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What Do the Australian Black Summer Fires Signify for the Global Fire Crisis?
Fire, 2021 The 2019–20 Australian fire season was heralded as emblematic of the catastrophic harm wrought by climate change. Similarly extreme wildfire seasons have occurred across the globe in recent years.
Rachael H. Nolan +20 more
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Simulations of the Waroona fire using the coupled atmosphere–fire model ACCESS-Fire [PDF]
Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science, 2022 The Waroona fire burned 69000ha south of Perth in January 2016. There were two fatalities and 170 homes were lost. Two evening ember storms were reported and pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) cloud developed on consecutive days.
Jeffrey D. Kepert +3 more
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APPLICATION OF U-NET CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK TO BUSHFIRE MONITORING IN AUSTRALIA WITH SENTINEL-1/-2 DATA [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2020 This paper aims to define a pipeline architecture for near real-time identification of bushfire impact areas using Geoscience Australia Data Cube (AGDC).
I. K. Lee, J. C. Trinder, A. Sowmya
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Effect of Bushfire Exposure on the Properties of Lightweight Aggregate Masonry Blocks
FireThis paper investigated the impact of repeated bushfire exposure on the properties of four different types of lightweight aggregate (i.e., expanded perlite, pumice, diatomite and expanded glass) masonry blocks for use in the external walls of bushfire ...
Indunil Erandi Ariyaratne +2 more
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Fire and Rescue Service Preparedness for Natural Hazards
Fire and Materials, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Natural hazards driven by extreme weather events are expected to continue to pose a significant risk to citizens, property and the environment. Based on a series of national and international interviews with the Fire and Rescue Service (FRS), this paper presents an analysis of present practices within the FRS and FRS willingness to employ a ...
Johan Björck, Margaret McNamee
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Scientific knowledge and scientific uncertainty in bushfire and flood risk mitigation: literature review [PDF]
, 2015 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Scientific Diversity, Scientific Uncertainty and Risk Mitigation Policy and Planning (RMPP) project aims to investigate the diversity and uncertainty of bushfire and flood science, and its contribution to risk mitigation policy ...
Timothy Neale, Neale, Timothy (R17932)
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The Bushfire Memories Exhibition
, 2021 Research Background The Fire Memories research project, funded by the State and Commonwealth governments, aims to build community resilience to disasters by gathering and sharing first-hand experiences of the community responses to the 2019-2020 ...
Castley, Guy +5 more
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International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.Monthly average aerosol optical depth at 320 nm obtained with a Brewer MKIII spectrophotometer for Hobart, Australia (42.8806° S, 147.3250° E) over a 21‐year period. There is a linear trend of 15.4% per decade. There are 9 months when the average aerosol optical depth exceeds twice the monthly standard deviation.
Manuel Nuñez +3 more
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Be prepared: climate change and the Victorian bushfire threat [PDF]
, 2014 Firefighters, emergency services and communities need to prepare for much greater bushfire risk from climate change, argues this report. Key findings 1.
Lesley Hughes
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Managing wildfire risk requires consideration of complex and uncertain scientific evidence as well as trade‐offs between different values and goals. Conflicting perspectives on what values and goals are most important, what ought to be done and what trade‐offs are acceptable complicate those decisions.
Pele J. Cannon, Sarah Clement
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