Narrative
Wildfire was barely recognised as a significant hazard in the UK prior to University of Manchester (UoM) research, that significantly changed stakeholders’ and national policy-makers’ awareness. This work on mapping and forecasting moorland wildfire risk has informed the Cabinet Office, and has demonstrated clear impact on fire preparedness planning in the Peak District National Park (where it is estimated that a large fire is potentially avoided each year). Following an ESRC-NERC seminar series (FIRES), the England and Wales Wildfire Forum (EWWF) was established, with EWWF persuading Government to further amend national policy on wildfire. This impact is ongoing, with DEFRA including wildfire in its ‘National Adaptation Programme’, and the Cabinet Office recently including wildfire within the ‘National Risk Assessment’ framework.Impact date | 2004 → 2014 |
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Category of impact | Environmental impacts, Legal impacts, Societal impacts, Technological impacts |
Impact level | Benefit |
Related content
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Projects
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Activities
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FIRES2, The impact of wildfire on ecosystem services: relationships between wildfire, climate change and people,
Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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Uplands Management Group (formerly Best Practice Burning Group) (External organisation)
Activity: Membership › Membership of committee › Research
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Reflections on the FIRES seminar series
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Research
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Wildfire 2011
Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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Wildfire 2013
Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Participating in a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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Global wildfire awareness
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Research
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Wildfire in the UK: status and key issues
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Research
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Mapping the geography of wildfire in the UK
Activity: Consultancy, spin-outs, CPD & licensing › CPD delivery › Research
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Wildfire risk mapping: Peak District National Park, UK
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
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Fire and Rescue Statistics User Group (External organisation)
Activity: Membership › Membership of network › Research
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Vulnerable communities: three countries improving national awareness of wildland fire risk
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Research
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Peak District National Park Fire Operations Group (External organisation)
Activity: Membership › Membership of network › Research
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FIRES3: Forecasting and modelling wildfire risk for UK moorlands and heaths
Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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FIRES1, The role of managed fire in ecosystem services of UK moorlands and heaths
Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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Chief Fire Officers Association Wildfire Forum (External organisation)
Activity: Membership › Membership of network › Research
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Exchanging Knowledge on Wildfire
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Research
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wildfire@manchester - Wildfire carbon budgets, G Matt Davies
Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Participating in a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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Economic impacts of wildfires, wildfire policy and the use of adaptive land management to reduce wildfire risk and impact (FIRES4)
Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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wildfire@manchester - Understanding fire intensity and severity, John Dold
Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Participating in a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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Lancashire Fire Operations Group (External organisation)
Activity: Membership › Membership of committee › Research
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England and Wales Wildfire Forum (External organisation)
Activity: Membership › Membership of committee › Research
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Research output
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Interdisciplinary Research on Ecosystem Services: Fire and Climate Change in UK Moorlands and Heaths. Summary report prepared for Scottish Natural Heritage
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Forecasting the outbreak of moorland wildfires in the English Peak District
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Climate change and the future occurrence of moorland wildfires in the Peak District of the UK
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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FIRES seminar series - Fire Interdisciplinary Research on Ecosystem Services: fire and climate change in UK moorlands and heaths
Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site
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Spatial pattern of wildfire distribution on the moorlands of the South Pennines
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Wildfire in the United Kingdom: status and key issues
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Mapping the spring 2011 fires
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Moorland wildfire risk, visitors and climate change: patterns, prevention and policy
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Fire Interdisciplinary Research on Ecosystem Services (FIRES) Policy Brief
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report