Fire Technology - Topical Collection: Editors' Choice

The papers listed below have been selected by the Editors of Fire Technology for their significance and originality in the field of fire safety science. These outstanding works are now part of the Topical Collection Editors' Choice, showcasing the top papers of each year. 

Congratulations to the authors of these exceptional papers!

2024

• Numerical Modeling of Compartment Fires: Ventilation Characteristics and Limitation of Kawagoe’s Law by Zilong Wang, Tianhang Zhang & Xinyan Huang
• Repeat Fire Tests of Upholstered Furniture: Variability and Experimental Observations by David Morrisset, Jonathan Reep, Ian Ojwang, Rory M. Hadden & Angus Law
• A Review on Higher Education of Fire Safety in China by Supan Wang & Xinyan Huang
• Exploring Overpressure Events in Compartment Fires by Charles Fleischmann, Daniel Madrzykowski & Nicholas Dow 
• Remote Sensing of the Light-Obscuring Smoke Properties in Real-Scale Fires Using a Photometric Measurement Method by Kristian Börger, Alexander Belt, Thorsten Schultze & Lukas Arnold
• Application of Remote Sensing Technology in Wildfire Research: Bibliometric Perspective by Xiaolian Li, Jie Li & Milad Haghani
• The Influence of Housing, Parcel, and Neighborhood Characteristics on Housing Survival in the Marshall Fire by Amy J. Metz, Erica C. Fischer & Abbie B. Liel
• A Review of Fire-Extinguishing Agents and Fire Suppression Strategies for Lithium-Ion Batteries Fire by Lin Zhang, Kaiqiang Jin, Jinhua Sun & Qingsong Wang
• Fire Safety for Green Façades: Part 1: Basics, State-of-the-Art Research and Experimental Investigation of Plant Flammability by Thomas Engel & Norman Werther
• An Experimental Apparatus for Bench-Scale Fire Testing Using Electrical Heating Pads by Aleksandra Seweryn, Andrea Lucherini & Jean-Marc Franssen
• A Taxonomy of UK Reaction-to-Fire Standard Testing: The Role of Black Boxing of Expertise by Angus Law, Graham Spinardi & Luke Bisby
• Chemical and Thermal Exposure Risks in a Multi Compartment Training Structure by Gavin P. Horn, Keith Stakes, Danielle L. Neumann, Joseph M. Willi, Ryan Chaffer, Craig Weinschenk & Kenneth W. Fent 
• The UN Sustainable Development Goals and Fire Technology by R. Lovreglio, X. Wang & G. Rein
• The Emmons Problem Revisited by Howard R. Baum & J.G. Quintiere
• A Review of Tunnel Fire Evacuation Strategies and State-of-the-Art Research in China by Yuxin Zhang & Xinyan Huang
• Predicting the Average Charring Rate of Mass Timber Using Data-Driven Methods for Structural Calculations by  Rikesh Amin, Yaxin Mo, Franz Richter, Christoph Kurzer, Norman Werther & Guillermo Rein
• Pilot Study on Fire Effluent Condensate from Full Scale Residential Fires by Gavin P. Horn, Nicholas W. Dow & Danielle L. Neumann

2023

• Calculating Heat Release Rates from Lithium-Ion Battery Fires: A Methodology Using Digital Imaging by Malcom S. Wise, Paul A. Christensen, Neville Dickman, Joe McDonald, Wojciech Mrozik, Simon M. Lambert & Francesco Restuccia
• An Investigation of Oxygen Availability in Spreading Fires by Alexandra N. Howell, Erica L. Belmont, Sara S. McAllister & Mark A. Finney 
• Recurrent Convolutional Deep Neural Networks for Modeling Time-Resolved Wildfire Spread Behavior by John Burge, Matthew R. Bonanni, R. Lily Hu & Matthias Ihme 
• Burning Rate of Wood Cribs with Controlled Airflow by S. McAllister & T. Grumstrup 
• Roxborough Park Community Wildfire Evacuation Drill: Data Collection and Model Benchmarking by Steve M. V. Gwynne, Enrico Ronchi, Jonathan Wahlqvist, Arturo Cuesta, Javier Gonzalez Villa, Erica D. Kuligowski, Amanda Kimball, Guillermo Rein, Max Kinateder, Noureddine Benichou & Hui Xie 
• Does Human Accessibility Affect Lightning-Caused Wildfires? A Case Study of the Southern Rocky Mountains by Adam Benefield & Jian Chen 
• Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems in Outdoor Firefighting by Brian Y. Lattimer, Xinyan Huang, Michael A. Delichatsios, Yiannis A. Levendis, Kevin Kochersberger, Samuel Manzello, Peter Frank, Tombo Jones, Jordi Salvador, Conrad Delgado, Eduard Angelats, M. Eulàlia Parés, David Martín, Sara McAllister & Sayaka Suzuki 
• Toward Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Wildland–Urban Interface Communities for Wildfires by Nima Masoudvaziri, Negar Elhami-Khorasani & Kang Sun 
• An Evaluation of the Firefighting Effectiveness of Fluorine-Free Foams by Gerard G. Back
• Emerging Risks of Wildfires at the Wildland-Urban Interface in Mexico by Sandra Vaiciulyte, Alejandro Rivero-Villar & Louise Guibrunet
• Wildland Firefighting Personal Protective Clothing Cleaning Practices in the United States by Meredith McQuerry & Elizabeth Easter 
• Classification and Fire Safety of Informal Settlements in China by Yu Wang, Ting Xia, Hongli Ruan, Chia Lung Wu, David Rush, Luke Bisby & Jinhua Sun

2022

• Experimental Study of the Fire Dynamics in a Semi-enclosure Formed by Photovoltaic (PV) Installations on Flat Roof Constructions by Jens Steemann Kristensen, Benjamin Jacobs & Grunde Jomaas 
• Wildland Firefighting Personal Protective Clothing Cleaning Practices in the United States by Meredith McQuerry & Elizabeth Easter 
• Fire Experiment Inside a Very Large and Open-Plan Compartment: x-ONE by Egle Rackauskaite, Matthew Bonner, Francesco Restuccia, Nieves Fernandez Anez, Eirik G. Christensen, Nils Roenner, Wojciech Wegrzynski, Piotr Turkowski, Piotr Tofilo, Mohammad Heidari, Panagiotis Kotsovinos, Izabella Vermesi, Franz Richter, Yuqi Hu, Chloe Jeanneret, Rahul Wadhwani & Guillermo Rein
• Improving Heat Flux Predictions for Directional Flame Thermometers by Incorporating Convective Effects by Juliette I. Franqueville, Jan-Michael Cabrera & Ofodike A. Ezekoye
• On the Effect of Exposed Timber on the Severity of Structural Fires in a Compartment and Required Firefighting Resources by Shuna Ni & Thomas Gernay
• A Study on Evacuation Behavior in Physical and Virtual Reality Experiments by Silvia Arias, Axel Mossberg, Daniel Nilsson & Jonathan Wahlqvist 
• Quantifying Firebrand Production and Transport Using the Acoustic Analysis of In-Fire Cameras by Dan K. Thompson, Daniel A. Yip, Eunmo Koo, Rod Linn, Ginny Marshall, Razim Refai & Dave Schroeder 
• A Novel Method for Smart Fire Detection Using Acoustic Measurements and Machine Learning: Proof of Concept by John Martinsson, Marcus Runefors, Håkan Frantzich, Dag Glebe, Margaret McNamee & Olof Mogren
• Towards the use of Remote Sensing for Identification of Building Damage, Destruction, and Defensive Actions at Wildland-Urban Interface Fires by Derek McNamara & William Mell 
• A Framework for Determining the Ignition Signatures in a Fuel Bed due to Firebrand Deposition by Savannah S. Wessies & Ofodike A. Ezekoye 
• The Digital Transformation in Fire Safety Engineering over the Past Decade Through Building Information Modelling: A Review by Ada Malagnino, Angelo  Corallo, Mariangela Lazoi & Giorgio Zavarise 
• Accurate Detection of Occluded Wildfire Boundary by Licheng Feng & Jay Katupitiya 
• CFD Simulations of Fire Propagation in Horizontal Cable Trays Using a Pyrolysis Model with Stochastically Determined Geometry by Alexandra Viitanen, Simo Hostikka & Jukka Vaari
• Fire Severity Outcome Comparison of Apartment Buildings Constructed from Combustible and Non-Combustible Construction Materials by Alex Zheng, Len Garis & Ian Pike 
• Alarm Technologies to Wake Sleeping People Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing by Erik Smedberg, Enrico Ronchi & Victoria Hutchison    
• Burning Behavior Analysis in Meso and Large-Scale Oil Slick Fires With and Without Waves Using Outdoor Gas Emission Sampling (OGES) System by Hsin-Hsiu Ho, Kemal S. Arsava & Ali S. Rangwala