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
07 Aug 2014	Measuring the impacts of bushfires on human fatalities and building losses	Resource	save (3.25 MB)	engineering, fire
07 Aug 2014	Building at the interface	Resource	save (6.7 MB)	fire, fire impacts
07 Aug 2014	Community Members' Responses to Bushfire Threat	Resource	save (1.17 MB)	communities, decision making, fire
02 Sep 2014	Despite the August rain, another active fire season threatens	Press Clipping		environments, fire
02 Sep 2014	Australian bushfire outlook 2014 - 15	Press Clipping		fire, fire weather
02 Sep 2014	Bushfire outlook sends timely reminder to communities	Press Clipping		fire, fire weather
02 Sep 2014	Fire season threatens despite rain	Press Clipping		fire, fire weather
03 Sep 2014	WA warned of summer fire danger	Press Clipping		fire, fire weather
03 Sep 2014	Bushfire risk warning	Press Clipping		fire, fire weather
08 Sep 2014	Australia facing 'above normal' bushfire season	Press Clipping		fire, fire weather
08 Sep 2014	Next generation models for predicting the behaviour of bushfires	Resource	save (1.12 MB)	fire, modelling
08 Sep 2014	Record temperatures trail a blaze	Press Clipping		fire, 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
08 Sep 2014	Mitigating the effects of severe fires, floods and heatwaves	Resource	save (1.7 MB)	fire, flood, forecasting
08 Sep 2014	The effect of the degree of grass curing on the behaviour of grassland fires	Resource	save (17.65 MB)	fire
08 Sep 2014	The heatwaves of the 2013/14 Australian summer	Resource	save (1.92 MB)	fire, forecasting
08 Sep 2014	Threshold behaviour in dynamic fire propagation	Resource	save (2.41 MB)	fire, propagation
09 Sep 2014	Above average bushfire threat for Goldfields Midland region this summer	Press Clipping		fire, fire weather, forecasting
17 Sep 2014	Bushfire season 2014: Prepare yourself, prepare your family and prepare your home, warns the RFS	Press Clipping		fire, fire weather, warnings
17 Sep 2014	Bushfire worry as "worse than normal" fire season looms	Press Clipping		fire, fire weather
20 Oct 2014	Australia prepares for 'dangerous' bushfire season	Press Clipping		decision making, fire, fire weather
27 Oct 2014	Next generation models for predicting the behaviour of bushfires	Resource		fire, modelling
27 Oct 2014	The effects of fire-plume dynamics on the spread of long range spotting	Resource		fire, modelling
27 Oct 2014	Mitigating the effects of severe fires, floods and heatwaves	Resource		fire, flood, forecasting
27 Oct 2014	The effect of the degree of grass curing on the behaviour of grassland fires	Resource		fire, propagation
27 Oct 2014	Environmental thresholds for dynamic fire propagation	Resource		fire, propagation
27 Oct 2014	Modelling the fire weather of the Coonabarabran fire 13 January	Resource		fire, flood, mitigation
29 Oct 2014	All Research to Drive Change resources accessible	News		communication, communities, fire
29 Oct 2014	Missed the Research Forum? Audio and video now available	News		communities, fire, flood
04 Dec 2014	Challenges in physics based bushfire modelling	Resource	save (885.16 KB)	fire, fire severity, modelling
04 Dec 2014	Fire coalescence and mass spotfire dynamics	Resource	save (704.99 KB)	fire, fire severity, modelling
04 Dec 2014	Mitigating the effects of severe hazards	Resource	save (1.62 MB)	fire, flood, remote sensing
04 Dec 2014	Threshold conditions for extreme fire behaviour	Resource	save (610.43 KB)	fire, fire severity, modelling
04 Dec 2014	Optimising fuel reduction burning	Resource	save (605.15 KB)	fire, fuel reduction, prescribed burning
05 Dec 2014	Thermal anomaly and hazard mapping	Resource	save (670.97 KB)	fire, forecasting
09 Dec 2014	Research leads to funding in NSW	News		fire, local knowledge, volunteering
10 Dec 2014	European fire science link	News		fire
10 Dec 2014	Research helps TFS win national award	News		communities, education, fire
10 Dec 2014	Newsletter - Fire spread prediction	News		fire, fire impacts, modelling
11 Dec 2014	South-west now rated drier and more dangerous	Press Clipping		fire, fire severity, fire weather