Fire Update

Find a plain language summary of key research projects and activities here.

Fire Update

document Managing fire for biodiversity
Update 25 - Using fire history data for biodiversity management in Western Australia. [pdf 124.8 kb]

document Bushfire research in the mallee bush
Update 24 - a comprehensive bushfire exercise at Ngarkat Conservation Park. [pdf 182.5 kb]

document Fire in the wet eucalypts
Update 23 - the wildfire chronosequence project. [pdf 159.8 kb]

document Fighting fires from the air in season 2007/8
Update 22 - Aerial suppression researchers plan for an active summer. [pdf 121.1 kb]

document Resilience at the urban interface
Update 21 - Community Fire Units in NSW are a feature of the rural-urban interface. [pdf 219.5 kb]

document The decline of the eucalypt
Update 20 - Many eucalypt forests in Australia are declining in health. [pdf 163.4 kb]

document Update - Prescribed burning to reduce fire risk
Update 19 - Burning to protect the forests of south west Tasmania. [pdf 152.6 kb]

document Finding the key to better teamwork
Update 18 - Incident command system work practices [pdf 148.7 kb]

document Research at the fireground
Update 17 - Bushfire CRC researchers on the fireground for the December 2006 fires in south eastern Australia. [pdf 135.8 kb]

document An investigation into bushfire arson
Update 14 - Research into the deliberate lighting of bushfires. [pdf 125.7 kb]

document A model way to manage bushfires
Update 16 - Bringing together the components of the model, including Phoenix, a fire spread simulation model. [pdf 118.4 kb]

document A legal look at stay and defend or leave early
Update 15 - The legal risks behind this policy are being studied. [pdf 147.1 kb]

document Bushfires and the Media
Update 13 - How can agencies better engage with the media? [pdf 189.8 kb]

document Dealing with extreme bushfires
Update 12 - What can Australasian fire and land managers learn from the US concept of mega-fires? [pdf 76.4 kb]

document Fighting bushfires from the air
Update 11 - A study has been released on the effectiveness and efficiency of aerial fire fighting. [pdf 245.2 kb]

document Fireground health and safety
Update 10 - The wellbeing of firefighters during bushfires is being studied. [pdf 166.1 kb]

document Fuels and fire in the high country
Update 9 - The 2003 alpine fires were the catalyst for the High Fire study. [pdf 175.4 kb]

document Tanks on trial for home defence
Update 8 - Rainwater tanks have been assessed for bushfire conditions. [pdf 175.8 kb]

document Focus on fire spread simulator
Update 7 - Fire spread simulation models [pdf 204.5 kb]

document Understanding the volunteer
Update 6 - Researchers are looking into the recruitment and retention of volunteer fire fighters. [pdf 203.0 kb]

document Grassland curing under scrunity
Update 5 - Research will provide better information for fire managers on fuels and fire danger ratings. [pdf 164.8 kb]

document Making decisions on the fireground
Update 4 - Research is looking into the human factors that effect decision making on the fireground. [pdf 96.0 kb]

document Fuel dynamics and fire behaviour
Update 3 - Prescribed burning research in mallee-heath vegetation. [pdf 187.8 kb]

document Dry slots fan the flames
Update 2 - Research has found a link between dry air at high altitudes and bushfires on the ground. [pdf 153.6 kb]

document Climate change impacts on fire
Update 1 - Weather history data points to change in bushfire seasons. [pdf 169.7 kb]