The consequences of wildland fires involve economic and environmental losses of incalculable value.

The causes of wildland fires can be of very different sorts, such as lightning, negligence, agricultural burning, burning of garbage, power lines, engines and machines, vehicles, bonfires, accidents, reproduction, other causes or arsonists.

The fast spreading of wildland fires, which means that in many occasions the damages are very extensive, in combination with the diversity of the possible causes, it implies that in many cases the investigation of the origin and causes of this type of fire is complex, being optimal that the teams are multidisciplinary.