Key topics

fuel reduction

Fuel reduction is the manipulation, including combustion, or removal of fuels to reduce the likelihood of ignition and/or to lessen potential damage and resistance to control.

Date	Item	Type		Key Topics
	Optimisation of fuel reduction burning regimes for fuel reduction, carbon, water and vegetation outcomes: annual report 2019-2020	Biblio	save (1.56 MB)	fuel reduction, planning, prescribed burning
	Continental-scale prediction of live fuel moisture content using soil moisture information	Biblio		fire, fuel reduction, land management
	Sampling and data analysis of field sites in NSW	Biblio	save (1.47 MB)	fire, fuel reduction
	Verification of soil moisture from land surface models and traditional soil dryness indices - non peer reviewed extended abstract	Biblio	save (236.43 KB)	environments, fuel reduction
	Fire spread prediction across fuel types: annual report 2018-19	Biblio	save (2.61 MB)	fire, fire severity, fuel reduction
	A comparison of terrestrial and UAS sensors for measuring fuel hazard in a dry sclerophyll forest	Biblio	save (5.54 MB)	fire, fuel reduction, remote sensing
	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
	Estimating carbon stocks and biomass in surface fuel layers	Biblio	save (3.2 MB)	fuel reduction, planning, prescribed burning
	Savanna fire management and bushfire and natural hazard scenario planning for northern Australia: annual project report 2015-2016	Biblio	save (2.82 MB)	fire, fire severity, fuel reduction
	Optimisation of fuel reduction burning regimes for fuel reduction, carbon, water and vegetation outcomes – final project report	Biblio	save (3.11 MB)	fuel reduction, planning, prescribed burning
	Emissions from prescribed fires in temperate forest in south-east Australia: implications for carbon accounting	Biblio	save (256.86 KB)	fuel reduction, planning, prescribed burning
	From hectares to tailor-made solutions for risk mitigation - systems to deliver effective prescribed burning across Australian ecosystems: annual project report 2016-17	Biblio	save (1.53 MB)	fuel reduction, prescribed burning, risk management
	Improved assessment of grassland fuels in multiple jurisdictions across Australia	Biblio	save (535.91 KB)	fuel reduction, prescribed burning
	A global canopy water content product from AVHRR/Metop	Biblio		fuel reduction, land management, remote sensing
	Mapping the efficacy of an Australian fuel reduction burn using Fuels3D point clouds	Biblio	save (509.74 KB)	fuel reduction, modelling, prescribed burning
	A Live Fuel Moisture Content Product from Landsat TM Satellite Time Series for Implementation in Fire Behavior Models	Biblio	save (4.32 MB)	fire, fuel reduction, remote sensing
	You own the fuel but who owns the fire?	Biblio	save (214.41 KB)	fire, fuel reduction, policy
	The influence of soil moisture on surface and sub-surface litter fuel moisture simulation at five Australian sites	Biblio		fuel reduction, remote sensing, soil moisture
	Production of pyrogenic carbon during planned fires in forests of East Gippsland, Victoria	Biblio		fuel reduction, planning, prescribed burning
	Post-tropical cyclone fuel assessment and bushfire risk	Biblio	save (1.93 MB)	cyclone, fuel reduction, risk management
	JASMIN: a high-resolution soil moisture analysis system for fire prediction	Biblio	save (1.76 MB)	fuel reduction, risk management, soil moisture
	Using pre- and post-fire LiDAR to assess the severity of the 2019 Tasmanian bushfires: field survey methods	Biblio	save (2 MB)	fire impacts, fire severity, fuel reduction
	Opportunities for alternative fuel load reduction approaches - summary report	Biblio	save (2.43 MB)	fuel reduction, risk management
	Modelling feedback between fuel reduction burning and forest carbon and water balance in eucalypt forests	Biblio	save (976.41 KB)	environments, fuel reduction, prescribed burning
	Simulation of fuel bed ignition by wildland firebrands	Biblio		fire, fuel reduction, modelling
13 Jan 2016	Inconvenient truth about disaster mitigation	Blog		fuel reduction, mitigation, policy
01 Apr 2020	If you’re worried about bushfires but want to keep your leafy garden, follow these tips	Blog		environments, fuel reduction, risk management
26 Jun 2015	Dirt and Data	Blog		fuel reduction, planning, prescribed burning
07 Nov 2016	A great opportunity to network with colleagues	Blog		fire, fuel reduction
14 Apr 2015	Scan and burn in the ACT	Blog		fuel reduction, land management, prescribed burning
14 Jul 2016	Optimising fuel reduction burning - project update	News		fire, fuel reduction, planning
13 May 2015	To burn or not to burn?	News		fuel reduction, land management, prescribed burning
31 Aug 2017	The great escapes	News		fuel reduction, prescribed burning, risk management
20 Feb 2020	National science forum on fire fuels	News		fire, fuel reduction, prescribed burning
09 May 2016	Mitigating disasters: the inconvenient truth	News		flood, fuel reduction, mitigation
05 Nov 2015	Insights on fire prediction	News		fire severity, fuel reduction, risk management
01 Jun 2020	Savanna fire	News		framework, fuel reduction, savanna grasslands
16 Jul 2018	Twenty years of northern fire talks	News		fire, fuel reduction, Northern Australia
03 Apr 2017	Fire mapping with satellites and smart phones	News		fire, fuel reduction, modelling
07 Jan 2016	CRC student awarded for research paper	News		fire, fuel reduction, prescribed burning