Interesting facts I've learned about wildfires over the years
Summary
This article aggregates a wide range of wildfire insights from a practitioner in the fire technology space, covering phenomena like zombie fires, carbon feedback loops, holdover ignition, and the predominance of human versus lightning ignitions. It also surveys how fires are observed, modeled, and fought—highlighting the limits of analytics, the dangers of data misuse, and the ecological and operational trade-offs in suppression strategies. A useful high-level compendium with numerous links to sources and tools.