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
	Enhanced estimation of background temperature for fire detection using new geostationary sensors	Biblio	save (538.96 KB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
27 Oct 2014	Environmental thresholds for dynamic fire propagation	Resource		fire, propagation
	Established and emerging uses of predictive services	Project		emergency management, fire, firefighter
	Established and emerging uses of predictive services in Victoria	Biblio	save (895.93 KB)	emergency management, fire, firefighter
	Estimating fire background temperature at a geostationary scale - an evaluation of contextual methods for AHI-8	Biblio		fire, modelling, remote sensing
	Estimating fire severity and carbon emissions over Australian tropical savannahs based on passive microwave satellite observations	Biblio		fire, modelling, remote sensing
	Estimating grassland curing with remotely sensed data	Biblio		fire, fire severity, modelling
12 Aug 2016	Estimation of forest litter-bed fuel load using airborne LiDAR data	Resource	save (242.06 KB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
	Estimation of forest surface fuel load using airborne LiDAR data	Biblio	save (352.52 KB)	fire, modelling
10 Dec 2014	European fire science link	News		fire
	Evaluation and calibration of a land surface based soil moisture for fire danger ratings	Biblio	save (872.28 KB)	fire, soil moisture
	Evaluation of daily soil moisture deficit used in Australian forest fire danger rating system	Biblio	save (2.64 MB)	fire, modelling, remote sensing
18 Aug 2015	Evaluation of Operational Models for Wind Variability Over Complex Terrain	Resource	save (253.23 KB)	fire, severe weather
	Evaluation of the feasibility and benefits of operational use of alternative satellite data in the Australian Flammability Monitoring System to ensure long-term data continuity	Biblio	save (790.91 KB)	fire, modelling, optimisation
	Evolution of an extreme Pyrocumulonimbus-driven wildfire event in Tasmania, Australia	Biblio	save (844.71 KB)	fire, fire severity, fire weather
27 Jun 2016	Examining bushfire policy and preparedness from Black Saturday	News		communities, decision making, fire
	Examining bushfire policy in action: Preparedness and behaviour in the 2009 Black Saturday fires	Biblio	save (438.46 KB), save (513.82 KB)	communities, fire, policy
	Experiences in the in-field utilisation of fuels3D	Biblio	save (601.76 KB)	emergency management, fire, fuel reduction
18 Sep 2018	Experiences in the in-field utilisation of Fuels3D	Resource	save (2.49 MB)	fire, fire severity, modelling
22 Jul 2020	Experiences of locals and tourists needed to improve NSW bushfire safety	News		communication, communities, fire
	Experiences of sheltering during the Black Saturday bushfires: Implications for policy and research	Biblio		fire, fire impacts, vulnerability
	Experiences with the global impacts of climate change	Biblio	save (1.26 MB)	climate change, fire, fire impacts
	Experiments on the influence of spot fire and topography interaction on fire rate of spread	Biblio	save (1.63 MB)	fire, fire weather, modelling
	Exploring 167 years of vulnerability: An examination of extreme heat events in Australia 1844–2010	Biblio		fire, vulnerability
	Exploring ISO31000 Risk Management during Dynamic Fire and Emergency Operations in Western Australia	Biblio	save (553.18 KB)	fire, firefighter, risk management
	Exploring the key drivers of forest flammability in wet eucalypt forests using expert-derived conceptual models	Biblio	save (1.48 MB)	fire, fire impacts, land management
	Exponential random graph modelling of emergency collaboration network	Biblio		fire, response
08 May 2015	Extended Wakefulness and Work Physiology of Wildland Firefighters Poster	Resource	save (303.71 KB)	fire, response
04 Mar 2016	Extending into community-led preparedness just enough (but not too much)	News		communities, fire, planning
19 Sep 2018	Extreme fire behaviours: Surveying fire management staff to determine behaviour frequencies and importance	Resource	save (686.42 KB)	fire, fire impacts, fire severity
	Extreme fire behaviours: Surveying fire management staff to determine behaviour frequencies and importance	Biblio	save (414.7 KB)	emergency management, fire, fire severity
18 Sep 2018	Factors contributing to firefighters' mental health and wellbeing	Resource	save (899.79 KB)	emergency management, fire
	Factors influencing householder self-evacuation in two Australian bushfires	Biblio	save (4.68 MB)	communication, fire, warnings
	Feeling the heat: International perspectives on the prevention of wildfire ignition	Biblio		fire, planning, preparedness
02 Oct 2020	Fighting fire with fire	News		fire, fire impacts, prescribed burning
	Fighting fires and fatigue	Project		fire
	Fighting fires and fatigue: sleep, physical activity, and physical task performance	Biblio	save (20.46 MB)	fire
08 May 2015	Fighting Fires while Fighting Fatigue Poster	Resource	save (210.36 KB)	fire, response
12 Dec 2018	Finding fires faster	News		fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
18 Dec 2017	Finding fires faster	News		fire, fire impacts, remote sensing