Case Studies and Current Research
Our case studies, current work in progress and scientific publications are based on in-depth investigations of the underlying principles of fire and their regimes
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Our Publications
FLARE is dedicated to advancing our understanding of wildfire for the benefit of the community and the environment. Our team contributes to the global knowledge of fire through scientific publications, conferences and professional and educational activities.
Projects we are currently working on
Fire regime impacts on understory plant communities in temperate Australia
Fire has been central to the evolution of vegetation in temperate Australia but changing fire regimes are now emerging as a key threat to the persistence of many plant species and vegetation communities. Inappropriate fire regimes ...
Towards a shared understanding of future fire
We have entered an era which some call the Pyrocene. It is a time of escalating and increasingly complex interactions between humans and fire. If we are to live with fire, we must understand it and how it is changing in response to both global ...
Decision support for climate-adapted bushfire risk mitigation
As climate change intensifies bushfire risks, there is an urgent need for fire management tools that remain effective in a warming world. This project aims to optimise the delivery of current risk mitigation tools and identify pathways to ...
Climatology of overnight fire weather conditions in south-eastern Australia
This project builds on a related project - Overnight fire weather conditions in NSW during Black Summer - to explore spatial and temporal patterns in overnight fire weather conditions in south-eastern Australia. It will help to build up a ...
Climate hazards synthesis (Bushfire)
Every 5 years the Victorian Government delivers a Climate Hazards Synthesis report, with the next one due in 2024. This DEECA-funded project is contributing the bushfire chapter to the Climate Hazards Synthesis report. It aims to summarise the ...
Overnight fire weather conditions in NSW during Black Summer
It is not just daytime conditions that drive fire risk. Anecdotally, the Black Summer fires were characterised by intense fire behaviour during the evening, a time that fire-fighters usually rely on to get the upper hand. However, there has ...