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 Sep 2017	Enhanced estimation of background temperature for fire detection using new geostationary sensors	Resource	save (1.11 MB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
24 Apr 2015	Living with bushfires	Resource	save (498.75 KB)	communities, fire, risk analysis
05 Jul 2016	NT bushfire management planning framework	Resource	save (1.18 MB)	fire, fuel reduction, Northern Australia
29 Jun 2017	Gaining benefits from adversity: standardising data obtained from bushfires	Resource	save (716.43 KB)	fire, fire impacts, guidelines
31 Oct 2017	Coupled fire-atmosphere modelling project: ACCESS-Fire	Resource	save (580.38 KB)	fire, fire weather, modelling
08 May 2015	Cardiovascular Risk Screening and Stratification of Victorian Volunteer Firefighters Presentation	Resource	save (946.08 KB)	fire, response
19 Sep 2018	Extreme fire behaviours: Surveying fire management staff to determine behaviour frequencies and importance	Resource	save (686.42 KB)	fire, fire impacts, fire severity
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
24 Oct 2016	Savanna fire management and bushfire and natural hazard scenario planning for north Australia	Resource	save (3.85 MB)	fire, planning, prescribed burning
03 Jul 2015	Building Community Resilience in Northern Australia	Resource	save (2.2 MB)	communities, fire, resilience
13 May 2020	Webinar 2 (13 May): Phil Zylstra presentation	Resource	save (14.64 MB)	fire, fire impacts, prescribed burning
26 Nov 2020	AFAC Webinar: Future of the Australian Flammability Monitoring System	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
18 Aug 2015	Disaster Landscape Attribution: Low Cost 3D Monitoring of Fuel Hazard	Resource	save (190.78 KB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
27 Aug 2019	QFES response to the 2018 fires	Resource	save (2.24 MB)	fire, fire impacts
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
17 Apr 2019	Developing guidelines for increasing resilience of informal settlements exposed to wildfire risk	Resource	save (1.87 MB)	fire, framework
07 Oct 2019	Inquiries housed in database	Resource		decision making, emergency management, fire
18 Sep 2018	ACCESS-Fire to better understand risk	Resource	save (1.81 MB)	fire, modelling
14 Jul 2020	Prescribed Burning Atlas Launch 14 July 2020 - Hamish Clarke	Resource	save (2.49 MB)	fire, land management, prescribed burning
08 Sep 2014	Mitigating the effects of severe fires, floods and heatwaves	Resource	save (1.7 MB)	fire, flood, forecasting
08 May 2015	The Effect of Heat on Firefighters' Work Behaviour and Physiology Poster	Resource	save (9.71 MB)	fire, response
18 Aug 2015	Influence of Fire Regime Variables and Growth Stage Distributions on Biodiviersity in Victorian Foothills Forest	Resource	save (454.46 KB)	fire, fire impacts
28 Jun 2019	National awards for our research	Resource		emergency management, fire, modelling
30 Aug 2016	The effects of turbulent plume dynamics on long-range spotting - Will Thurston	Resource	save (2.56 MB)	fire, fire severity, fire weather
19 Sep 2018	Investigating the effect of soil moisture, temperature and precipitation extremes on fires risk and intensity in Australia	Resource	save (1.16 MB)	fire
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
27 Oct 2014	The effect of the degree of grass curing on the behaviour of grassland fires	Resource		fire, propagation
20 Mar 2020	Submission to South Australian Bushfire Inquiry	Resource	save (1.58 MB)	fire, fire severity
24 Oct 2016	Smouldering combustion in bushfires	Resource	save (317.63 KB)	fire, prescribed burning
05 Nov 2018	PhD science on bushfire prediction modelling	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, modelling
01 Apr 2015	Fire Australia Autumn 2015	Resource	save (8.64 MB)	fire, modelling, severe weather
18 Feb 2022	Understanding what happens when bushfires merge	Resource	save (1.28 MB)	fire, fire impacts, fire severity
06 Feb 2017	Black Tuesday - 1967 Tasmania bushfires	Resource	save (0 bytes)	communities, fire, fire impacts
23 Nov 2018	Coupled fire-atmosphere modelling	Resource	save (832.11 KB)	fire, modelling
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
21 Dec 2020	Fire Australia Issue Four 2020	Resource	save (4.58 MB)	communication, fire, flood
29 Jun 2018	Challenges and achievements	Resource	save (1.28 MB)	fire, fire impacts, savanna grasslands
18 Aug 2015	Refinement and Validation of Firebrand Transport Sub Model for a Physics Based Bushfire Prediction Model: Design of a Firebrand Generator	Resource	save (188.99 KB)	fire, modelling, propagation
29 Jun 2018	Queensland bushfire mitigation and overview 2017-18	Resource	save (1.9 MB)	fire, fire impacts, fire severity
05 Jul 2016	Queensland bushfire season 2015-16	Resource	save (602.05 KB)	fire, fuel reduction, Northern Australia