The name wildfire was once a synonym for Greek fire but now refers to any large or destructive conflagration.[1] Wildfires differ from other fires in that they take place outdoors in areas of grassland, woodlands, bushland, scrubland, peatland, and other wooded areas that act as a source of fuel, or combustible material. All wildfires can be characterized by their physical properties, fuel type, or weather's effect on the fire, regardless of the fire's cause or outcome.[2] Wildfire behaviour and severity result from the combination of factors such as available fuels, physical setting, and weather.[14][15][16] While wildfires can be large, uncontrolled disasters that burn through 0.4 to 400 square kilometres (100 to 100,000 acres) or more, they can also be as small as 0.001 square kilometres (0.25 acres; 1,000 m2) or less.[17][18][19] Although smaller events may be included in wildfire modeling, most do not earn press attention. This can be problematic because public fire policies, which relate to fires of all sizes, are influenced more by the way the media portrays catastrophic wildfires than by small fires