Wildfire fatalities remain a significant problem in Mediterranean Europe. Although there is a
strong inter-annual variability with regard to their number, repeated tragic accidents remind …

The worldwide “wildfire” problem is headlined by the loss of human lives and homes, but it
applies generally to any adverse effects of unplanned fires, as events or regimes, on a wide …

Federal land managers in the US can be informed with quantitative assessments of the
social conditions of the populations affected by wildfires originating on their administered …

Bushfires are classified as catastrophic disasters capable of inflicting significant destruction.
The key detrimental consequences of bushfires include the loss of human lives, trauma …

Abstract Search and Rescue (SaR) in forest fires is usually applied in a broad area, under
foggy or smoky conditions. It mostly involves location of entrapped fire crew or people in …

Wildfire spread and behavior can be limited by fuel treatments, even if their effects can vary
according to a number of factors including type, intensity, extension, and spatial …

We used spatial optimization to allocate and prioritize prescribed fire treatments in the fire-
prone Bages County, central Catalonia (northeastern Spain). The goal of this study was to …

Although forest fires are considered an integral part of forest ecosystems, the abundance of
human activities in forested areas has led to a significant number of human casualties and to …

Adapting to the growing frequency of catastrophic wildfires in Greece and mitigating their
effects is a complex socio-ecological problem. We used an online survey to query more than …

Mitigating the consequences of forest fires requires a proactive and well-coordinated
evacuation strategy, particularly in areas where human lives are at risk. The tragic Mati fire in …