Key topics

fire

Fire is the product of a chemical reaction between fuel, oxygen and heat. Heat is necessary to start the reaction and once ignited, fire produces its own heat and becomes self-supporting.

Item	Type		Key Topics
Fighting fires and fatigue	Project		fire
Meteorological drivers of extreme fire behaviour during the Waroona bushfire, Western Australia, January 2016	Biblio		fire, fire weather, severe weather
Long-range spotting by bushfire plumes: The effects of plume dynamics and turbulence on firebrand trajectory	Biblio		fire, fire weather, forecasting
Struggling to make sense of it all: the emotional process of sensemaking following an extreme incident	Biblio		emergency management, fire, organisational
The spread of fires in landscapes	Biblio	save (1.58 MB)	fire, modelling, physics
Mapping bushfire hazards and impacts: annual project report 2016-17	Biblio	save (2.09 MB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
A theoretical framework for negotiating the path of emergency management multi-agency coordination	Biblio		emergency management, fire
Cardiac autonomic impacts of bushfire smoke – A prospective panel study	Biblio		exposure, fire, fire impacts
Experiences in the in-field utilisation of fuels3D	Biblio	save (601.76 KB)	emergency management, fire, fuel reduction
Particle tracking and detection software for firebrands characterization in wildland fires	Biblio		fire, fire severity, physics
Australian Flammability Monitoring System Version 1.0: User feedback and priorities for further development	Biblio	save (688.21 KB)	fire, fire weather, modelling
Impact of Australia's catastrophic 2019/20 bushfire season on communities and environment. Retrospective analysis and current trends	Biblio	save (1.34 MB)	fire, fire impacts, fire weather
An organisational response to Stage 3 Geography and the study of a contemporary bushfire event	Biblio	save (533.99 KB)	child-centred, education, fire
Parameterisation for a simplified short-range firebrand model from physics-based modelling	Project		fire, modelling
Scientific advice for the development of a suppression effectiveness model to support strategic bushfire risk planning	Project		decision making, fire, governance
A lightning-caused wildfire ignition forecasting model for operational use	Biblio		fire, fire weather
The utility of point clouds to estimate fuel hazards	Project		fire, fire impacts, risk analysis
From hectares to tailor-made solutions for risk mitigation: annual project report 2018-19	Biblio	save (834.62 KB)	fire, fire impacts, prescribed burning
Wind-terrain effects on firebrand dynamics	Biblio	save (2.05 MB)	fire, modelling, physics
Quantification of inter-regional differences in risk mitigation from prescribed burning across multiple management values	Biblio		climate change, fire, risk management
How do residents in bushfire prone areas view the risk of their local area and homes?	Biblio	save (676.88 KB)	communities, fire, risk analysis
Established and emerging uses of predictive services	Project		emergency management, fire, firefighter
Exploring the key drivers of forest flammability in wet eucalypt forests using expert-derived conceptual models	Biblio	save (1.48 MB)	fire, fire impacts, land management
Mitigating the effects of severe fires, floods and heatwaves through the improvements of land dryness measures and forecasts - annual report 2018-2019	Biblio		emergency management, fire, land management
Can air quality management drive sustainable fuels management at the temperate wildland–urban interface?	Biblio		fire, fuel reduction
Domestic architecture and the perception of risk in bushfire-prone areas	Biblio		fire, land management, risk management
Fuels3D - final project report	Biblio	save (2.21 MB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Southeast Australia Aboriginal fire forum	Biblio	save (2.31 MB)	fire, fire impacts, Northern Australia
Intercomparison of Himawari-8 AHI-FSA with MODIS and VIIRS active fire products	Biblio		fire, modelling, remote sensing
Numerical modelling of fires on forest floor and canopy fires	Biblio	save (1.64 MB)	fire, fire impacts, modelling
Assessing Metrics for Estimating Fire Induced Change in the Forest Understorey Structure Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning	Biblio	save (9.28 MB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
A radiative transfer model-based method for the estimation of grassland aboveground biomass	Biblio		fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
A review of firebrand studies on generation and transport	Biblio	save (7.65 MB)	fire, modelling, propagation
Modeling Vorticity-Driven Wildfire Behavior Using Near-Field Techniques	Biblio	save (2.97 MB)	fire, modelling, physics
Mitigating the Effects of Severe Fires, Floods and Heatwaves Conference Paper 2014	Biblio	save (641.54 KB)	fire, flood, remote sensing
Agency experts supporting bushfire disaster resilience education for primary school students: a case study in NSW	Project		child-centred, education, fire
An Assessment of Pre- and Post Fire Near Surface Fuel Hazard in an Australian Dry Sclerophyll Forest Using Point Cloud Data Captured Using a Terrestrial Laser Scanner	Biblio		fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Climate change effects on the frequency, seasonality and interannual variability of suitable prescribed burning weather conditions in south-eastern Australia	Biblio		climate change, fire, prescribed burning
Using alternative soil moisture estimates in the McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index	Biblio		fire, fire impacts, modelling
Effective communication of household wildfire risk through WebGIS: considerations in content, representation and design	Project		communication, communities, fire