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.

Item	Type		Key Topics
Disaster landscape attribution: annual report 2016-17	Biblio	save (2.22 MB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Terrestrial Laser Scanning: an operational tool for fuel hazard mapping?	Biblio		fire, prescribed burning, remote sensing
Determination of smoldering time and thermal characteristics of firebrands under laboratory conditions	Biblio		fire, fire weather, modelling
Near real-time extracting wildfire spread rate from Himawari-8 satellite data	Biblio	save (3.36 MB)	fire, modelling, remote sensing
Using environmental criminology theories to compare ‘youth misuse of fire’ across age groups in New South Wales	Biblio		communities, fire
A comparison and validation of satellite-derived fire severity mapping techniques in fire prone north Australian savannas: Extreme fires and tree stem mortality	Biblio		fire, fire impacts, 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
Lessons learned from a multidisciplinary investigation into the Waroona fire	Biblio	save (892.05 KB)	fire, fire impacts, scenario analysis
Household preparedness for bushfires: the role of residents' engagement with information sources	Biblio	save (1.61 MB)	communication, fire, preparedness
A lightning-caused wildfire ignition forecasting model for operational use	Biblio		fire, fire weather
The contribution of turbulent plume dynamics to long-range spotting	Biblio		fire, fire weather, propagation
Physics-Based Simulations of Flow and Fire Development Downstream of a Canopy	Biblio	save (9.63 MB)	fire, modelling, physics
Simulated Self-Paced Wildfire Suppression Work in Different Thermal Conditions	Biblio	save (13.55 MB)	decision making, exposure, fire
Wildfire suppression – an international analysis of operations, strategy and firefighter safety	Biblio	save (9.29 MB)	fire, fire impacts, response
A theoretical framework for negotiating the path of emergency management multi-agency coordination	Biblio		emergency management, fire
Think long term: the costs and benefits of prescribed burning in the south west of Western Australia	Biblio	save (207.03 KB)	economics, fire, prescribed burning
Towards comprehensive characterisation of flammability and fire danger	Biblio	save (1.57 MB)	fire, remote sensing, risk analysis
Active fire detection using the Himawari-8 satellite - annual report 2019-2020	Biblio	save (859.87 KB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Long-range fire weather predictions developed and service established as new capability for Australia	Biblio	save (1.55 MB)	capability, fire, fire weather
Meteorological drivers of extreme fire behaviour during the Waroona bushfire, Western Australia, January 2016	Biblio		fire, fire weather, severe weather
Preventable residential fire fatalities in Australia July 2003 to June 2017	Biblio	save (1.62 MB)	fire, risk analysis, vulnerability
Non-Additive Effects of Forest Litter on Flammability	Biblio	save (518.9 KB)	fire, land management, modelling
Parenting after Black Saturday: lived experiences since the 2009 Victorian bushfires	Biblio		child-centred, fire, recovery
Extreme fire behaviours: Surveying fire management staff to determine behaviour frequencies and importance	Biblio	save (414.7 KB)	emergency management, fire, fire severity
Wildland fire	Biblio		fire, fire impacts, fire severity
Predicting dead fine fuel moisture at regional scales using vapour pressure deficit from MODIS and gridded weather data	Biblio		fire, fuel reduction, modelling
Psychophysiological relationships between a multi-component self-report measure of mood, stress and behavioural signs and symptoms, and physiological stress responses during a simulated firefighting deployment	Biblio		decision making, fire
Persuasion without policies: The work of reviving Indigenous peoples’ fire management in southern Australia	Biblio		fire, indigenous communities, land management
Experiences in the in-field utilisation of fuels3D	Biblio	save (601.76 KB)	emergency management, fire, fuel reduction
How do residents in bushfire prone areas view the risk of their local area and homes?	Biblio	save (676.88 KB)	communities, fire, risk analysis
Using videos in floods and bushfires to educate, signal risk, and promote protective action in the community	Biblio		communication, fire, flood
Australian Flammability Monitoring System Version 1.0: User feedback and priorities for further development	Biblio	save (688.21 KB)	fire, fire weather, modelling
Reducing the risk of house loss due to wildfires	Biblio		fire, fire impacts, risk management
Statistical Characterisation Of Wind Fields Over Complex Terrain With Applications In Bushfire Modelling	Biblio	save (30.13 MB)	fire, modelling, propagation
Physics-based simulation of firebrand and heat flux on structures in the context of AS3959	Biblio	save (1.68 MB)	fire, modelling, propagation
Approaches for investigating wildfire impacts on catchment hydrology	Biblio	save (2.91 MB)	environments, fire, fire impacts
Simulation of flows through canopies with varying atmospheric stability	Biblio	save (739.35 KB)	fire, modelling, propagation
Identification and quantitative analysis of smoldering and flaming combustion of Radiata Pine	Biblio		fire, modelling, propagation
Estimating grassland curing with remotely sensed data	Biblio		fire, fire severity, modelling
Effects of Sydney coastal dry sclerophyll forest litter on fuels and fire behaviour in Hornsby shire	Biblio	save (2.29 MB)	fire, fire impacts, fuel reduction