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
Science in Motion: integrating scientific knowledge into bushfire risk mitigation in southwest Victoria	Biblio	save (211.26 KB)	fire, mitigation, planning
Towards comprehensive characterisation of flammability and fire danger	Biblio	save (1.57 MB)	fire, remote sensing, risk analysis
Long-range fire weather predictions developed and service established as new capability for Australia	Biblio	save (1.55 MB)	capability, fire, fire weather
Active fire detection using the Himawari-8 satellite - annual report 2019-2020	Biblio	save (859.87 KB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Long-range spotting by bushfire plumes: The effects of plume dynamics and turbulence on firebrand trajectory	Biblio		fire, fire weather, forecasting
Meteorological drivers of extreme fire behaviour during the Waroona bushfire, Western Australia, January 2016	Biblio		fire, fire weather, severe weather
Preventable residential fire fatalities in Australia July 2003 to June 2017	Biblio	save (1.62 MB)	fire, risk analysis, vulnerability
Can air quality management drive sustainable fuels management at the temperate wildland–urban interface?	Biblio		fire, fuel reduction
Southeast Australia Aboriginal fire forum	Biblio	save (2.31 MB)	fire, fire impacts, Northern Australia
The Theory/Practice of Disaster Justice: Learning from Indigenous Peoples’ Fire Management	Biblio		fire, indigenous communities, resilience
Up-scaling fuel hazard metrics derived from terrestrial laser scanning using a machine learning model	Biblio	save (15.05 MB)	fire, prescribed burning, remote sensing
Numerical modelling of fires on forest floor and canopy fires	Biblio	save (1.64 MB)	fire, fire impacts, modelling
A bushfire evacuation planning service utilising multiple simulation systems - non peer reviewed extended abstract	Biblio	save (292.86 KB)	fire, planning
Intercomparison of Himawari-8 AHI-FSA with MODIS and VIIRS active fire products	Biblio		fire, modelling, remote sensing
The Effect of Hazard Reduction Burning on the Fuel Array in Nature Reserves and Urban Parks in the Australian Capital Territory Conference Paper 2014	Biblio	save (1.89 MB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
The effect of firefighter-delivered fire safety education on young people who misuse fire	Biblio		communities, education, fire
Risks and opportunities for sustainable savanna fire management	Biblio	save (2.07 MB)	fire, Northern Australia, savanna grasslands
Using alternative soil moisture estimates in the McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index	Biblio		fire, fire impacts, modelling
Approaches for investigating wildfire impacts on catchment hydrology	Biblio	save (2.91 MB)	environments, fire, fire impacts
Simulation of flows through canopies with varying atmospheric stability	Biblio	save (739.35 KB)	fire, modelling, propagation
Deriving comprehensive forest structure information from mobile laser scanning observations using automated point cloud classification	Biblio		fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Estimating grassland curing with remotely sensed data	Biblio		fire, fire severity, modelling
Effects of Sydney coastal dry sclerophyll forest litter on fuels and fire behaviour in Hornsby shire	Biblio	save (2.29 MB)	fire, fire impacts, fuel reduction
Examining bushfire policy in action: Preparedness and behaviour in the 2009 Black Saturday fires	Biblio	save (438.46 KB), save (513.82 KB)	communities, fire, policy
Satellite Remote Sensing Contributions to Wildland Fire Science and Management	Biblio		fire, remote sensing, risk management
Consistent and conflicting information in floods and bushfires impact risk information seeking, risk perceptions, and protective action intentions	Biblio		fire, flood, risk management
Exponential random graph modelling of emergency collaboration network	Biblio		fire, response
Effective communication of household wildfire risk through WebGIS: considerations in content, representation and design	Biblio	save (3.91 MB)	communication, fire, modelling
Active fire detection using the Himawari-8 satellite - final project report	Biblio	save (1.58 MB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Mapping Bushfire Hazard and Impacts Annual Report 2014	Biblio	save (1.82 MB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
A systematic exploration of the potential for bushfire risk mitigation with prescribed burning	Biblio	save (776.62 KB)	fire, fire severity, fire weather
Determining firebrand generation rate using physics-based modelling from experimental studies through inverse analysis	Biblio	save (8.12 MB)	fire, modelling, propagation
Disaster Risk Reduction in Bushfire Prone Areas: Challenges for an Integrated Land Use Planning Policy Regime	Biblio		fire, planning, risk management
Simulating the effectiveness of prescribed burning at altering wildfire behaviour in Tasmania, Australia	Biblio		fire, fuel reduction, prescribed burning
How do weather and terrain contribute to firefighter entrapments in Australia?	Biblio		fire, firefighter, modelling
High-Resolution Estimates of Fire Severity - An Evaluation of UAS Image and LiDAR Mapping Approaches on a Sedgeland Forest Boundary in Tasmania, Australia	Biblio		fire, fuel reduction, remote sensing
Where do we put our dollars? Economic analysis of different bushfire management options in Western Australia	Biblio	save (391.13 KB)	economics, emergency management, fire
Effect of weather forecast errors on fire growth model projections	Biblio		fire, fire severity, modelling
Youth Justice Conferencing for youth misuse of fire: a child-centred disaster risk reduction mechanism	Biblio	save (181.58 KB)	child-centred, fire
Evolution of an extreme Pyrocumulonimbus-driven wildfire event in Tasmania, Australia	Biblio	save (844.71 KB)	fire, fire severity, fire weather