We are collecting records of fire behaviour in the UK!

Do you have fire behaviour observations (recent or historical) for a specific location, date and time? We welcome you to fill in this survey to help us to validate and improve FireInSite fire behaviour predictions.

Survey link: arcg.is/CyqWj2

Does your research involve fire and shrub fuels? 🔥🌿
Please submit to our special session:
"Shrubland fuels and their fire behaviour modelling challenges"
at the 11th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress, New Orleans!

Abstracts due soon-15th July! afefirecongress.org/special-sess...

So much has changed in the world since then, but fostering these collaborations remains as important as ever to address wildfire research challenges globally 🔥🌎👩‍🔬

These discussions were borne from scoping potential funding opportunities between the USA and UK, a historically fire prone and emerging fire prone country.

In a series of workshops in 2023, USA and UK wildfire scientists exchanged perspectives on priority directions for wildfire science research: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

These longer-varying synoptic weather patterns like PPAs provide opportunities for developing early warning systems of extended, synchronous elevated fire weather, fire-prone conditions to aid wildfire awareness and preparedness decision-making.

45% of pan-European burned area occurred during or up to 7 days following the presence of a PPA, with a latitudinal increase in the importance of PPAs up to 63% for Northern Europe.

- We tracked PPA events across Europe, finding that extreme fire weather was on average 3.5 times more likely to occur when there was a PPA present.
- There is a lag between the breakdown of the PPA event and return to normal conditions where fuels continue to dry ready for ignition.

PPAs can be used to identify those persistent, large and intense blocking highs that can lead to heatwaves and drought, providing optimum conditions for the drying of vegetation and ignition of wildfires.

New paper linking persistent high pressure systems to extreme fire weather and wildfire activity across Europe:
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

This is really useful, thanks Tim! I would love to be added if that's ok - thank you! :)

PhD opportunity!! ➡️Heathland Flammability Responses to Environmental Change 🌿🔥
centa.ac.uk/studentship/...
Work with a great team of researchers at University of Birmingham, University of Exeter, Forestry England & Met Office!

Testing the waters as it seems more and more people are making the move over here and I don't want to miss out on seeing all your cool research! 🔥🌳🌡️💧