrew Hudak, Chad Hoffman, James Lutz, Alexander Blanco, Mark Cochrane, Robert Kremens, Joseph Dahlen, Grant Harley, Scott Rainsford, Li Huang, Douglas Hardman, Luigi Boschetti and Daniel Johnson
 
WF24136Abstract

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Collections

Collections are a curation of articles relevant to a topical research area

Fire and Climate

This Special Collection on “Fire and Climate” showcases papers from and inspired by the eponymous conferences hosted by the International Association of Wildland Fire. The collection explores the way that climate change is affecting wildfire around the world – and the ways that changes in societal, legal, and political climate changes interact with these geophysical processes.

Guest Editor
Eric B. Kenedy (York University, Canada)

Last Updated: 15 Oct 2024

Australian Fire Danger Rating System

This Collection in International Journal of Wildland Fire presents a series of papers that describe the development of the Australian Fire Danger Rating System (AFDRS). This new system was conceived following a review of existing Australian fire danger rating systems and associated danger categories in 2014. It was implemented in 2022 and has since been modified to improve performance, accuracy, and public-facing requirements.

Guest Editor
Paulo Fernandez (Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal)

Last Updated: 04 Jul 2024

Celebrating 30 Years of Wildland Fire Science Publication

In celebration of the 30th anniversary of International Journal of Wildland Fire (IJWF), the official journal of the International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF), we have put together this Collection that includes a selection of review papers published in IJWF over the past 12 years, a compilation that highlights the wide range of disciplines in wildland fire research. In line with our commitment to diversity, authors and co-authors come from at least seven countries, and the corresponding authors on six of the 15 papers are female. We invite you to explore the full breadth of topics included in this Collection.

Collection Editors
Susan G. Conard, Stefan Doerr, and Jenny Foster

Last Updated: 27 May 2021

25 Years of International Journal of Wildland Fire

To celebrate 25 years of publication of International Journal of Wildland Fire, we present this Collection that includes some of the most-cited Research Papers we have published over the years. This Collection includes two papers from each five-year period, starting in 1991. One of these is the paper from each period that has received the most citations to date. To highlight the geographic scope of IJWF publications, the second paper is the most-cited paper where the lead author is from a different country than the highest-cited one.

Last Updated: 05 Dec 2016

Atmospheric Research

This Collection of International Journal of Wildland Fire covers the theme of Atmospheric Research, and was launched to coincide with the 2016 International Smoke Symposium (Long Beach, California) and the AGU Fall Meeting (San Francisco, California). This collection showcases a diverse array of topics from a variety of geographical areas, including methods for tracking, modelling and inventory, social implications, climate implications, current and future research needs, and practical field management techniques for smoke.

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2016

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