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.

Date	Item	Type		Key Topics
24 Oct 2016	Forest fuel structural measurement and fuel load estimation using LiDAR data	Resource	save (660.29 KB)	fire, fuel reduction, modelling
08 Sep 2014	The effects of fire plume dynamics on the lateral and longitudinal spread of long-range spotting	Resource	save (2.25 MB)	fire, fire impacts
18 Sep 2018	A LiDAR-derived fuel map for the ACT	Resource	save (1.88 MB)	fire, modelling
26 Jun 2015	Verification of Soil Moisture from Multiple Models for Bushfire Danger Rating Applications	Resource	save (4.32 MB)	fire, flood, remote sensing
19 Dec 2018	Mental health and research outcomes for the sector	Resource		emergency management, fire, resilience
17 May 2016	North Australian bushfire and natural hazard training	Resource	save (2.01 MB)	fire, local knowledge, Northern Australia
19 Sep 2018	From hectares to tailor-made solutions	Resource	save (1.04 MB)	fire, prescribed burning, risk management
25 Jul 2019	Science central to bushfire review	Resource		child-centred, fire, governance
18 Aug 2015	Community-Led Bushfire Preparedness in Action: The Case of Be Ready Warrandyte	Resource	save (382.81 KB)	communities, fire
18 Aug 2015	Disaster Landscape Attribution: Low Cost 3D Monitoring of Fuel Hazard	Resource	save (190.78 KB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
24 Apr 2015	Living with bushfires	Resource	save (498.75 KB)	communities, fire, risk analysis
19 May 2020	Q&A with ABC's Sascha Rundle - National Fire Fuels Science webinar: the thing about hazard reduction	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, fire severity, prescribed burning
31 Aug 2020	Scenario Planning for Remote Community Risk Management in northern Australia	Resource	save (1.52 MB)	fire, Northern Australia, resilience
17 Mar 2020	A step towards zero: understanding preventable residential fire fatalities	Resource	save (875.58 KB)	fire, risk analysis, vulnerability
07 Jul 2017	Building bushfire predictive services capability	Resource	save (9.97 MB)	fire, fire weather, modelling
08 May 2015	Cardiovascular Risk Screening and Stratification of Victorian Volunteer Firefighters Presentation	Resource	save (946.08 KB)	fire, response
27 Aug 2019	Fire weather and prototype fire danger ratings for the Gell River fire, Tasmania	Resource	save (4.64 MB)	fire, fire weather
02 Jul 2015	Billy Haworth - volunteered geographic information, community engagement & bushfire preparation in Tasmania	Resource	save (0 bytes)	communication, communities, fire
24 Apr 2019	Colin Thomas from MFB on why diversity and inclusion is important	Resource	save (0 bytes)	diversity and inclusion, emergency management, fire
15 Sep 2015	Vicky Aerts - The effect of smoke from prescribed burning & bushfires on plant physiology	Resource	save (0 bytes)	environments, exposure, fire
07 Sep 2017	Where do we put our dollars? Economic analysis of different bushfire management options in Western Australia	Resource	save (1.54 MB)	economics, emergency management, fire
19 Sep 2018	Extreme fire behaviours: Surveying fire management staff to determine behaviour frequencies and importance	Resource	save (686.42 KB)	fire, fire impacts, fire severity
29 Jun 2018	Curing research in the NT	Resource	save (1.42 MB)	fire, fire impacts, Northern Australia
03 Jul 2015	Building Community Resilience in Northern Australia	Resource	save (2.2 MB)	communities, fire, resilience
29 Jun 2017	Statistical characterisation of wind fields over complex terrain for bushfire modelling	Resource	save (2.33 MB)	fire, fire severity, fire weather
31 Oct 2017	Three Minute Thesis: The burning question	Resource	save (97.66 KB)	emergency management, fire, response
05 Nov 2018	PhD science on bushfire prediction modelling	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, modelling
13 May 2020	National Fire Fuels Science webinar - The science of hazard reduction (webinar 2 of 3)	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, fire severity, prescribed burning
16 Aug 2019	The Australian Flammability Monitoring System	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, fire impacts, fire severity
18 Aug 2015	Meteorology of the Sampson Flat Fire in January 2015	Resource	save (1.63 MB)	fire, fire weather
18 Aug 2015	Refinement and Validation of Firebrand Transport Sub Model for a Physics Based Bushfire Prediction Model: Design of a Firebrand Generator	Resource	save (188.99 KB)	fire, modelling, propagation
24 Jan 2020	More of the same is not the answer	Resource		communication, fire, mitigation
30 Aug 2016	The social life of science: tales from Victoria and the Northern Territory - Jessica Weir	Resource	save (1.49 MB)	decision making, fire, policy
29 Jun 2017	The detection and surveillance of active fire using Himawari-8	Resource	save (9.01 MB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
18 Feb 2022	Understanding what happens when bushfires merge	Resource	save (1.28 MB)	fire, fire impacts, fire severity
23 Nov 2018	Coupled fire-atmosphere modelling	Resource	save (832.11 KB)	fire, modelling
20 May 2020	National Fire Fuels Science webinar - The practice of hazard reduction (webinar 3 of 3)	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, fire severity, prescribed burning
27 Aug 2019	Australian Flammability Monitoring System Website	Resource	save (1.31 MB)	fire, remote sensing
22 Jan 2021	The Australian Flammability Monitoring System: providing a clear picture of landscape dryness	Resource	save (768.18 KB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
24 Oct 2016	Flammable grassy weeds	Resource	save (3.42 MB)	fire, fuel reduction, Northern Australia