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	Thermodynamics of pyrocumulus formation	Resource	save (2.79 MB)	fire, fire weather, severe weather
06 May 2020	Webinar 1 (6 May): Sarah Harris presentation	Resource	save (4.4 MB)	fire, fire impacts, prescribed burning
29 Jun 2018	Savanna monitoring and reporting framework	Resource	save (1.84 MB)	fire, fire severity, Northern Australia
25 Nov 2020	Satellites to help show when the bush is ready to burn	Resource		fire, remote sensing, vulnerability
31 Oct 2017	Three Minute Thesis: The burning question	Resource	save (97.66 KB)	emergency management, fire, response
20 May 2020	Webinar 3 (20 May): Adam Leavesley presentation	Resource	save (4.22 MB)	fire, fire impacts, prescribed burning
12 Aug 2016	Estimation of forest litter-bed fuel load using airborne LiDAR data	Resource	save (242.06 KB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
27 Aug 2019	Detecting Active Fires using Himawari-8: a report from the NSW trial	Resource	save (2.9 MB)	fire, fire impacts
16 Dec 2020	AFAC Webinar 'Where are we going with soil moisture' 2020	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, fire severity, land management
29 Jun 2017	The detection and surveillance of active fire using Himawari-8	Resource	save (9.01 MB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
23 Nov 2018	Fire spread prediction across fuel types by physics-based modelling	Resource	save (2.02 MB)	fire, fire impacts, fuel reduction
08 May 2015	Effective Communication of Household Bushfire Risk Poster	Resource	save (821.14 KB)	communication, fire
10 Apr 2019	AFAC national activities overview	Resource	save (5.85 MB)	fire, fire impacts
17 Jun 2020	Q&A with Dr Valerie Densmore - National Fire Fuels Science webinar: the practice of hazard reduction	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, fire severity, prescribed burning
04 Dec 2014	Mitigating the effects of severe hazards	Resource	save (1.62 MB)	fire, flood, remote sensing
31 Jul 2020	Bushfire lessons from cultural burns	Resource		fire, indigenous communities, land management
18 Sep 2018	Multi-temporal and spatial remote sensing imagery to monitor flammability in Australia	Resource	save (3.56 MB)	fire, fire impacts, modelling
18 Aug 2015	What Factors Contribute to Better and Worse Mental Health in Firefighters	Resource	save (576.91 KB)	emergency management, fire, resilience
22 Mar 2016	Severe and High Impact Weather - cluster overview	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, modelling, scenario analysis
19 Sep 2018	Dry conditions prompt an earlier bushfire season	Resource		cyclone, fire, modelling
18 Aug 2015	The Probability of Bushfire Ignition in Victoria	Resource	save (2.02 MB)	fire, modelling
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
13 May 2020	Webinar 2 (13 May): Neil Burrows presentation	Resource	save (4.9 MB)	fire, fire impacts, prescribed burning
07 Jul 2016	Kimberley grasslands curing	Resource	save (1.66 MB)	fire, land management, Northern Australia
27 Aug 2019	Disaster and economic resilience in small regional communities: the case of Toodyay	Resource	save (433.35 KB)	fire, optimisation
09 Dec 2020	The Prescribed Burning Atlas: a new system to plan effective prescribed burns	Resource	save (872.25 KB)	fire, prescribed burning, risk management
29 Jun 2017	Simulated rate-of-spread of a grassfire propagating under a tree canopy	Resource	save (1.33 MB)	fire, modelling, propagation
31 Oct 2017	Mapping the fire landscape: active fire surveillance and fuel hazard assessments	Resource	save (869.85 KB)	fire, fire impacts, modelling
08 May 2015	The Interactions of Physical Work, Sleep Deprivation and Stress Poster	Resource	save (556.87 KB)	fire, response
30 Aug 2016	"I’m going to be frightened out of my wits": Insights on psychological preparedness from the Sampson Flat fire - Danielle Every	Resource	save (970.63 KB)	communication, communities, fire
27 Aug 2019	ACCESS-Fire	Resource	save (11.32 MB)	fire, modelling
30 Jun 2017	From hectares to tailor-made solutions for prescribed burning	Resource	save (1.72 MB)	fire, prescribed burning, risk management
27 Oct 2014	Mitigating the effects of severe fires, floods and heatwaves	Resource		fire, flood, forecasting
24 Oct 2016	Disaster landscape attribution, active fire detection and hazard mapping	Resource	save (1.9 MB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
17 Oct 2019	The Savanna and Rangelands Monitoring and Evaluation Reporting Framework (SMERF)	Resource	save (8.51 MB)	fire, Northern Australia
19 Apr 2018	Three Minute Thesis: Sprinkler systems to improve the bushfire resilience of buildings	Resource	save (791.13 KB)	fire, fire impacts
03 Jul 2015	Northern Territory Jurisdictional Issues	Resource	save (577.71 KB)	fire, governance, policy
19 Sep 2018	Australian flammability monitoring system website	Resource	save (1006.31 KB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
30 Nov 2016	Southern Australia Seasonal Bushfire Outlook 2016-17: November update	Resource	save (951.14 KB)	fire, fire severity, fire weather
29 Jun 2018	Indigenous cultures in the north	Resource	save (954.79 KB)	fire, Northern Australia, savanna grasslands