• Parts of Scotland receive some of the highest levels of rainfall in Europe, but we also experience periods of intense drying when the danger of wild fires can be severe.
  • Wildfires cause significant damage to agricultural, forestry, biodiversity, recreational and sporting interests, and threaten infrastructure, property, and life
  • Wildfires place a significant operational and cost burden on the Fire and Rescue Service, directly in fighting wildfires, and in the requirement to redeploy resources to maintain geographic coverage
  • The aim of the project is to contribute to the development of a Fire Danger Rating System for the Scottish environment and vegetation
  • Wildfires destroy large and small with impunity
  • Wildfires destroy large and small with impunity
  • Understanding how fires become established and spread in complex vegetation is challenging
  • The project is carrying out field studies to examine fires spread in Scottish vegetation types (Andy Taylor discussing vegetation characteristics with Rory Hadden and colleagues)
  • Determining the quantities and moisture contents of different fuels are integral to modelling potential fire risks
  • Numerous weather, vegetation and soil parameters are included within the rating system model to predict the level of fire risk.
  • Deprecated function: Creation of dynamic property Bean::$field_fcol_image is deprecated in field_attach_load() (line 661 of /srv/interweb/liveweb/hostdomains/drupal7_base_install/modules/field/field.attach.inc).
  • Deprecated function: Creation of dynamic property Bean::$field_fcol_colour_term is deprecated in field_attach_load() (line 661 of /srv/interweb/liveweb/hostdomains/drupal7_base_install/modules/field/field.attach.inc).
  • Deprecated function: Creation of dynamic property Bean::$field_fcol_title is deprecated in field_attach_load() (line 661 of /srv/interweb/liveweb/hostdomains/drupal7_base_install/modules/field/field.attach.inc).
  • Deprecated function: Creation of dynamic property Bean::$field_fcol_body is deprecated in field_attach_load() (line 661 of /srv/interweb/liveweb/hostdomains/drupal7_base_install/modules/field/field.attach.inc).
  • Deprecated function: Creation of dynamic property Bean::$field_fcol_link is deprecated in field_attach_load() (line 661 of /srv/interweb/liveweb/hostdomains/drupal7_base_install/modules/field/field.attach.inc).
  • Deprecated function: Creation of dynamic property Bean::$rdf_mapping is deprecated in rdf_entity_load() (line 412 of /srv/interweb/liveweb/hostdomains/drupal7_base_install/modules/rdf/rdf.module).
  • Deprecated function: Creation of dynamic property Bean::$_field_view_prepared is deprecated in field_attach_prepare_view() (line 1154 of /srv/interweb/liveweb/hostdomains/drupal7_base_install/modules/field/field.attach.inc).
  • Deprecated function: Creation of dynamic property Bean::$entity_view_prepared is deprecated in entity_prepare_view() (line 8260 of /srv/interweb/liveweb/hostdomains/drupal7_base_install/includes/common.inc).
  • Deprecated function: Creation of dynamic property Bean::$content is deprecated in EntityAPIController->buildContent() (line 587 of /srv/interweb/liveweb/hostdomains/drupal7_base_install/sites/all/modules/entity/includes/entity.controller.inc).
  • Deprecated function: Creation of dynamic property Bean::$field_fcol_image is deprecated in field_attach_load() (line 661 of /srv/interweb/liveweb/hostdomains/drupal7_base_install/modules/field/field.attach.inc).
  • Deprecated function: Creation of dynamic property Bean::$field_fcol_colour_term is deprecated in field_attach_load() (line 661 of /srv/interweb/liveweb/hostdomains/drupal7_base_install/modules/field/field.attach.inc).
  • Deprecated function: Creation of dynamic property Bean::$field_fcol_title is deprecated in field_attach_load() (line 661 of /srv/interweb/liveweb/hostdomains/drupal7_base_install/modules/field/field.attach.inc).
  • Deprecated function: Creation of dynamic property Bean::$field_fcol_body is deprecated in field_attach_load() (line 661 of /srv/interweb/liveweb/hostdomains/drupal7_base_install/modules/field/field.attach.inc).
  • Deprecated function: Creation of dynamic property Bean::$field_fcol_link is deprecated in field_attach_load() (line 661 of /srv/interweb/liveweb/hostdomains/drupal7_base_install/modules/field/field.attach.inc).
  • Deprecated function: Creation of dynamic property Bean::$rdf_mapping is deprecated in rdf_entity_load() (line 412 of /srv/interweb/liveweb/hostdomains/drupal7_base_install/modules/rdf/rdf.module).
  • Deprecated function: Creation of dynamic property Bean::$_field_view_prepared is deprecated in field_attach_prepare_view() (line 1154 of /srv/interweb/liveweb/hostdomains/drupal7_base_install/modules/field/field.attach.inc).
  • Deprecated function: Creation of dynamic property Bean::$entity_view_prepared is deprecated in entity_prepare_view() (line 8260 of /srv/interweb/liveweb/hostdomains/drupal7_base_install/includes/common.inc).
  • Deprecated function: Creation of dynamic property Bean::$content is deprecated in EntityAPIController->buildContent() (line 587 of /srv/interweb/liveweb/hostdomains/drupal7_base_install/sites/all/modules/entity/includes/entity.controller.inc).
  • Deprecated function: Creation of dynamic property Bean::$field_fcol_image is deprecated in field_attach_load() (line 661 of /srv/interweb/liveweb/hostdomains/drupal7_base_install/modules/field/field.attach.inc).
  • Deprecated function: Creation of dynamic property Bean::$field_fcol_colour_term is deprecated in field_attach_load() (line 661 of /srv/interweb/liveweb/hostdomains/drupal7_base_install/modules/field/field.attach.inc).
  • Deprecated function: Creation of dynamic property Bean::$field_fcol_title is deprecated in field_attach_load() (line 661 of /srv/interweb/liveweb/hostdomains/drupal7_base_install/modules/field/field.attach.inc).
  • Deprecated function: Creation of dynamic property Bean::$field_fcol_body is deprecated in field_attach_load() (line 661 of /srv/interweb/liveweb/hostdomains/drupal7_base_install/modules/field/field.attach.inc).
  • Deprecated function: Creation of dynamic property Bean::$field_fcol_link is deprecated in field_attach_load() (line 661 of /srv/interweb/liveweb/hostdomains/drupal7_base_install/modules/field/field.attach.inc).
  • Deprecated function: Creation of dynamic property Bean::$rdf_mapping is deprecated in rdf_entity_load() (line 412 of /srv/interweb/liveweb/hostdomains/drupal7_base_install/modules/rdf/rdf.module).
  • Deprecated function: Creation of dynamic property Bean::$_field_view_prepared is deprecated in field_attach_prepare_view() (line 1154 of /srv/interweb/liveweb/hostdomains/drupal7_base_install/modules/field/field.attach.inc).
  • Deprecated function: Creation of dynamic property Bean::$entity_view_prepared is deprecated in entity_prepare_view() (line 8260 of /srv/interweb/liveweb/hostdomains/drupal7_base_install/includes/common.inc).
  • Deprecated function: Creation of dynamic property Bean::$content is deprecated in EntityAPIController->buildContent() (line 587 of /srv/interweb/liveweb/hostdomains/drupal7_base_install/sites/all/modules/entity/includes/entity.controller.inc).
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