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
18 Aug 2015	What Factors Contribute to Better and Worse Mental Health in Firefighters	Resource	save (576.91 KB)	emergency management, fire, resilience
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
13 May 2020	Questions and comments from the audience: 13 May 2020 - The science of hazard reduction: what do we know, what are the knowledge gaps?	Resource	save (215.66 KB)	fire, fire weather, prescribed burning
10 Apr 2019	AFAC national activities overview	Resource	save (5.85 MB)	fire, fire impacts
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
24 Oct 2016	Flammable grassy weeds	Resource	save (3.42 MB)	fire, fuel reduction, Northern Australia
19 Sep 2018	Physics-based modelling of fires transitioning from the forest floor to the canopy	Resource	save (840.15 KB)	fire, modelling, propagation
15 Sep 2020	France-Australia Workshop: Day 1/Panel 1 Alen Slijepcevic	Resource	save (2.56 MB)	decision making, fire, multi-hazard
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
08 May 2015	Effective Communication of Household Bushfire Risk Poster	Resource	save (821.14 KB)	communication, fire
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
04 Dec 2014	Mitigating the effects of severe hazards	Resource	save (1.62 MB)	fire, flood, remote sensing
13 May 2020	Webinar 2 (13 May): Tina Bell presentation	Resource	save (8.48 MB)	fire, fire impacts, 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
31 Aug 2020	Flammability of live plants, do we need a new testing approach?	Resource	save (394.59 KB)	fire, fire weather
18 Aug 2015	Meteorology of the Sampson Flat Fire in January 2015	Resource	save (1.63 MB)	fire, fire weather
27 Aug 2019	Detecting Active Fires using Himawari-8: a report from the NSW trial	Resource	save (2.9 MB)	fire, fire impacts
27 Aug 2019	ACCESS-Fire	Resource	save (11.32 MB)	fire, modelling
18 Aug 2015	The Probability of Bushfire Ignition in Victoria	Resource	save (2.02 MB)	fire, modelling
11 Jun 2020	Q&A with Ruth Ryan - National Fire Fuels Science webinar: the practice of hazard reduction	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, fire severity, prescribed burning
02 Aug 2017	Three Minute Thesis: Kamarah Pooley - Showcase 2017	Resource		child-centred, education, fire
24 Apr 2015	How do residents in bushfire prone areas view the risk of their homes?	Resource	save (2.1 MB)	communities, fire, risk analysis
17 Oct 2019	The Savanna and Rangelands Monitoring and Evaluation Reporting Framework (SMERF)	Resource	save (8.51 MB)	fire, Northern Australia
18 Sep 2018	Factors contributing to firefighters' mental health and wellbeing	Resource	save (899.79 KB)	emergency management, fire
31 Jul 2020	Readiness for the next major bushfire emergency	Resource		emergency management, fire, fire impacts
08 May 2015	The Interactions of Physical Work, Sleep Deprivation and Stress Poster	Resource	save (556.87 KB)	fire, response
19 Sep 2018	A new soil dryness product for fire prediction applications	Resource	save (1.97 MB)	fire, flood, remote sensing
27 Oct 2014	Mitigating the effects of severe fires, floods and heatwaves	Resource		fire, flood, forecasting
07 Sep 2017	The Australian Flammability Monitoring System	Resource	save (1.49 MB)	fire, fire impacts, modelling
06 May 2020	Webinar 1 (6 May): Justin Leonard presentation	Resource	save (4.48 MB)	fire, fire impacts, prescribed burning
29 Jun 2018	Queensland bushfire mitigation and overview 2017-18	Resource	save (1.9 MB)	fire, fire impacts, fire severity
25 Nov 2020	Carbon abatement through better fire mapping	Resource		fire, Northern Australia, prescribed burning
22 Feb 2019	Ten years on, there is a bit of complacency in all of us	Resource		communication, fire, land management
27 Aug 2019	Disaster and economic resilience in small regional communities: the case of Toodyay	Resource	save (433.35 KB)	fire, optimisation
31 Oct 2017	Three Minute Thesis: rethinking fuel accumulation curves	Resource	save (288.24 KB)	environments, fire, risk management
03 Jul 2015	Northern Territory Jurisdictional Issues	Resource	save (577.71 KB)	fire, governance, policy
12 Aug 2016	The Australian flammability monitoring system	Resource	save (362.43 KB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
20 May 2020	Webinar 3 (20 May): Valerie Densmore presentation	Resource	save (1.42 MB)	fire, fire impacts, prescribed burning