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
04 Dec 2014	Fire coalescence and mass spotfire dynamics	Resource	save (704.99 KB)	fire, fire severity, modelling
03 Jul 2015	Northern Seasonal Fire Outlook	Resource	save (5.92 MB)	fire, forecasting
25 Jul 2019	Science central to bushfire review	Resource		child-centred, fire, governance
07 Sep 2017	An organisational response to Stage 3 Geography and the study of a contemporary bushfire event	Resource	save (860.25 KB)	child-centred, education, fire
17 May 2016	North Australian bushfire and natural hazard training	Resource	save (2.01 MB)	fire, local knowledge, Northern Australia
29 Jun 2018	Queensland fire outlook 2018	Resource	save (1.4 MB)	fire, fire impacts, fire severity
06 May 2020	National Fire Fuels Science webinar - The thing about hazard reduction (webinar 1 of 3)	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, fire severity, prescribed burning
18 Aug 2015	Rainforests on Fire: Assessing Bushfire Risk in Tasmania's Wet Forest Types	Resource	save (156.59 KB)	fire, modelling, risk analysis
25 Nov 2020	Finding fires faster	Resource		fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
24 Apr 2015	Bushfire risk perception: a study of the perceived vulnerability of domestic architecture in bushfire prone areas	Resource	save (1.09 MB)	communities, fire, risk analysis
31 Oct 2017	Coupled fire-atmosphere modelling project: ACCESS-Fire	Resource	save (580.38 KB)	fire, fire weather, modelling
17 Mar 2020	A step towards zero: understanding preventable residential fire fatalities	Resource	save (875.58 KB)	fire, risk analysis, vulnerability
23 Nov 2018	Determining threshold conditions for extreme fire behaviour	Resource	save (868.87 KB)	fire, fire impacts
29 Jun 2017	The diurnal cycle and its role in fire detection using Himawari-8	Resource	save (1.64 MB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
27 Aug 2019	Fire weather and prototype fire danger ratings for the Gell River fire, Tasmania	Resource	save (4.64 MB)	fire, fire weather
08 May 2015	The Stress of Firefighting Presentation	Resource	save (454.21 KB)	fire, response
24 Apr 2019	Colin Thomas from MFB on why diversity and inclusion is important	Resource	save (0 bytes)	diversity and inclusion, emergency management, fire
18 Sep 2018	Experiences in the in-field utilisation of Fuels3D	Resource	save (2.49 MB)	fire, fire severity, modelling
27 Oct 2014	The effects of fire-plume dynamics on the spread of long range spotting	Resource		fire, modelling
02 Jul 2015	Billy Haworth - volunteered geographic information, community engagement & bushfire preparation in Tasmania	Resource	save (0 bytes)	communication, communities, fire
19 Sep 2018	Assessing SWAT model sensitivity to fire-related soil organic carbon changes using digital soil mapping products	Resource	save (478.39 KB)	fire, hydrology
15 Sep 2015	Vicky Aerts - The effect of smoke from prescribed burning & bushfires on plant physiology	Resource	save (0 bytes)	environments, exposure, fire
07 Sep 2017	Enhanced estimation of background temperature for fire detection using new geostationary sensors	Resource	save (1.11 MB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
13 May 2020	Webinar 2 (13 May): Phil Zylstra presentation	Resource	save (14.64 MB)	fire, fire impacts, prescribed burning
18 Aug 2015	Delivering Effective Prescribed Burning Across Southern Australia	Resource	save (355.69 KB)	fire, prescribed burning, risk management
26 Nov 2020	AFAC Webinar: Future of the Australian Flammability Monitoring System	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
29 Jun 2017	Statistical characterisation of wind fields over complex terrain for bushfire modelling	Resource	save (2.33 MB)	fire, fire severity, fire weather
21 Dec 2020	Fire Australia Issue Four 2020	Resource	save (4.58 MB)	communication, fire, flood
27 Aug 2019	Australian Flammability Monitoring System Website	Resource	save (1.31 MB)	fire, remote sensing
18 Aug 2015	Meteorology of the Sampson Flat Fire in January 2015	Resource	save (1.63 MB)	fire, fire weather
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
01 Jun 2020	Q&A with A/Prof Phil Zylstra - National Fire Fuels Science webinar: the science of hazard reduction	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, fire severity, prescribed burning
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
08 May 2015	Effective Communication of Household Bushfire Risk Poster	Resource	save (821.14 KB)	communication, fire
24 Oct 2016	Flammable grassy weeds	Resource	save (3.42 MB)	fire, fuel reduction, Northern Australia
14 Jul 2020	Prescribed Burning Atlas Launch 14 July 2020 - Hamish Clarke	Resource	save (2.49 MB)	fire, land management, prescribed burning
19 Sep 2018	Physics-based modelling of fires transitioning from the forest floor to the canopy	Resource	save (840.15 KB)	fire, modelling, propagation
04 Dec 2014	Mitigating the effects of severe hazards	Resource	save (1.62 MB)	fire, flood, remote sensing
07 Sep 2017	Navigating a bushfire disaster: a community's experience 2013 Forcett Tasmania bushfire disaster	Resource	save (1.99 MB)	communities, fire, fire impacts
29 Jun 2018	Challenges and achievements	Resource	save (1.28 MB)	fire, fire impacts, savanna grasslands