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
31 Oct 2017	Prescribed burning and predictive services	Resource	save (4.46 MB)	fire, fire impacts, prescribed burning
01 Jun 2020	Q&A with A/Prof Phil Zylstra - National Fire Fuels Science webinar: the science of hazard reduction	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, fire severity, prescribed burning
27 Oct 2014	The effect of the degree of grass curing on the behaviour of grassland fires	Resource		fire, propagation
29 Jun 2017	Improved measures and forecasts of soil dryness	Resource	save (1.17 MB)	fire, flood, remote sensing
27 Aug 2019	QFES response to the 2018 fires	Resource	save (2.24 MB)	fire, fire impacts
11 Sep 2015	A bushfire evacuation planning service utilising multiple simulation systems	Resource	save (1.45 MB)	fire, planning, risk analysis
24 Oct 2016	From hectares to tailor-made solutions for risk mitigation: systems to deliver effective prescribed burning across ecosystems	Resource	save (1.83 MB)	fire, prescribed burning, risk management
17 Apr 2019	Developing guidelines for increasing resilience of informal settlements exposed to wildfire risk	Resource	save (1.87 MB)	fire, framework
14 Jul 2020	Prescribed Burning Atlas Launch 14 July 2020 - Hamish Clarke	Resource	save (2.49 MB)	fire, land management, prescribed burning
07 Oct 2019	Inquiries housed in database	Resource		decision making, emergency management, fire
15 Feb 2018	Research gives insights into community fire response	Resource	save (2.46 MB)	communities, emergency management, fire
19 Sep 2018	Physics-based modelling of fires transitioning from the forest floor to the canopy	Resource	save (840.15 KB)	fire, modelling, propagation
28 Jun 2019	National awards for our research	Resource		emergency management, fire, modelling
18 Aug 2015	Refinement and Validation of Firebrand Transport Sub Model for a Physics Based Bushfire Prediction Model: Design of a Firebrand Generator	Resource	save (188.99 KB)	fire, modelling, propagation
06 Apr 2016	Sampson Flat community bushfire experiences	Resource	save (519.63 KB)	communities, fire, warnings
29 Jun 2018	NAFM at 20 - challenges of fire management at QFES	Resource	save (525.46 KB)	fire, fire impacts, fire weather
20 Mar 2020	Submission to South Australian Bushfire Inquiry	Resource	save (1.58 MB)	fire, fire severity
05 Jul 2016	Developing people for the north	Resource	save (631.08 KB)	fire, indigenous communities, Northern Australia
03 Jul 2018	Queensland 2017 fire review and 2018 outlook	Resource	save (3.09 MB)	fire, Northern Australia, savanna grasslands
08 Sep 2014	Mitigating the effects of severe fires, floods and heatwaves	Resource	save (1.7 MB)	fire, flood, forecasting
29 Jun 2017	Air permeability of the litter layer in temperate forests of south-east Australia	Resource	save (1.18 MB)	fire, prescribed burning
21 Dec 2020	Fire Australia Issue Four 2020	Resource	save (4.58 MB)	communication, fire, flood
08 May 2015	The Effect of Heat on Firefighters' Work Behaviour and Physiology Poster	Resource	save (9.71 MB)	fire, response
06 May 2020	Questions and comments from the audience: 6 May 2020 - The thing about hazard reduction: why is it so difficult and divisive?	Resource	save (183.43 KB)	fire, fire weather, prescribed burning
07 Aug 2014	Community Members' Responses to Bushfire Threat	Resource	save (1.17 MB)	communities, decision making, fire
23 Nov 2018	Mapping bushfire hazard and impacts	Resource	save (5.9 MB)	fire, fire impacts
27 Aug 2019	The Australian Fire Danger Rating System	Resource	save (1.28 MB)	fire, fire weather, modelling
15 May 2019	Black Saturday bushfires: counting the cost	Resource		communities, economics, fire
08 May 2015	Fighting Fires while Fighting Fatigue Poster	Resource	save (210.36 KB)	fire, response
18 Aug 2015	Forecasting Smoke Emissions and Transport - Addressing the Knowledge Gaps	Resource	save (509.08 KB)	fire, forecasting
30 Aug 2016	Wind speed reduction induced by post-fire vegetation regrowth - Rachael Quill	Resource	save (4.44 MB)	fire, fire impacts, fire weather
04 Dec 2014	Threshold conditions for extreme fire behaviour	Resource	save (610.43 KB)	fire, fire severity, modelling
07 Jul 2017	Three Minute Thesis: Youth Justice Conferencing for youth misuse of fire	Resource	save (526.52 KB)	child-centred, fire
03 Jul 2015	Northern Satellite based Curing and Fuels	Resource	save (2.27 MB)	fire, fuel reduction
24 Jan 2018	The Day the Flames Came: Dwellingup 1961	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, fire impacts, fire severity
18 Sep 2018	Factors contributing to firefighters' mental health and wellbeing	Resource	save (899.79 KB)	emergency management, fire
24 Oct 2016	Wet forest fuels: managing Tasmania's most dangerous fuel type	Resource	save (1.41 MB)	fire, fuel reduction, modelling
18 Aug 2015	Disaster Landscape Attribution: from the Ground to Space: Validation of TET-1 and HIMAWARI-8 for Active Fire Detection	Resource	save (488.84 KB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
19 Sep 2018	A new soil dryness product for fire prediction applications	Resource	save (1.97 MB)	fire, flood, remote sensing
24 Apr 2015	Bushfire risk perception: a study of the perceived vulnerability of domestic architecture in bushfire prone areas 2	Resource	save (412.98 KB)	communities, fire, risk analysis