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
	Simulations of the effect of canopy density profile on sub-canopy wind speed profiles	Biblio	save (1.08 MB)	fire, fire weather, modelling
	Simulations of the effect of canopy density profile on sub-canopy wind speed profiles	Biblio	save (988.48 KB)	fire, modelling, propagation
18 Sep 2018	Simulations of the effect of canopy density profile on sub-canopy wind speed profiles	Resource	save (1.08 MB)	fire, fuel reduction
	Simulations of radiation heat flux on a structure from a fire in an idealised shrubland	Biblio	save (1.14 MB)	engineering, fire, fire impacts
	Simulation study of grass fire using a physics-based model: striving towards numerical rigour and the effect of grass height on the rate of spread	Biblio		fire, modelling, physics
27 Aug 2019	Simulation Of Heat Fluxes On A Structure From A Fire In An Idealised Shrubland	Resource	save (495.46 KB)	decision making, fire
	Simulation of fuel bed ignition by wildland firebrands	Biblio		fire, fuel reduction, modelling
	Simulation of flows through canopies with varying atmospheric stability	Biblio	save (739.35 KB)	fire, modelling, propagation
	Simulating the effectiveness of prescribed burning at altering wildfire behaviour in Tasmania, Australia	Biblio		fire, fuel reduction, prescribed burning
	Simulating boundary-layer rolls with a numerical weather prediction model	Biblio		fire, modelling
	Simulated self-paced wildfire suppression work in different thermal conditions	Project		decision making, exposure, fire
	Simulated Self-Paced Wildfire Suppression Work in Different Thermal Conditions	Biblio	save (13.55 MB)	decision making, exposure, fire
29 Jun 2017	Simulated rate-of-spread of a grassfire propagating under a tree canopy	Resource	save (1.33 MB)	fire, modelling, propagation
	Simulated behaviour of wildland fire spreading through idealised heterogeneous fuels	Biblio		fire, modelling, physics
	Should we leave now? Behavioral factors in evacuation under wildfire threat	Biblio		fire, modelling
27 Aug 2019	Shifts to the new abnormal: riding the waves of climate change	Resource	save (1.16 MB)	decision making, fire
	Sheltering practices during bushfire	Biblio	save (1.66 MB)	communities, fire, policy
	Shallow Fire Literacy Hinders Robust Fire Policy: Black Saturday and Prescribed Burning Debates	Biblio		fire, indigenous communities, prescribed burning
22 Mar 2016	Severe and High Impact Weather - cluster overview	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, modelling, scenario analysis
08 Mar 2019	Sesa Singha Roy - early career researcher entry 2019	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, fire severity, modelling
	Sensitivity of the Empirical Mode Decomposition and its application to environmental data	Project		fire
	Sensing bushfire: Exploring shifting perspectives as hazard moves through the landscape	Biblio		communication, fire, resilience
	Self-evacuation archetypes in Australian bushfire	Biblio		emergency management, fire, fire impacts
	Secondary Traumatic Stress in Postdisaster Field Research Interviewers	Biblio		communication, fire, recovery
15 Nov 2018	Scorched earth	News		fire, fire severity, risk management
06 Jul 2018	Scientists needed for new research	News		fire, fire severity, land management
17 May 2016	Scientific diversity, scientific uncertainty and bushfire and flood risk mitigation project	Resource	save (1.14 MB)	fire, flood, mitigation
19 Mar 2014	Scientific diversity and uncertainty - bushfire and flood risk mitigation	Resource	save (241.15 KB)	fire, flood, risk management
	Scientific advice for the development of a suppression effectiveness model to support strategic bushfire risk planning	Project		decision making, fire, governance
08 May 2017	Science-backed tools enhance water catchment management	News		fire, fire impacts, land management
15 Jul 2020	Science shows how to best burn the bush to reduce bushfire risk	News		fire, land management, prescribed burning
13 Feb 2020	Science Roundtable meets on bushfires	News		fire, fire impacts, fire weather
13 Feb 2019	Science informing media	News		emergency management, fire, fire impacts
23 Aug 2018	Science in the pub for researcher	News		fire, fire impacts, fire severity
	Science in Motion: integrating scientific knowledge into bushfire risk mitigation in southwest Victoria	Biblio	save (211.26 KB)	fire, mitigation, planning
27 May 2019	Science expertise helps Queensland	News		emergency management, fire, fire weather
24 Jul 2019	Science central to bushfire review	News		fire, fire weather, severe weather
25 Jul 2019	Science central to bushfire review	Resource		child-centred, fire, governance
11 Oct 2016	School bushfire education program draws on research	News		child-centred, education, fire
31 Aug 2020	Scenario Planning for Remote Community Risk Management in northern Australia	Resource	save (1.52 MB)	fire, Northern Australia, resilience