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.

Item	Type		Key Topics
Adaptive prescribed burning in Australia for the early 21st Century – context, status, challenges	Biblio	save (295.2 KB)	fire, prescribed burning, risk management
Fire Risk Assessment of Combustible Exterior Cladding Using a Collective Numerical Database	Biblio	save (3.03 MB)	fire, infrastructure, risk management
Mapping bushfire hazards and impacts: annual project report 2016-17	Biblio	save (2.09 MB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Firefighter tenability and its influence on wildfire suppression	Biblio		capability, fire, firefighter
Active fire detection using the Himawari-8 satellite - annual report 2019-2020	Biblio	save (859.87 KB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
The spread of fires in landscapes	Biblio	save (1.58 MB)	fire, modelling, physics
Long-range fire weather predictions developed and service established as new capability for Australia	Biblio	save (1.55 MB)	capability, fire, fire weather
Meteorological drivers of extreme fire behaviour during the Waroona bushfire, Western Australia, January 2016	Biblio		fire, fire weather, severe weather
Pyrocumulonimbus: A Literature Review	Biblio	save (694.88 KB)	fire, modelling
Non-Additive Effects of Forest Litter on Flammability	Biblio	save (518.9 KB)	fire, land management, modelling
Fire and heavy metals: when wild and controlled fires transform un-rehabilitated mining waste	Biblio	save (10.75 MB)	fire, fire impacts, land management
An organisational response to Stage 3 Geography and the study of a contemporary bushfire event	Biblio	save (533.99 KB)	child-centred, education, fire
Wildland fire	Biblio		fire, fire impacts, fire severity
Disaster Landscape Attribution: Fire Surveillance and Hazard Mapping, Data Scaling and Validation Annual Report 2014	Biblio	save (987.79 KB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Why don't bushfire warnings work as intended? Responses to official warnings during bushfires in New South Wales, Australia	Biblio		communities, fire, warnings
Persuasion without policies: The work of reviving Indigenous peoples’ fire management in southern Australia	Biblio		fire, indigenous communities, land management
Experiences in the in-field utilisation of fuels3D	Biblio	save (601.76 KB)	emergency management, fire, fuel reduction
Using videos in floods and bushfires to educate, signal risk, and promote protective action in the community	Biblio		communication, fire, flood
Tree recruitment dynamics in fire-prone eucalypt savanna	Biblio	save (3.67 MB)	fire, Northern Australia, savanna grasslands
Australian Flammability Monitoring System Version 1.0: User feedback and priorities for further development	Biblio	save (688.21 KB)	fire, fire weather, modelling
Long-range spotting by bushfire plumes: The effects of plume dynamics and turbulence on firebrand trajectory	Biblio		fire, fire weather, forecasting
Physics-based simulation of firebrand and heat flux on structures in the context of AS3959	Biblio	save (1.68 MB)	fire, modelling, propagation
Investigation of spotting and intrinsic fire dynamics using a coupled atmosphere-fire modelling framework	Biblio	save (10.92 MB)	fire, fire impacts, fire severity
A lightning-caused wildfire ignition forecasting model for operational use	Biblio		fire, fire weather
Physics-Based Simulations of Flow and Fire Development Downstream of a Canopy	Biblio	save (9.63 MB)	fire, modelling, physics
Wildfire suppression – an international analysis of operations, strategy and firefighter safety	Biblio	save (9.29 MB)	fire, fire impacts, response
A Statistical Approach to Understanding Canopy Winds over Complex Terrain	Biblio		fire, fire weather, modelling
Numerical modelling of fires on forest floor and canopy fires	Biblio	save (1.64 MB)	fire, fire impacts, modelling
Estimating grassland curing with remotely sensed data	Biblio		fire, fire severity, modelling
Satellite Remote Sensing Contributions to Wildland Fire Science and Management	Biblio		fire, remote sensing, risk management
Quantifying dynamic fire behaviour phenomena using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle technology	Biblio	save (2.14 MB)	fire, modelling, physics
Consistent and conflicting information in floods and bushfires impact risk information seeking, risk perceptions, and protective action intentions	Biblio		fire, flood, risk management
A radiative transfer model-based method for the estimation of grassland aboveground biomass	Biblio		fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Can air quality management drive sustainable fuels management at the temperate wildland–urban interface?	Biblio		fire, fuel reduction
Understanding Wildfire Patterns in the South-Eastern Australia	Biblio	save (6 MB)	fire, modelling, risk management
Using alternative soil moisture estimates in the McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index	Biblio		fire, fire impacts, modelling
Up-scaling fuel hazard metrics derived from terrestrial laser scanning using a machine learning model	Biblio	save (15.05 MB)	fire, prescribed burning, remote sensing
An Assessment of Pre- and Post Fire Near Surface Fuel Hazard in an Australian Dry Sclerophyll Forest Using Point Cloud Data Captured Using a Terrestrial Laser Scanner	Biblio		fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Intercomparison of Himawari-8 AHI-FSA with MODIS and VIIRS active fire products	Biblio		fire, modelling, remote sensing
The effect of firefighter-delivered fire safety education on young people who misuse fire	Biblio		communities, education, fire