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
Using a worldview lens to examine complex policy issues: a historical review of bushfire management in the South West of Australia	Biblio		fire, governance, policy
Urban planning: historical changes integrating bushfire risk management in Victoria	Biblio		fire, planning, risk management
The Stress of Firefighting Report	Biblio	save (620.18 KB)	fire, response
Improving decision support tools for conservation of fire-adapted ecosystems in southern Australia, through integrated simulation of reproductive ecology and landscape dynamics	Project		fire, modelling
Simulations of the effect of canopy density profile on sub-canopy wind speed profiles	Biblio	save (988.48 KB)	fire, modelling, propagation
Understanding spatial patterns of wildfire occurrence in south eastern Australia	Project		fire, fire impacts
Assessment of potentially toxic metal contamination in the soils of a legacy mine site in Central Victoria, Australia.	Biblio		environments, fire, land management
Initial growth of fires in eucalypt litter, from ignition to steady-state rate of spread: laboratory studies	Biblio		fire, response
Determining the minimum sampling frequency for ground measurements of burn severity	Biblio		fire, fire impacts, fire severity
Post-inquiry sensemaking: the case of the ‘Black Saturday’ bushfires	Biblio		fire, organisational, preparedness
Remote sensing applied to bushfire	Project		fire, remote sensing
Physics-based modelling of junction fires: Parametric study	Biblio		fire, modelling, physics
Modelling forest fuel temporal change using LiDAR	Project		fire, modelling
Determination of smoldering time and thermal characteristics of firebrands under laboratory conditions	Biblio		fire, fire weather, modelling
Downscaling of soil dryness estimates: a short review	Biblio	save (1.56 MB)	fire, modelling, remote sensing
Using environmental criminology theories to compare ‘youth misuse of fire’ across age groups in New South Wales	Biblio		communities, fire
Near real-time extracting wildfire spread rate from Himawari-8 satellite data	Biblio	save (3.36 MB)	fire, modelling, remote sensing
The role of extreme value analysis to enhance defendable space for construction practice and planning in bushfire prone environments - peer viewed	Biblio	save (703.25 KB)	fire, infrastructure, planning
“Should I Stay or Should I Go?” Defining the Preparatory Conditions in Support of Active Defence for Different Fire Danger Ratings	Biblio		communication, fire
Analysis of the physical processes associated with junction fires at laboratory and field scales	Biblio		emergency management, fire, planning
Household preparedness for bushfires: the role of residents' engagement with information sources	Biblio	save (1.61 MB)	communication, fire, preparedness
Risk communications in Victoria	Project		communication, communities, fire
Dynamic modelling of fire coalescence	Biblio	save (4.5 MB)	fire, modelling, physics
Modelling the dynamic behaviour of junction fires with a coupled fire-atmosphere model	Biblio		fire, fire weather, modelling
Adaptive prescribed burning in Australia for the early 21st Century – context, status, challenges	Biblio	save (295.2 KB)	fire, prescribed burning, risk management
Ardity index as a predictor of the hydrogeomorphic response of burnt landscapes	Project		fire, fuel reduction, land management
From hectares to tailor made solutions for risk mitigation	Project		fire, prescribed burning, risk management
Sleep restriction across a simulated firefighting deployment: The impact on acute stress responses	Biblio	save (24.15 MB)	fire, response
Incorporating firebrands and spot fires into vorticity-driven wildfire behaviour models	Biblio	save (3.04 MB)	fire, modelling, physics
Psychophysiological relationships between a multi-component self-report measure of mood, stress and behavioural signs and symptoms, and physiological stress responses during a simulated firefighting deployment	Biblio		decision making, fire
Active fire detection using the Himawari-8 satellite - annual report 2019-2020	Biblio	save (859.87 KB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing
Towards comprehensive characterisation of flammability and fire danger	Biblio	save (1.57 MB)	fire, remote sensing, risk analysis
A theoretical framework for negotiating the path of emergency management multi-agency coordination	Biblio		emergency management, fire
Meteorological drivers of extreme fire behaviour during the Waroona bushfire, Western Australia, January 2016	Biblio		fire, fire weather, severe weather
Long-range spotting by bushfire plumes: The effects of plume dynamics and turbulence on firebrand trajectory	Biblio		fire, fire weather, forecasting
Non-Additive Effects of Forest Litter on Flammability	Biblio	save (518.9 KB)	fire, land management, modelling
Preventable residential fire fatalities in Australia July 2003 to June 2017	Biblio	save (1.62 MB)	fire, risk analysis, vulnerability
Improvement of drag model for non-burning firebrand transport in Fire Dynamics Simulator	Biblio		fire, modelling
Parenting after Black Saturday: lived experiences since the 2009 Victorian bushfires	Biblio		child-centred, fire, recovery
Mapping bushfire hazards and impacts: annual project report 2016-17	Biblio	save (2.09 MB)	fire, fire impacts, remote sensing