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 Mar 2017	Can we predict bushfires from space?—Dr Marta Yebra	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
18 Aug 2015	What Factors Contribute to Better and Worse Mental Health in Firefighters	Resource	save (576.91 KB)	emergency management, fire, resilience
13 May 2020	Webinar 2 (13 May): Tina Bell presentation	Resource	save (8.48 MB)	fire, fire impacts, prescribed burning
31 Oct 2017	Three Minute Thesis: rethinking fuel accumulation curves	Resource	save (288.24 KB)	environments, fire, risk management
12 Aug 2016	The Australian flammability monitoring system	Resource	save (362.43 KB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
20 May 2020	Webinar 3 (20 May): Valerie Densmore presentation	Resource	save (1.42 MB)	fire, fire impacts, prescribed burning
24 Apr 2015	How do residents in bushfire prone areas view the risk of their homes?	Resource	save (2.1 MB)	communities, fire, risk analysis
23 Nov 2018	Mapping bushfire hazard and impacts	Resource	save (5.9 MB)	fire, fire impacts
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
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
08 May 2015	The Interactions of Physical Work, Sleep Deprivation and Stress Poster	Resource	save (556.87 KB)	fire, response
02 Aug 2017	Three Minute Thesis: Kamarah Pooley - Showcase 2017	Resource		child-centred, education, fire
27 Oct 2014	Mitigating the effects of severe fires, floods and heatwaves	Resource		fire, flood, forecasting
18 Sep 2018	Factors contributing to firefighters' mental health and wellbeing	Resource	save (899.79 KB)	emergency management, fire
31 Jul 2020	Readiness for the next major bushfire emergency	Resource		emergency management, fire, fire impacts
19 Sep 2018	A new soil dryness product for fire prediction applications	Resource	save (1.97 MB)	fire, flood, remote sensing
03 Jul 2015	Northern Territory Jurisdictional Issues	Resource	save (577.71 KB)	fire, governance, policy
07 Sep 2017	The Australian Flammability Monitoring System	Resource	save (1.49 MB)	fire, fire impacts, modelling
06 May 2020	Webinar 1 (6 May): Justin Leonard presentation	Resource	save (4.48 MB)	fire, fire impacts, prescribed burning
29 Jun 2018	Queensland bushfire mitigation and overview 2017-18	Resource	save (1.9 MB)	fire, fire impacts, fire severity
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
18 Aug 2015	The Probability of Bushfire Ignition in Victoria	Resource	save (2.02 MB)	fire, modelling
22 Feb 2019	Ten years on, there is a bit of complacency in all of us	Resource		communication, fire, land management
31 Oct 2017	Three Minute Thesis: how short-range embers travel and burn surface fuels	Resource	save (69.49 KB)	fire, modelling, propagation
31 Aug 2016	Southern Australia Seasonal Bushfire Outlook 2016	Resource	save (1.03 MB)	fire, fire severity, fire weather
23 Nov 2018	Spot-fire project: research and utilisation	Resource	save (1.26 MB)	fire, fire impacts, fire severity
27 Aug 2019	Simulation Of Heat Fluxes On A Structure From A Fire In An Idealised Shrubland	Resource	save (495.46 KB)	decision making, fire
30 Jun 2017	Improving our knowledge of the mental health and wellbeing of firefighters	Resource	save (570.31 KB)	emergency management, fire
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
24 Apr 2019	Why do you value diversity & inclusion - Steve O'Malley from MFB	Resource	save (0 bytes)	diversity and inclusion, emergency management, fire
24 Oct 2016	Mitigating the effects of sever fires, floods and heatwaves through improvement to land dryness measures and forecasts	Resource	save (3.12 MB)	fire, flood, forecasting
17 Oct 2019	Thresholds for dynamic fire behaviours	Resource	save (5.88 MB)	fire, fire severity
19 Sep 2018	Collaboration with women caring for country on Australia’s frontier	Resource	save (6.16 MB)	fire, indigenous communities, local knowledge
26 Jun 2015	Verification of Soil Moisture from Multiple Models for Bushfire Danger Rating Applications	Resource	save (4.32 MB)	fire, flood, remote sensing
29 Jun 2018	An overview of national fire research	Resource	save (3.25 MB)	fire, fire severity, fire weather
02 Oct 2018	Launch of the Southern Australia Seasonal Bushfire Outlook 2018	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, fire weather, forecasting
18 Aug 2015	Community-Led Bushfire Preparedness in Action: The Case of Be Ready Warrandyte	Resource	save (382.81 KB)	communities, fire
07 Jul 2016	Fire management in the north Tanami	Resource	save (2.15 MB)	fire, indigenous communities, Northern Australia