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
	Numerical study on effect of relative humidity (and fuel moisture) on modes of grassfire propagation	Biblio		fire, modelling, physics
	Evolution of an extreme Pyrocumulonimbus-driven wildfire event in Tasmania, Australia	Biblio	save (844.71 KB)	fire, fire severity, fire weather
	Sampling and data analysis of field sites in NSW	Biblio	save (1.47 MB)	fire, fuel reduction
	Advances in the remote sensing of active fires: a review	Biblio	save (1.79 MB)	emergency management, fire, remote sensing
	Mapping how outputs from various Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC projects could be combined to address the issue of how to best manage fuel to reduce bushfire risk into the future	Biblio	save (3.47 MB)	fire, fuel reduction, risk management
	Effective communication of household wildfire risk through WebGIS: considerations in content, representation and design	Biblio	save (3.91 MB)	communication, fire, modelling
	How does remotely sensed degree of curing and fuel load vary in grasslands and effect modelled fire spread?	Biblio	save (5.01 MB)	fire, remote sensing
	A guide to reconstructing cropland wildfires – data collection, collation and analysis for case study construction	Biblio	save (2.54 MB)	fire, modelling, scenario analysis
	Recirculation regions downstream of a canopy on a hill	Biblio	save (1.57 MB)	fire, land management, planning
	The role of extreme value analysis to enhance defendable space for construction practice and planning in bushfire prone environments - peer viewed	Biblio	save (703.25 KB)	fire, infrastructure, planning
	Globe-LFMC, a global plant water status database for vegetation ecophysiology and wildfire applications	Biblio		emergency management, fire, fire impacts
	Community preparedness and responses to the 2017 NSW bushfires	Biblio	save (561.7 KB)	communities, fire, fire impacts
	Physics-based simulations of grassfire propagation on sloped terrain at field scale: motivations, model reliability, rate of spread and fire intensity	Biblio		fire, modelling, physics
	Using environmental criminology theories to compare ‘youth misuse of fire’ across age groups in New South Wales	Biblio		communities, fire
	Dynamic modelling of fire coalescence	Biblio	save (4.5 MB)	fire, modelling, physics
	Thermodynamic considerations of pyrocumulus formation	Biblio	save (1.32 MB)	fire, fire weather, severe weather
	We have not lived long enough: sensemaking and learning from bushfires in Australia	Biblio	save (9.09 MB)	fire, fire impacts
	Household preparedness for bushfires: the role of residents' engagement with information sources	Biblio	save (1.61 MB)	communication, fire, preparedness
	Multi-scaled calibration of high-resolution burnt area and fire severity mapping - workshop report	Biblio	save (1.39 MB)	fire, fire impacts, land management
	“Since I went to the conference… I have really thought just how bad lighting fires are”: diversionary conferencing for youth misuse of fire	Biblio		child-centred, fire
	Fire Risk Assessment of Combustible Exterior Cladding Using a Collective Numerical Database	Biblio	save (3.03 MB)	fire, infrastructure, risk management
	Adaptive prescribed burning in Australia for the early 21st Century – context, status, challenges	Biblio	save (295.2 KB)	fire, prescribed burning, risk management
	Modelling wind direction distributions using a diagnostic model in the context of probabilistic fire spread prediction	Biblio	save (9.25 MB)	fire, fire weather, severe weather
	Methods for background temperature estimation in the context of active fire detection	Biblio	save (22.24 MB)	fire, fire severity, fire weather
	Suitable pyrolysis model for physics-based bushfire simulation	Biblio	save (708.53 KB)	capability, fire, modelling
	Integrating bushfire risk reduction and statutory mechanisms in South Australia	Biblio	save (753.84 KB)	fire, mitigation, modelling
	Investigating surface and near-surface bushfire fuel attributes: a comparison between visual assessments and image-based point clouds	Biblio		environments, fire, remote sensing
	“Should I Stay or Should I Go?” Defining the Preparatory Conditions in Support of Active Defence for Different Fire Danger Ratings	Biblio		communication, fire
15 Mar 2017	25 years of rural fire research in New Zealand	Blog		fire, prescribed burning
19 Nov 2019	A long fire season in store	Blog		climate change, fire, fire severity
18 May 2021	It can’t all be insured: counting the hidden economic impact of floods and bushfires	Blog		economics, fire, flood
07 Oct 2020	Wildfire engineering – a new perspective for fire service operations and rural urban interface design	Blog		engineering, fire, resilience
17 May 2016	Reflections on a student placement with the Bushfire-Ready Neighbourhoods team at Tasmania Fire Service	Blog		communication, communities, fire
11 Oct 2016	PhD ideas from international conferences	Blog		fire, fire severity, fire weather
27 Mar 2020	I’ve spent 14 years on bushfire front lines and seen courage in the face of death	Blog		fire, firefighter, volunteering
04 Aug 2015	Collaboration is key	Blog		communication, economics, fire
25 Sep 2020	International engagement – why does it matter?	Blog		capability, communication, fire
05 Feb 2020	To burn or not to burn is not the question	Blog		climate change, fire, prescribed burning
29 Jan 2021	How heatwaves and drought combine to produce the perfect firestorm	Blog		fire, fire severity, fire weather
07 Feb 2019	Ten years on, there is a bit of complacency in all of us	Blog		communication, communities, fire