Normal to above normal fire potential is expected for much of
Australia over the 2007-8 fire season.
These are the main conclusions of the Seasonal Bushfire
Assessment Workshop held in August.
The report of
the workshop is now available to Bushfire CRC members.
Fire experts from around Australia gathered at the workshop to
assess the potential for bushfires over the coming months.
About 40 fire managers representing each state met at the Bureau
of Meteorology for the second National Seasonal Bushfire Assessment
Workshop.
The workshop report details the bushfire scenario across
Australia into early next year. The workshop follows the first
national workshop mid last year and a smaller workshop in Darwin in
May this year that focussed on fires in northern Australia.
The workshops and the reports are outcomes of the Bushfire CRC
Fire Weather-Fire Danger project, led by Graham Mills and Chris
Lucas of the Bureau of Meteorology.
The National Seasonal Bushfire outlook for 2006-7 was circulated widely throughout
Australia’s fire and land management agencies and was central
in many government and departmental discussions on resource
allocation and funding.
The report on the Northern Seasonal Outlook for 2007-8 is also
available for members of the Bushfire CRC here
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Around 40 fire managers representing each state
and territory in Australia attended the National Seasonal Bushfire
Assessment Workshop, led by Graham Mills (seated) at the Bureau of
Meteorology.
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