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Final project report available
The Scottish fire danger rating system (SFDRS) final project report is now available:
- Taylor AFS, Bruce M, Britton AJ, Owen IJ, Gagkas Z, Pohle I, Fielding D, Hadden R: Scottish Fire Danger Rating System (FDRS) Report (PDF file, 6MB)
Scottish Fire Danger Rating System - Final Presentation
Presentation of the final report of the Scottish fire danger rating system project on the 9th of December 2021.
The slides from this presentation are also available.
Long-lasting Colorado Decker Fire Continues to Burn
The long-lasting Decker fire which began on Sep. 08, 2019, is still continuing to burn on Oct. 16, 2019, in the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness of Colorado. The fire started as a lightning strike and has now spread to 8,464 acres and is 30% contained at present. The difficulties in fighting this fire according to Inciweb are: "Low humidity and poor overnight recoveries allowed fuels to continue to dry. Fire spread is primarily driven by wind and spotting is occurring with wind and slope alignment." Weather is definitely one of the main reasons this fire continues to burn. Winds today are expected to gust to 20 mph which only further pushes fire constraints beyond containment lines. Winds and low relative humidity are both culprits in keeping this fire alive.
Fighting fire with fire to tackle Scotland's wildfires
The increasing threat of wildfires has forced the fire service to begin training staff in the fire management method common in hot countries.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) issued 21 wildfire danger warnings last year.
Spain battles biggest wildfires in 20 years as heatwave grips Europe
Firefighters battled wildfires at a scale not seen for 20 years in Spain and southern France was placed on unprecedented red alert as much of western Europe sweltered in an extreme early-summer heatwave on Thursday.