Artificial intelligence has been applied in wildfire science and management since the 1990s,
with early applications including neural networks and expert systems. Since then, the field …

Forest fires are a persistent global problem, causing devastating consequences such as loss
of human lives, harm to the environment, and substantial economic losses. To mitigate these …

Wildfires devastated communities in Oregon and Washington in September 2020, burning
almost as much forest west of the Cascade Mountain crest (“the westside”) in 2 weeks …

Abstract 2020 is the year of wildfire records. California experienced its three largest fires
early in its fire season. The Pantanal, the largest wetland on the planet, burned over 20% of …

Large and severe wildfires are an observable consequence of an increasingly arid
American West. There is increasing consensus that human communities, land managers …

In recent years, fire services in Mediterranean Europe have been overwhelmed by extreme
wildfire behavior. As a consequence, fire management has moved to defensive strategies …

Background There is broad recognition that fire management in the United States must
fundamentally change and depart from practices that have led to an over-emphasis on …

Abstract Background The PODs (potential operational delineations) concept is an adaptive
framework for cross-boundary and collaborative land and fire management planning. Use of …

Background The capacity of forest fuel treatments to moderate the behavior and severity of
subsequent wildfires depends on weather and fuel conditions at the time of burning …

Wildfires in the western United States (US) are increasingly expensive, destructive, and
deadly. Reducing wildfire losses is particularly challenging when fires frequently start on …