The effect of fuel complex characteristics on wildfire rates of spread appears to be non-existent in the upper end of the fire danger spectrum based on an examination of the pertinent literature. The implications of this conclusion on fire spread modelling and fuels management are discussed.

The interaction of two parallel fire lines under wind flow conditions in laboratory experiments was studied. The results showed that the interaction has the same tendency independently of the initial distance between the fire lines and that there is a characteristic flow velocity for which the ROS reaches a minimum.

Fatalities decreased significantly after the establishment of fire management systems. Annual fatalities had a strong positive correlation with number of fires. Fatalities mainly occurred in south and east regions of China with high population densities. Most fatalities occurred in fires with sizes less than 100 ha. Coniferous forest types and 5.1–15° slopes are the main factors related to fatalities.

This paper presents a comparison of prototypes fire shelters, using heat-blocking and insulating layers, with the current USA fire shelter. Field tests supported laboratory comparisons, but proved to be statistically inconclusive in differentiating shelter performance because of the variability inherent in thermal data obtained in field burns.

The concept of co-management has grown in popularity within the wildland fire community but what does co-management really mean in the context of a jurisdictionally complex wildfire? Findings from this study reveal that jurisdictional leaders think differently about co-management. We present a framework for differentiating the disparate mental models of co-management that jurisdictional leaders may encounter, and may need to reconcile, during a wildfire.