Research

Africa Fire Mission 2025 Fire Symposium. Photo: Africa Fire Mission.

November 4, 2026 / 4 minutes

Changing values: changing lives: the impact of the Africa Fire Mission

By Amber Lynn Scott and Ikeola Bodunde No personal protective equipment. No water. No fire trucks. Rocks thrown at you while fighting fires. All these scenarios and more have been reported by Kenyan firefighters as routine occurrences when addressing fires. But for more than a decade, an organization called Africa

AUS WTREX participants gathered in North Queensland and burned in both the savannah and rainforest landscapes, May 2025. Photo: Queensland Fire Department.

October 14, 2026 / 8 minutes

Indigenous women build skills

A fire training program for Indigenous women in Australia has resulted in increased confidence and knowledge among participants, a broader network of colleagues, and a commitment to share ideas and techniques. The 12-day Australia Women-in-Fire Prescribed Training Exchange (AUS WTREX) in May 2025 was evaluated by researchers from Monash University

October 12, 2026 / 1 minute

Maui residents contaminated with toxic metals long after 2023 wildfires, study finds

The lungs of many Hawaii residents are filled with extremely high levels of toxic metals, months after the smoke from the disastrous 2023 fires in Lahaina had cleared, according to a recent study published by the University of Hawaiʻi. The research, published on September 28 in the Proceedings of the

October 12, 2026 / 2 minutes

Tales from a muddy lake – how the fire story in Australia changed when colonisation began

The enduring debate over what fire did or didn’t do before colonial powers arrived has been given another airing with research published in Nature that looks at 1000 years of mud – or more accurately, sediment cores drilled from a lakebed in south-east Victoria, Australia. As the researchers explain, year