Resources
Publications
- Albertson, K., Aylen, J., Cavan, G, and McMorrow, J. (2010) Climate change and the future occurrence of moorland wildfires in the Peak District of the UK. Climate Research, vol 45, CR Special 24: 105-118. Online C 926, DOI:10.3354/cr00926 or e-scholar 96511.
- Albertson, K., Aylen, J., Cavan, G. and McMorrow, J. (2009) ‘Forecasting the outbreak of moorland wild fires in the English Peak District’ Journal of Environmental Management vol.90 (8):.2642-2651, DOI:10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.02.011 , or escholar 1b5399.
-
Brown, I., Ridder, B., Alumbaugh, P., Barnett, C., Brooks, A., Duffy, L., Webbon, C., Nash, E., Townend, I., Black, H. and Hough, R. (2012) Climate Change Risk Assessment for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Sector (PDF 5150KB). DEFRA Technical Report.
- Doerr, S., Santin, C. (2016) Global trends in wildfire and its impacts: perceptions versus realities in a changing world Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 371, 20150341 (*part of a Special Issue “The Interaction of Fire and Mankind” with many other relevant papers. Note, not all are open access)
- EUFOFINET project (2012) European glossary for wildfires and forest fires . Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service.
- FAO (2006) Fire management: voluntary guidelines Principles and strategic actions. Fire Management Working Paper FM17E, FAO: Rome, 67pp.
- Forestry Commission (2014) Building wildfire resilience into forest management planning. Practice Guide. Forestry Commission, Edinburgh. 52pp. ISBN: 978-0-85538-886-7.
- Forestry Commission Assessment of potential wildfire risk resulting from planned deforestation to open habitat: operations note 40 (2018).
- Forestry Commission England (2019) Wildfire Statistics for England 2009-10 to 2016-17. Bristol: Forestry Commission England, 60 pages.
- Gazzard, R.J. (2012) Risk Management Control Measures: Toolkit for Practitioners and advisors (vegetation fire control measures).
- Gazzard, R.J. (2009) UK Vegetation Fire Standard (Forest Research. Data fields and terminology for wildfire incidents and prescribed burning operations within Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- Gazzard, R., McMorrow, J., Aylen, J (2016) Wildfire policy and management in England: an evolving response from Fire and Rescue Services, forestry and cross-sector groups Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 371, 20150341 (* part of a Special Issue “The Interaction of Fire and Mankind” with many other relevant papers. Note, not all are open access).
- Heather and Grass Burning – Natural England Regulations for farmers and land managers on the safe burning of heather and grass.
- Home Office (2018) Daily rate of fires attended by month & location (MS Excel, 3.56MB). Other analyses of fire data from the FRS Incident Recording System: Fire statistics data tables.
- Home Office (2008) Integrated risk management planning: wildfire guidance (guidance for fire and rescue authorities on preparing a strategy to prevent wildfires).
- Heather and Grass Burning in Wales – Welsh Government
- Joint Research Council (20128) Forest Fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa 2017 (PDF, 6310KB). Joint report of JRC and Directorate-General Environment. JRC technical reports, EUR 25483 EN. ISBN 978-92-79-26174-9. Other JRC Annual Fire reports.
- Jollands, M., Morris, J. and Moffat, A.J. (2011) Wildfires in Wales , Report to Forestry Commission Wales. Forest Research, Farnham, 107pp.
- Kitchen, K. (2012) Fire Weather Conditions during Spring 2011 (PDF 754KB). Report for Natural England and the Countryside Council for Wales, Met Office: Exeter (PDF 753KB).
- McMorrow, J.M. and Cavan, G. (2011) Mapping the spring 2011 wildfires in England. Paper given at Wildfire 2011, 14 -1 5 Sep, Buxton, Derbyshire. escholar ID:132299.
- McMorrow, J. (2011) Wildfire in the UK: status and key issues. In: McCaffrey, S.M. and Fisher, C.L.(eds) 2011. Proceedings of the second conference on the Human Dimensions of Wildland Fire. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-84. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 195p. pp 44-56., or escholar ID:96512.
- McMorrow, J., Cavan, G., Walker, J., Aylen, J., Legg, C., Quinn, C., Hubacek, K., Thorp, S., Thomson. M. and Jones, M. (2010). Fire Interdisciplinary Research on Ecosystem Services (FIRES) Policy Brief 4pp (PDF 430KB).
- Met Office (2003) Met Office Fire Severity Index – A Fact Sheet (PDF 154KB).
- Met Office (2003) Weather and Grass Fires – A fact sheet (PDF 179KB).
- Met Office (2003) Weather and Fire in Peat Soils – A Fact Sheet (PDF 377KB).
- Met Office (2003) Fire behaviour in Shrub Fuels – A Fact Sheet (PDF 58KB).
- Moffat, A. J., Morison, J. I. L., Nicoll, B. and Bain, V. (2012) Climate Change Risk assessment for the Forestry Sector (PDF 3610KB). DEFRA Technical Report.
- Muirburn Code (2017).
- Murgatroyd, I. (2002) Forest and Moorland, Fire Suppression & Management (PDF 2.8MB).
- National Risk Register for Civil Emergencies, 2013 edition Cabinet Office Civil Contingencies Secretariat.
- National Risk Register for Civil Emergencies, 2015 edition Cabinet Office Civil Contingencies Secretariat.
- National Risk Register for Civil Emergencies, 2017 edition Cabinet Office Civil Contingencies Secretariat.
- Natural Hazards Partnership (2013) Working together: Wildfire (PDF 253KB). NHP Science Note.
- Roos, C., et al. (2016) Living on a flammable planet: interdisciplinary, cross-scalar and varied cultural lessons, prospects and challenges. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 371, 20150469. [*part of a Special Issue ‘The Interaction of Fire and Mankind’ with many other relevant papers. Note, not all are open access].
- Natural England and Rural Payments Agency (2015, updated 2017) UP4: Management of moorland vegetation supplement (Countryside Stewardship Scheme; eligibility and requirements for UP4, including wildfire risk assessment.
- Natural England and Rural Payments Agency (2015, updated 2019) LH1: Management of lowland heathland [Countryside Stewardship Scheme; eligibility and requirements for LH1, including wildfire risk assessment].
- Natural England and Rural Payments Agency (2015, updated 2019) LH2: Restoration of forestry and woodland to lowland heathland [Countryside Stewardship Scheme; eligibility and requirements for LH2, including wildfire risk assessment].
- Natural England and Rural Payments Agency (2015, updated 2019) LH3: Creation of heathland from arable or improved grassland [Countryside Stewardship Scheme; eligibility and requirements for LH3, including wildfire risk assessment].
- Scottish Government (2013) Fire and Rescue Service Wildfire Operational Guidance (362pp wildfire manual). Also available from: National Operational Guidance Website (PDF 13.2MB)
- Tsakiridou, M., Morison, J. and Gazzard, R. (2018) Next Steps for Wildfire Danger Assessment in the UK.
- UK Government. Collection of documents relating to ‘Detailed analysis of fires attended by fire and rescue services in England’, previously called Fire Statistics. [Links to all available fire statistics reports since 2008. Note that the Government Department responsible for publishing fire statistics has changed several times along with the publication name and geographic area covered: i.e. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM), 2008, UK (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland); Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), 2010-11 to 2013-14, GB (England, Scotland, Wales); Home Office, since 2014-15, England only. For Fire statistics data tables see Home Office 2018 entry above].