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
Simulations of the effect of canopy density profile on sub-canopy wind speed profiles	Biblio	save (988.48 KB)	fire, modelling, propagation
Methods for background temperature estimation in the context of active fire detection	Biblio	save (22.24 MB)	fire, fire severity, fire weather
Assessment of potentially toxic metal contamination in the soils of a legacy mine site in Central Victoria, Australia.	Biblio		environments, fire, land management
Integrating bushfire risk reduction and statutory mechanisms in South Australia	Biblio	save (753.84 KB)	fire, mitigation, modelling
Terrestrial Laser Scanning: an operational tool for fuel hazard mapping?	Biblio		fire, prescribed burning, remote sensing
Emerging technologies for estimating fuel hazard	Biblio	save (2.85 MB)	capability, fire, remote sensing
Integrating wildfire risk management and spatial planning – A historical review of two Australian planning systems	Biblio	save (2.03 MB)	exposure, fire, infrastructure
Recirculation regions downstream of a canopy on a hill	Biblio	save (1.57 MB)	fire, land management, planning
You own the fuel but who owns the fire?	Biblio	save (214.41 KB)	fire, fuel reduction, policy
Why don't bushfire warnings work as intended? Responses to official warnings during bushfires in New South Wales, Australia	Biblio		communities, fire, warnings
Experiences in the in-field utilisation of fuels3D	Biblio	save (601.76 KB)	emergency management, fire, fuel reduction
What are the safety implications of dynamic fire behaviours?	Biblio		emergency management, fire, fire impacts
Australian Flammability Monitoring System Version 1.0: User feedback and priorities for further development	Biblio	save (688.21 KB)	fire, fire weather, modelling
Development of an interface using penalisation method for improving computational performance of bushfire simulation tools	Biblio	save (10.13 MB)	fire, modelling, physics
Tree recruitment dynamics in fire-prone eucalypt savanna	Biblio	save (3.67 MB)	fire, Northern Australia, savanna grasslands
The spread of fires in landscapes	Biblio	save (1.58 MB)	fire, modelling, physics
Wildfire suppression – an international analysis of operations, strategy and firefighter safety	Biblio	save (9.29 MB)	fire, fire impacts, response
Large-eddy simulation of neutral atmospheric surface layer flow over heterogeneous tree canopies	Biblio	save (1.28 MB)	fire, modelling, propagation
Developing guidelines for increasing the resilience of informal settlements exposed to wildfire risk using a risk-based planning approach	Biblio		communities, fire, resilience
A lightning-caused wildfire ignition forecasting model for operational use	Biblio		fire, fire weather
Investigation of spotting and intrinsic fire dynamics using a coupled atmosphere-fire modelling framework	Biblio	save (10.92 MB)	fire, fire impacts, fire severity
Long-range fire weather predictions developed and service established as new capability for Australia	Biblio	save (1.55 MB)	capability, fire, fire weather
Pyrocumulonimbus: A Literature Review	Biblio	save (694.88 KB)	fire, modelling
Firefighter tenability and its influence on wildfire suppression	Biblio		capability, fire, firefighter
Wildland fire	Biblio		fire, fire impacts, fire severity
The potential for coastal dune de-stabilisation following 2015/16 wildfires near Esperance, WA	Biblio	save (1.24 MB)	coastal, fire, fire impacts
Disaster Landscape Attribution: Fire Surveillance and Hazard Mapping, Data Scaling and Validation Annual Report 2014	Biblio	save (987.79 KB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Meteorological drivers of extreme fire behaviour during the Waroona bushfire, Western Australia, January 2016	Biblio		fire, fire weather, severe weather
Fire and heavy metals: when wild and controlled fires transform un-rehabilitated mining waste	Biblio	save (10.75 MB)	fire, fire impacts, land management
Using videos in floods and bushfires to educate, signal risk, and promote protective action in the community	Biblio		communication, fire, flood
Deconstructing factors contributing to the 2018 fire weather in Queensland, Australia	Biblio	save (932.55 KB)	climate change, fire, fire weather
Intercomparison of Himawari-8 AHI-FSA with MODIS and VIIRS active fire products	Biblio		fire, modelling, remote sensing
Cost effectiveness of fire management strategies in southern Australia	Biblio		fire, modelling, organisational
The Australian Flammability Monitoring System	Biblio	save (805.45 KB)	fire, fire impacts, modelling
Causes and consequences of Eastern Australia’s 2019–20 season of mega‐fires: A broader perspective	Biblio	save (623.99 KB)	climate change, fire, fire severity
A radiative transfer model-based method for the estimation of grassland aboveground biomass	Biblio		fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
A fuel moisture content and flammability monitoring methodology for continental Australia based on optical remote sensing	Biblio		emergency management, fire, savanna grasslands
A Method for Validating the Structural Completeness of Understory Vegetation Models Captured with 3D Remote Sensing	Biblio	save (3.65 MB)	fire, modelling, remote sensing
Consistent and conflicting information in floods and bushfires impact risk information seeking, risk perceptions, and protective action intentions	Biblio		fire, flood, risk management
An Assessment of Pre- and Post Fire Near Surface Fuel Hazard in an Australian Dry Sclerophyll Forest Using Point Cloud Data Captured Using a Terrestrial Laser Scanner	Biblio		fire, fire impacts, remote sensing