Simulating fires in airtight or mechanically ventilated compartments—such as those found in nuclear facilities and ...

The model will use data collected on individual homes and buildings throughout the Aspen area, as well as wild landscapes, to depict the effects of smoke, the path of flames, and chokepoints for ...

The committee will examine how research on experimental fires can be improved to strengthen fire and smoke models for prescribed burns. The committee will: Identify relevant agency research projects ...

Recent advancements in the study of fire dynamics and compartment fire behaviour have deepened our understanding of how fires develop, propagate and interact with their surroundings. This field ...

Los Angeles has been my home since 2000. Living in the LA/OC vicinity areas, I had to see and face the devastation of several wildfires in 25 years. The biggest ones I’ve seen were the 2020 Yorba ...

As wind-driven wildfires spread through the Los Angeles area in January 2025, fire-spotting technology and computer models were helping firefighters understand the rapidly changing environment they ...

Wildfires across the western United States are burning with an intensity that can overwhelm suppression crews, and multiple ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Two months after deadly wildfires razed ...