A5036531754- Fire dynamics and safety research
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Combustion and Detonation Processes
- Social and Educational Sciences
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics
- Forest Biomass Utilization and Management
- Engineering and Material Science Research
- Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research
- Operations Management Techniques
- Flame retardant materials and properties
- Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
- Fire effects on concrete materials
- Sports, Gender, and Society
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Plant and Fungal Interactions Research
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Combustion and flame dynamics
- Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
- Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
- Tree Root and Stability Studies
- Research in Social Sciences
- Children's Rights and Participation
- Communication in Education and Healthcare
- Forest Management and Policy
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
2017-2025
Lund University
2016-2019
Danish Institute of Fire and Security Technology
2014-2016
Abstract Increased risk of wildfires is often highlighted in media coverage climate change the Nordic countries. How an increased reflected concerns and adaptive measures within most likely affected communities nevertheless not known. This study investigates adaptation to a rural community south-eastern Sweden. The comparatively dry area has history frequent but low-consequence projected experience Sweden’s largest increase severe fire weather towards 2100. Through narratives, this...
ABSTRACT This article aims to delineate the wildland–urban interface in sparsely populated, limited‐resourced Scandinavian peninsula (excluding Finland). Common WUI mapping assumptions and how different thresholds capture reality of building ignition from wildfire this region are evaluated. We show that dedicated fuel maps areas at risk slightly better than vegetation maps, although choice map per se is less important selected limit for possible ember transport. The commonly used 6.17...
Wildfires in the Wildland-Urban Interface  (WUI) are a rising problem Europe, driven by lengthening hot, dry seasons southern regions and emergence of fire-prone zones central northern countries unprepared for large-scale wildfires. Climate change intensifies these challenges, underscoring urgent need to enhance resilience self-protection capabilities WUI communities.Although several EU initiatives have focused on improving community wildfires, their practical implementation impact...
Several large Swedish wildfires during recent decades were caused by forestry machinery in operation, fires for which there is still no characterisation. We combined 18 years of data on dispatches, weather and fire danger interviewed workers to understand the spatial, temporal distributions these fires, their underlying mechanisms. estimate average annual number ignitions from Sweden at 330–480 (2.0±0.4 per 1000ha clear-felling) 34.5 led firefighter constituting 2.2% all forest dispatches...
Despite increasing concern over wildfires in Fennoscandia, there are essentially no studies on the survivability of buildings within wildland-urban interface this region. We make use four recent large-scale fires Sweden to elucidate which factors important for survival, using multiple logistic regression analysis data collected at sites. obtained 187 fire perimeters, nearly all with wood paneling and tile- or sheet metal roofing. 35 % were lost badly damaged. Results indicate that most...
Abstract The impact of wildfire is not only determined by fire magnitude, but also the predispositions those who are affected, which described differences in social vulnerability. In this study, Swedish event reports on Wildland-Urban Interface fires that occurred between 1996 and 2022 were used to identify features vulnerability central a Nordic setting. Results both census tract scale household highlight living sparsely populated area increases wildfire.
The use of raised walkways in rail tunnels has the potential to significantly improve evacuation conditions, however there is limited research that so far focused on walkway design from an perspective. An experiment was therefore performed explore effect design, namely width and aids, behaviour, e.g., people's perception, movement speeds flow rate. results indicate a more than approximately one metre (0.9 1.05 m) leads higher increased sense safety. Handrails tactile edge marker are often...
Summary This work aims to explore possible ways of improving the precision ignition measurements in cone calorimeter. Both inherent repeatability parts testing equipment and operator‐dependent variations are considered. Inherent is indicated be slightly improved if test samples used circular rather than square. Operator‐dependent variation discussed terms method for determining ignition. Four procedures compared, namely, visual observation, usage a light sensor, looking at peak second first...
Abstract The Scandinavian countries have in later years seen several severe wildfires and is expected to exhibit more fire danger. While direct flame spread has been an important topic wildfire research, there a need for development ensure that experimental methods are relevant characteristics. To lab conditions fire-resilient material work, large lab-scale (2×4 meters) experiments were conducted on various fuels. Its behaviour (such as rate of spread, fireline intensity length) was compared...
Despite increased activity and attention concerning wildfires in the North-European wildland urban interface there are essentially no studies on survivability of buildings this region. This study make use four recent large-scale fires Sweden to elucidate which factors important for survivability, using multivariate logistic regression analysis data collected at sites. We obtained 187 within fire perimeters, nearly all with wood paneling tile- or sheet metal roofing. 35% were lost badly...