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	Fighting Fires while Fighting Fatigue Poster	Resource	save (210.36 KB)	fire, response
19 Sep 2018	Resilient or suicidal giants: what types of fires do the world’s tallest flowering forests support?	Resource	save (1.8 MB)	fire, fuel reduction, mitigation
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
29 Jun 2018	Queensland fire outlook 2018	Resource	save (1.4 MB)	fire, fire impacts, fire severity
17 May 2016	North Australian bushfire and natural hazard training	Resource	save (2.01 MB)	fire, local knowledge, Northern Australia
13 May 2020	Webinar 2 (13 May): Mike Clarke presentation	Resource	save (12.62 MB)	fire, fire impacts, prescribed burning
18 Aug 2015	Evaluation of Operational Models for Wind Variability Over Complex Terrain	Resource	save (253.23 KB)	fire, severe weather
18 Aug 2015	An Emprical Model for Assessing Daily Bushfire Community Smoke Exposure Over Large Geographic Areas	Resource	save (508.5 KB)	exposure, fire
27 Aug 2019	Probability and consequence of water contamination from post-fire debris flow	Resource	save (6.57 MB)	fire
30 Aug 2016	The bushfire convective plume experiment - Nicholas McCarthy	Resource	save (4.38 MB)	fire, fire severity, fire weather
07 Jul 2017	Lightning presentation: bushfire and emergency risk management research projects	Resource	save (1.01 MB)	emergency management, fire, risk management
09 Apr 2019	Coexisting with combustion: the future of bushfire management	Resource	save (0 bytes)	communities, fire, fire impacts
12 Sep 2018	Fire Australia Issue Three 2018	Resource	save (19.49 MB)	coastal, fire, Northern Australia
08 Sep 2014	The effect of the degree of grass curing on the behaviour of grassland fires	Resource	save (17.65 MB)	fire
24 Oct 2016	Forest fuel structural measurement and fuel load estimation using LiDAR data	Resource	save (660.29 KB)	fire, fuel reduction, modelling
19 Sep 2018	Satellite monitoring of fire impact and recovery	Resource	save (5.25 MB)	fire, remote sensing
27 Oct 2014	Environmental thresholds for dynamic fire propagation	Resource		fire, propagation
03 Jul 2015	Area Fire Management Groups Project	Resource	save (982.39 KB)	emergency management, 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
18 Aug 2015	Cost Effective Suppression on Campaign Fires	Resource	save (869.18 KB)	decision making, fire, response
31 Oct 2017	Coupled fire-atmosphere modelling project: ACCESS-Fire	Resource	save (580.38 KB)	fire, fire weather, modelling
19 May 2020	Q&A with ABC's Sascha Rundle - National Fire Fuels Science webinar: the thing about hazard reduction	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, fire severity, prescribed burning
27 Aug 2019	Physics based simulations of grassfire propagation on up-sloped terrain – A parametric study	Resource	save (831.32 KB)	environments, fire, fire weather
23 Nov 2018	Determining threshold conditions for extreme fire behaviour	Resource	save (868.87 KB)	fire, fire impacts
31 Aug 2020	Scenario Planning for Remote Community Risk Management in northern Australia	Resource	save (1.52 MB)	fire, Northern Australia, resilience
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 May 2019	Public health and natural hazards: New policies and preparedness initiatives developed from an Australian bushfire case study	Resource	save (84.72 KB)	decision making, emergency management, fire
18 Sep 2018	Experiences in the in-field utilisation of Fuels3D	Resource	save (2.49 MB)	fire, fire severity, modelling
02 Jul 2015	Billy Haworth - volunteered geographic information, community engagement & bushfire preparation in Tasmania	Resource	save (0 bytes)	communication, communities, fire
17 Oct 2019	Fuels3D	Resource	save (5.15 MB)	fire, fire impacts
08 May 2015	"Should I Stay or Should I Go?" Presentation	Resource	save (2.08 MB)	communication, 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
04 Dec 2014	Optimising fuel reduction burning	Resource	save (605.15 KB)	fire, fuel reduction, prescribed burning
29 Jun 2018	Challenges and achievements	Resource	save (1.28 MB)	fire, fire impacts, savanna grasslands
29 Mar 2017	Can we predict bushfires from space?—Dr Marta Yebra	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
03 Jul 2015	NT NAFM 2015 Presentation	Resource	save (416.16 KB)	fire, Northern Australia
13 May 2020	National Fire Fuels Science webinar - The science of hazard reduction (webinar 2 of 3)	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, fire severity, prescribed burning
18 Feb 2022	Understanding what happens when bushfires merge	Resource	save (1.28 MB)	fire, fire impacts, fire severity
29 Jun 2017	Statistical characterisation of wind fields over complex terrain for bushfire modelling	Resource	save (2.33 MB)	fire, fire severity, fire weather