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
A comparison and validation of satellite-derived fire severity mapping techniques in fire prone north Australian savannas: Extreme fires and tree stem mortality	Biblio		fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
A comparison of the performance of Australian Standard smoke alarms in real fire tests when compared to standards-compliant devices from other jurisdictions	Project		fire, risk analysis, warnings
Sensing bushfire: Exploring shifting perspectives as hazard moves through the landscape	Biblio		communication, fire, resilience
Statistical Characterisation Of Wind Fields Over Complex Terrain With Applications In Bushfire Modelling	Biblio	save (30.13 MB)	fire, modelling, propagation
Models of buoyant plume rise	Biblio	save (1.3 MB)	fire, fire weather, modelling
The effect of ignition protocol on grassfire development	Biblio		fire, modelling, physics
The contribution of turbulent plume dynamics to long-range spotting	Biblio		fire, fire weather, propagation
How does remotely sensed degree of curing and fuel load vary in grasslands and effect modelled fire spread?	Project		fire, remote sensing
Simulated Self-Paced Wildfire Suppression Work in Different Thermal Conditions	Biblio	save (13.55 MB)	decision making, exposure, fire
Feeling the heat: International perspectives on the prevention of wildfire ignition	Biblio		fire, planning, preparedness
From hectares to tailor-made solutions for risk mitigation: annual project report 2018-19	Biblio	save (834.62 KB)	fire, fire impacts, prescribed burning
The Heatwaves of the 2013/14 Australian Summer Conference Paper 2014	Biblio	save (1.59 MB)	fire, forecasting
Quantifying fuel hazard assessments - Fuels3D annual report 2019-2020	Biblio	save (663.64 KB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Wind-terrain effects on firebrand dynamics	Biblio	save (2.05 MB)	fire, modelling, physics
Science in Motion: integrating scientific knowledge into bushfire risk mitigation in southwest Victoria	Biblio	save (211.26 KB)	fire, mitigation, planning
Determining Threshold Conditions for Extreme Fire Behaviour Annual Report 2017-2018	Biblio	save (833.68 KB)	fire, fire impacts, fire severity
Domestic architecture and the perception of risk in bushfire-prone areas	Project		communities, fire, risk analysis
Improvement of drag model for non-burning firebrand transport in Fire Dynamics Simulator	Biblio		fire, modelling
Extreme fire behaviours: Surveying fire management staff to determine behaviour frequencies and importance	Biblio	save (414.7 KB)	emergency management, fire, fire severity
Fire in the south: a cross-continental exchange	Biblio	save (6.19 MB)	fire, indigenous communities
Social values in bushfire management decision making	Project		decision making, economics, fire
Spatially forecasting coupled litter and root moisture dynamics for bushfire management	Project		fire, fire impacts, modelling
Simulations of the waroona fire with the access-fire coupled fire atmosphere model	Biblio	save (914.91 KB)	fire, fire impacts, modelling
Firebrand transport from a novel firebrand generator: numerical simulation of laboratory experiments	Biblio	save (10.05 MB)	fire, modelling, propagation
Incorporating convective feedback in wildfire simulations using pyrogenic potential	Biblio		fire, modelling, optimisation
Threshold conditions for extreme fire behaviour	Project		fire, fire impacts, fire severity
Firefighter involvement in Youth Justice Conferencing: Implications for fire prevention	Biblio		communities, education, fire
Particle tracking and detection software for firebrands characterization in wildland fires	Biblio		fire, fire severity, physics
Parenting after a disaster - experiences since Black Saturday	Project		child-centred, fire, recovery
Reducing the risk of house loss due to wildfires	Biblio		fire, fire impacts, risk management
Simulations of the effect of canopy density profile on sub-canopy wind speed profiles	Biblio	save (1.08 MB)	fire, fire weather, modelling
Risks and opportunities for sustainable savanna fire management	Biblio	save (2.07 MB)	fire, Northern Australia, savanna grasslands
Enhanced estimation of background temperature for fire detection using new geostationary sensors	Biblio	save (538.96 KB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Exponential random graph modelling of emergency collaboration network	Biblio		fire, response
Aboriginal Peoples and the response to the 2019-2020 bushfires	Biblio	save (1.73 MB)	fire, indigenous communities, resilience
Climate change effects on the frequency, seasonality and interannual variability of suitable prescribed burning weather conditions in south-eastern Australia	Biblio		climate change, fire, prescribed burning
Calculation of critical water flow rates for wildfire suppression	Biblio	save (1.69 MB)	fire, firefighter, response
Variation in Eucalyptus delegatensis post-fire recovery strategies: The Tasmanian subspecies is a resprouter whereas the mainland Australian subspecies is an obligate seeder	Biblio		fire, fire impacts, land management
Identification and quantitative analysis of smoldering and flaming combustion of Radiata Pine	Biblio		fire, modelling, propagation
Continental-scale prediction of live fuel moisture content using soil moisture information	Biblio		fire, fuel reduction, land management