Bushfires spark extensive search for answers
Useful sites
How wildfires work (How Stuff Works, USA)
Provides an introduction to wildfires.
Natural hazards – bushfire (Geoscience Australia)
Includes information on what bushfires are, their causes and locations.
How fires affect biodiversity (Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australia)
Presents examples of how fires affected plant and animal species in Australia.
The passage of fire (Australian plants online)
Looks at the effects of the bushfire in the upper Blue Mountains on a range of plant species.
Fire ecology (Parks Victoria Education, Australia)
Provides information on the adaptations of plants to bushfires.
Department of Sustainability and Environment Victoria (Australia)
Mountain Ash
Provides an information sheet about the Mountain Ash trees and forests.
Fire management research publications
Supplies a list of research reports related to fire management.
Savannah Explorer (Australia)
Fire in Australia's tropical savannas
Provides background information on bushfires occurring in northern Australia.
Fire impacts on biodiversity
Looks at issues relating to the impacts of fire on biodiversity.
Fire research in the tropical savannas
Presents the research activities and objectives of the FIREPLAN project.
Fire ecology and management in northern Australia (Tropical Savannas CRC and Bushfire CRC)
Effects of fire on plants and animals: Population level
Looks at how populations of plants and animals survive different types of fire.
Fuel dynamics and characteristics
Examines the role of fuel type and quantity on the types of fires and their intensity.
Fire management: Fire, flora and fauna (Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania, Australia)
Provides information on the effects of fires on flora and fauna.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
High fire danger (In Depth, 29 October 2009)
Examines the prediction by scientists that bushfire frequency will increase and the causes of increased fire risk.
Bushfire origins lie in Indian Ocean (News in Science, 25 March 2009)
Links the Indian Ocean Dipole to the risk of bushfires in Australia.
Australians ‘unprepared’ for fire’s fury (News in Science, 9 February 2009)
Comments on the need for people in bushfire zones to be educated and prepared for fires.
Flee early or stand your ground: Expert (News in Science, 10 February 2009)
Discusses the ‘flee early or fight’ rule for surviving bushfires after the 2009 fires claimed over 200 lives in Australia.
The Nature Conservancy (USA)
About fire
Provides a general introduction to the role of fire in ecosystems.
Integrated fire management
Describes the integrated fire management framework.
Fire ecology (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Canada)
Provides information on the relationship between fires, the environment and living organisms.
Fire ecology and management (CSIRO Tropical Ecosystems Research Centre, Australia)
Contains information on the research projects conducted at the research centre.
Fire management (Department of Environment and Conservation, Western Australia)
Contains information on fire management principles and their applications.
Living in a land of fire (Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Australia)
Provides a series of integrative commentaries on fire.
Fire note (Bushfire CRC, Australia)
Contains a number of articles which provide background information on issues related to fires.
Understanding bushfire behaviour (CSIRO, Australia)
Provides an outline to research on understanding bushfire behaviour.
Rural Fire Service (Department of Emergency Services, Queensland Government, Australia)
Bushfire safety: Risk management framework
Contains a list of links related to the risk management framework.
Building in bushfire prone areas
Provides information for protecting buildings in bushfire prone areas.
Safety in the home
Contains information on precautions to prepare households for bushfires.
NSW Rural Fire Service (New South Wales Government, Australia)
Bush fire risk management planning
Provides an introduction to risk management planning for bushfires.
Bush fire risk management plans
Briefly explains what bushfire risk management plans are and how they are developed.
Identifying and assessing assets at risk from bush fire
Outlines the categories of assets and assessment of their risk from bushfire.
Treating assets at risk from bush fire
Explains treatment strategies for assets at risk from bushfire.
Page updated January 2010.