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
05 Nov 2018	PhD science on bushfire prediction modelling	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, modelling
13 May 2020	Webinar 2 (13 May): Tina Bell presentation	Resource	save (8.48 MB)	fire, fire impacts, prescribed burning
31 Aug 2020	Flammability of live plants, do we need a new testing approach?	Resource	save (394.59 KB)	fire, fire weather
18 Feb 2022	Understanding what happens when bushfires merge	Resource	save (1.28 MB)	fire, fire impacts, fire severity
07 Aug 2014	Measuring the impacts of bushfires on human fatalities and building losses	Resource	save (3.25 MB)	engineering, fire
23 Nov 2018	Coupled fire-atmosphere modelling	Resource	save (832.11 KB)	fire, modelling
13 May 2020	Questions and comments from the audience: 13 May 2020 - The science of hazard reduction: what do we know, what are the knowledge gaps?	Resource	save (215.66 KB)	fire, fire weather, prescribed burning
06 Apr 2016	Sampson Flat community bushfire experiences	Resource	save (519.63 KB)	communities, fire, warnings
27 Aug 2019	Shifts to the new abnormal: riding the waves of climate change	Resource	save (1.16 MB)	decision making, fire
04 Dec 2014	Challenges in physics based bushfire modelling	Resource	save (885.16 KB)	fire, fire severity, modelling
07 Jul 2017	Three Minute Thesis: attribution of active fire using simulated fire landscapes	Resource	save (132.79 KB)	fire, modelling
03 Jul 2015	Northern Queensland Fire Season Potential Outlook	Resource	save (3.65 MB)	fire, forecasting
05 Jul 2016	Developing people for the north	Resource	save (631.08 KB)	fire, indigenous communities, Northern Australia
18 Sep 2018	ACCESS-Fire to better understand risk	Resource	save (1.81 MB)	fire, modelling
17 Oct 2019	Mapping bushfire hazard and impacts	Resource	save (8.51 MB)	fire, fire impacts, fire severity
29 Jun 2017	Air permeability of the litter layer in temperate forests of south-east Australia	Resource	save (1.18 MB)	fire, prescribed burning
18 Aug 2015	Towards Culturally Appropriate Fire Management in the Waanyi and Garawa Lands	Resource	save (147.24 KB)	fire, governance, indigenous communities
15 Sep 2020	France-Australia Workshop: Day 1/Panel 1 Alen Slijepcevic	Resource	save (2.56 MB)	decision making, fire, multi-hazard
19 Sep 2018	Investigating the effect of soil moisture, temperature and precipitation extremes on fires risk and intensity in Australia	Resource	save (1.16 MB)	fire
30 Aug 2016	Wind speed reduction induced by post-fire vegetation regrowth - Rachael Quill	Resource	save (4.44 MB)	fire, fire impacts, fire weather
06 May 2020	Webinar 1 (6 May): Justin Leonard presentation	Resource	save (4.48 MB)	fire, fire impacts, prescribed burning
21 Aug 2019	Special address to honour public benefit research pioneer	Resource		decision making, emergency management, fire
25 Nov 2020	Carbon abatement through better fire mapping	Resource		fire, Northern Australia, prescribed burning
03 Jul 2018	National intiatives - fire danger ratings, professionalisation	Resource	save (4.52 MB)	fire, fire impacts, savanna grasslands
24 Oct 2016	Wet forest fuels: managing Tasmania's most dangerous fuel type	Resource	save (1.41 MB)	fire, fuel reduction, modelling
08 Sep 2014	Next generation models for predicting the behaviour of bushfires	Resource	save (1.12 MB)	fire, modelling
08 May 2015	The Effect of Extreme Heat on the Performance of a Simulated Firefighter Task Poster	Resource	save (566.54 KB)	fire, response
12 Mar 2019	Fire Australia Issue One 2019	Resource	save (7.41 MB)	communication, emergency management, fire
20 May 2020	Webinar 3 (20 May): Valerie Densmore presentation	Resource	save (1.42 MB)	fire, fire impacts, prescribed burning
31 Oct 2017	Mapping bushfire hazards and impacts: developing spatial information on fire hazard for planners, land managers and emergency services	Resource	save (1.32 MB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
27 Aug 2019	From hectares to tailor-made solutions for risk mitigation: An integrated prescribed burning research project	Resource	save (2.57 MB)	decision making, fire, prescribed burning
31 Aug 2020	A participatory approach to school bushfire emergency management planning.	Resource	save (478.91 KB)	fire
27 Oct 2014	Next generation models for predicting the behaviour of bushfires	Resource		fire, modelling
29 Jun 2017	The Australian Flammability Monitoring System	Resource	save (1.79 MB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
11 Jun 2020	Q&A with Ruth Ryan - National Fire Fuels Science webinar: the practice of hazard reduction	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, fire severity, prescribed burning
31 Jul 2020	Readiness for the next major bushfire emergency	Resource		emergency management, fire, fire impacts
19 Sep 2018	Ignitability of eucalyptus litters	Resource	save (980.44 KB)	fire, modelling
18 Aug 2015	Forecasting Smoke Emissions and Transport - Addressing the Knowledge Gaps	Resource	save (509.08 KB)	fire, forecasting
18 Aug 2015	Impact of Vegetation Regrowth on Wind Direction Over Complex Terrain	Resource	save (250.9 KB)	fire, severe weather
07 Sep 2017	An organisational response to Stage 3 Geography and the study of a contemporary bushfire event	Resource	save (860.25 KB)	child-centred, education, fire