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
08 May 2015	The Effect of Heat on Firefighters' Work Behaviour and Physiology Poster	Resource	save (9.71 MB)	fire, response
29 Mar 2017	Can we predict bushfires from space?—Dr Marta Yebra	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
05 Nov 2018	PhD science on bushfire prediction modelling	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, modelling
27 Oct 2014	The effect of the degree of grass curing on the behaviour of grassland fires	Resource		fire, propagation
13 May 2020	Webinar 2 (13 May): Tina Bell presentation	Resource	save (8.48 MB)	fire, fire impacts, prescribed burning
31 Aug 2020	Flammability of live plants, do we need a new testing approach?	Resource	save (394.59 KB)	fire, fire weather
29 Jun 2017	Statistical characterisation of wind fields over complex terrain for bushfire modelling	Resource	save (2.33 MB)	fire, fire severity, fire weather
23 Nov 2018	Coupled fire-atmosphere modelling	Resource	save (832.11 KB)	fire, modelling
27 Aug 2019	Detecting Active Fires using Himawari-8: a report from the NSW trial	Resource	save (2.9 MB)	fire, fire impacts
18 Aug 2015	Meteorology of the Sampson Flat Fire in January 2015	Resource	save (1.63 MB)	fire, fire weather
13 May 2020	Questions and comments from the audience: 13 May 2020 - The science of hazard reduction: what do we know, what are the knowledge gaps?	Resource	save (215.66 KB)	fire, fire weather, prescribed burning
30 Aug 2016	The social life of science: tales from Victoria and the Northern Territory - Jessica Weir	Resource	save (1.49 MB)	decision making, fire, policy
30 Jun 2017	The effect of wildfire on forested catchment water quality: empirical versus mechanistic models	Resource	save (928.65 KB)	fire, fire impacts, hydrology
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
18 Aug 2015	Disaster Landscape Attribution: from the Ground to Space: Validation of TET-1 and HIMAWARI-8 for Active Fire Detection	Resource	save (488.84 KB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
02 Aug 2017	Three Minute Thesis: Kamarah Pooley - Showcase 2017	Resource		child-centred, education, fire
17 Oct 2019	The Savanna and Rangelands Monitoring and Evaluation Reporting Framework (SMERF)	Resource	save (8.51 MB)	fire, Northern Australia
24 Apr 2015	Bushfire risk perception: a study of the perceived vulnerability of domestic architecture in bushfire prone areas 2	Resource	save (412.98 KB)	communities, fire, risk analysis
31 Jul 2020	Readiness for the next major bushfire emergency	Resource		emergency management, fire, fire impacts
19 Sep 2018	Ignitability of eucalyptus litters	Resource	save (980.44 KB)	fire, modelling
21 Mar 2014	Fire spread prediction across fuel types	Resource	save (1.49 MB)	fire, modelling, prescribed burning
07 Sep 2017	The Australian Flammability Monitoring System	Resource	save (1.49 MB)	fire, fire impacts, modelling
07 Aug 2014	Community Members' Responses to Bushfire Threat	Resource	save (1.17 MB)	communities, decision making, fire
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
08 May 2015	Fighting Fires while Fighting Fatigue Poster	Resource	save (210.36 KB)	fire, response
25 Nov 2020	Carbon abatement through better fire mapping	Resource		fire, Northern Australia, prescribed burning
31 Oct 2017	Three Minute Thesis: rethinking fuel accumulation curves	Resource	save (288.24 KB)	environments, fire, risk management
27 Aug 2019	Disaster and economic resilience in small regional communities: the case of Toodyay	Resource	save (433.35 KB)	fire, optimisation
04 Dec 2014	Threshold conditions for extreme fire behaviour	Resource	save (610.43 KB)	fire, fire severity, modelling
12 Mar 2019	Fire Australia Issue One 2019	Resource	save (7.41 MB)	communication, emergency management, fire
20 May 2020	Webinar 3 (20 May): Valerie Densmore presentation	Resource	save (1.42 MB)	fire, fire impacts, prescribed burning
12 Aug 2016	The Australian flammability monitoring system	Resource	save (362.43 KB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
03 Jul 2015	Northern Satellite based Curing and Fuels	Resource	save (2.27 MB)	fire, fuel reduction
31 Aug 2020	A participatory approach to school bushfire emergency management planning.	Resource	save (478.91 KB)	fire
27 Aug 2019	ACCESS-Fire	Resource	save (11.32 MB)	fire, modelling
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
18 Aug 2015	Evaluation of Operational Models for Wind Variability Over Complex Terrain	Resource	save (253.23 KB)	fire, severe weather
18 Sep 2018	Pyroconvective interactions and dynamic fire propagation	Resource	save (2.21 MB)	fire, fire impacts, fire weather
19 Sep 2018	Fuels3D	Resource	save (3.62 MB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing