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
19 Sep 2018	Physics-based modelling of fires transitioning from the forest floor to the canopy	Resource	save (840.15 KB)	fire, modelling, propagation
18 Aug 2015	What Factors Contribute to Better and Worse Mental Health in Firefighters	Resource	save (576.91 KB)	emergency management, fire, resilience
07 Sep 2017	Thermodynamics of pyrocumulus formation	Resource	save (2.79 MB)	fire, fire weather, severe weather
29 Mar 2017	Can we predict bushfires from space?—Dr Marta Yebra	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
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
29 Jun 2018	Savanna monitoring and reporting framework	Resource	save (1.84 MB)	fire, fire severity, Northern Australia
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
16 Dec 2020	Recovery strategies of Eucalyptus delegatensis subsp. tasmaniensisafter the 2016 fires in Central Tasmania	Resource	save (1.1 MB)	fire
23 Nov 2018	Mapping bushfire hazard and impacts	Resource	save (5.9 MB)	fire, fire impacts
27 Aug 2019	Disaster and economic resilience in small regional communities: the case of Toodyay	Resource	save (433.35 KB)	fire, optimisation
12 Aug 2016	The Australian flammability monitoring system	Resource	save (362.43 KB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
31 Oct 2017	Mapping the fire landscape: active fire surveillance and fuel hazard assessments	Resource	save (869.85 KB)	fire, fire impacts, modelling
01 Jun 2020	Q&A with A/Prof Tina Bell - National Fire Fuels Science webinar: the science 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
27 Aug 2019	ACCESS-Fire	Resource	save (11.32 MB)	fire, modelling
30 Jun 2017	From hectares to tailor-made solutions for prescribed burning	Resource	save (1.72 MB)	fire, prescribed burning, risk management
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
17 Oct 2019	The Savanna and Rangelands Monitoring and Evaluation Reporting Framework (SMERF)	Resource	save (8.51 MB)	fire, Northern Australia
19 Apr 2018	Three Minute Thesis: Sprinkler systems to improve the bushfire resilience of buildings	Resource	save (791.13 KB)	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
28 Apr 2020	Victoria IGEM Bushfire Inquiry	Resource	save (1.59 MB)	fire, fire severity
29 Jun 2018	Indigenous cultures in the north	Resource	save (954.79 KB)	fire, Northern Australia, savanna grasslands
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
07 Jul 2016	Fire management in the north Tanami	Resource	save (2.15 MB)	fire, indigenous communities, Northern Australia
29 Jun 2017	Incorporation of spotting and fire dynamics in a coupled atmosphere - fire modelling framework	Resource	save (1.76 MB)	fire, modelling
20 May 2020	Webinar 3 (20 May): Simon Heemstra presentation	Resource	save (1.98 MB)	fire, fire impacts, prescribed burning
07 Jul 2020	AFAC webinar: Active fire detection using the Himawari-8 satellite	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
23 Nov 2018	Spot-fire project: research and utilisation	Resource	save (1.26 MB)	fire, fire impacts, fire severity
31 Aug 2016	Southern Australia Seasonal Bushfire Outlook 2016	Resource	save (1.03 MB)	fire, fire severity, fire weather
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 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
13 Aug 2020	Q&A with Dr Hamish Clarke - Prescribed Burning Atlas launch webinar	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, land management, prescribed burning
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
02 Oct 2018	Launch of the Southern Australia Seasonal Bushfire Outlook 2018	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, fire weather, forecasting
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