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
29 Jun 2018	An overview of national fire research	Resource	save (3.25 MB)	fire, fire severity, fire weather
07 Aug 2014	Building at the interface	Resource	save (6.7 MB)	fire, fire impacts
17 May 2016	North Australian bushfire and natural hazard training	Resource	save (2.01 MB)	fire, local knowledge, Northern Australia
08 May 2015	Extended Wakefulness and Work Physiology of Wildland Firefighters Poster	Resource	save (303.71 KB)	fire, response
03 Jul 2018	Outline of fire and carbon forum	Resource	save (3.45 MB), save (3.45 MB)	fire, Northern Australia, savanna grasslands
04 Dec 2014	Fire coalescence and mass spotfire dynamics	Resource	save (704.99 KB)	fire, fire severity, modelling
13 Aug 2020	Q&A with Dr Hamish Clarke - Prescribed Burning Atlas launch webinar	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, land management, prescribed burning
03 Jul 2015	Northern Seasonal Fire Outlook	Resource	save (5.92 MB)	fire, forecasting
31 Oct 2017	Three Minute Thesis: how short-range embers travel and burn surface fuels	Resource	save (69.49 KB)	fire, modelling, propagation
18 Aug 2015	An Emprical Model for Assessing Daily Bushfire Community Smoke Exposure Over Large Geographic Areas	Resource	save (508.5 KB)	exposure, fire
23 Nov 2018	Spot-fire project: research and utilisation	Resource	save (1.26 MB)	fire, fire impacts, fire severity
25 Jul 2019	Science central to bushfire review	Resource		child-centred, fire, governance
30 Aug 2016	The bushfire convective plume experiment - Nicholas McCarthy	Resource	save (4.38 MB)	fire, fire severity, fire weather
30 Jun 2017	Improving our knowledge of the mental health and wellbeing of firefighters	Resource	save (570.31 KB)	emergency management, fire
18 Aug 2015	Rainforests on Fire: Assessing Bushfire Risk in Tasmania's Wet Forest Types	Resource	save (156.59 KB)	fire, modelling, risk analysis
24 Apr 2015	Bushfire risk perception: a study of the perceived vulnerability of domestic architecture in bushfire prone areas	Resource	save (1.09 MB)	communities, fire, risk analysis
24 Oct 2016	Forest fuel structural measurement and fuel load estimation using LiDAR data	Resource	save (660.29 KB)	fire, fuel reduction, modelling
02 Jul 2015	Billy Haworth - volunteered geographic information, community engagement & bushfire preparation in Tasmania	Resource	save (0 bytes)	communication, communities, fire
14 May 2020	Webinar 2 (13 May): Mark Adams presentation	Resource	save (4.21 MB)	fire, fire impacts, prescribed burning
17 Mar 2020	A step towards zero: understanding preventable residential fire fatalities	Resource	save (875.58 KB)	fire, risk analysis, vulnerability
19 Sep 2018	Cloudy with a chance of fire	Resource	save (1.6 MB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
15 Sep 2015	Vicky Aerts - The effect of smoke from prescribed burning & bushfires on plant physiology	Resource	save (0 bytes)	environments, exposure, fire
05 Dec 2017	Lessons learned from the Waroona fire: AFAC webinar	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, fire weather, modelling
20 May 2020	Questions and comments from the audience: 20 May 2020 - The practice of hazard reduction: what are the potentials and limitations?	Resource	save (175.44 KB)	fire, fire weather, prescribed burning
27 Aug 2019	Fire weather and prototype fire danger ratings for the Gell River fire, Tasmania	Resource	save (4.64 MB)	fire, fire weather
08 May 2015	The Stress of Firefighting Presentation	Resource	save (454.21 KB)	fire, response
07 Sep 2017	Large-eddy simulation of neutral atmospheric surface layer flow over heterogeneous tree canopies	Resource	save (885.3 KB)	fire, modelling, propagation
29 Jun 2018	3D fire simulation for Northern Australia	Resource	save (1.18 MB)	fire, fire weather, savanna grasslands
24 Apr 2019	Colin Thomas from MFB on why diversity and inclusion is important	Resource	save (0 bytes)	diversity and inclusion, emergency management, fire
27 Oct 2014	The effects of fire-plume dynamics on the spread of long range spotting	Resource		fire, modelling
23 Aug 2018	Queenslanders upgraded with cyclone research	Resource		cyclone, fire, resilience
28 Apr 2020	Submission the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements	Resource	save (2.4 MB)	fire, fire severity
07 Jul 2017	Building bushfire predictive services capability - Simon Heemstra	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, fire impacts, modelling
18 Aug 2015	Delivering Effective Prescribed Burning Across Southern Australia	Resource	save (355.69 KB)	fire, prescribed burning, risk management
18 Sep 2018	Simulations of the effect of canopy density profile on sub-canopy wind speed profiles	Resource	save (1.08 MB)	fire, fuel reduction
18 Sep 2018	Multi-temporal and spatial remote sensing imagery to monitor flammability in Australia	Resource	save (3.56 MB)	fire, fire impacts, modelling
15 Feb 2018	Research gives insights into community fire response	Resource	save (2.46 MB)	communities, emergency management, fire
20 May 2020	Webinar 3 (20 May): Adam Leavesley presentation	Resource	save (4.22 MB)	fire, fire impacts, prescribed burning
27 Aug 2019	Australian Flammability Monitoring System Website	Resource	save (1.31 MB)	fire, remote sensing
16 Dec 2020	AFAC Webinar 'Where are we going with soil moisture' 2020	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, fire severity, land management