Bushfire - Geoscience Australia
2022年9月7日 · Bushfire Attack Levels; Helps local government, emergency managers and communities better understand the potential exposure of buildings to bushfire, based on local topography and vegetation cover. Developed with support from the Western Australian Department of Fire and Emergency Services.
Bushfire - Geoscience Australia
2024年6月18日 · Our information aids in providing an understanding of the bushfire situation to targeted preparedness, response and recovery efforts. We support emergency managers by providing access to satellite derived information that provides a national picture of potential bushfire locations, and the extent of bushfire impact.
DEA Bushfire Burnt Area NRT Services - Geoscience Australia
2024年9月30日 · See bushfires in the landscape. Spot areas of high temperature. Digital Earth Australia (DEA) offers analysis ready satellite imagery as a self-service platform that allow users to visualise the Australian landscape and identify recent bushfire events, delineate burnt areas, and then provide insights to other data sources about how bushfire could threaten …
Community Safety - Geoscience Australia
Community Safety Our natural hazard capability forms part of the backbone behind the most important decisions made by governments, emergency services, and the industry sector.
New Bushfire Toolbox supports better building design
2016年6月6日 · "The new tool will be used by emergency management authorities for pre-disaster season preparation activities such as hazard reduction burns. It could also be used by architects, building engineers and accredited bushfire hazard assessors to help design buildings that are better protected from bushfire attack," explained Mr Arthur.
Eyre Peninsula Bushfire Fieldwork 10 January 2005 The Eyre Peninsula bushfires began on January 10, 2005. The fires were contained by emergency services, but weather conditions helped push the fires through containment lines on January 11. Wind speeds were 70 km/h and temperatures exceeded 40 degrees Celsius. More than 145,000 hectares of land ...
DEA Hotspots - Geoscience Australia
2024年9月27日 · Spot areas of high temperature. Digital Earth Australia (DEA) Hotspots is a national bushfire monitoring system that uses satellite sensors to detect areas producing high levels of infrared radiation — called Hotspots — to allow users to identify potential fire locations with a possible threat to communities and property.
Emergency management - Geoscience Australia
2024年9月27日 · The 2019–20 bushfire season was the worst New South Wales has ever recorded. Over the course of a few months, 5.5 million hectares of land was burnt, claiming the lives of many people and upwards of a billion animals.
Better prepared for bushfires and floods - Geoscience Australia
2016年11月14日 · Earlier this year, Geoscience Australia's hazard researchers released a new Bushfire Attack Level Toolbox developed with support from the Western Australia Department of Fire and Emergency Services. The software tool evaluates and maps potential exposure of buildings to bushfire, taking into consideration the Fire Danger Index, slope of the ...
The CRC is building on the work of the Bushfire CRC, which was set up in 2003 and will cease operations in 2014. In contrast to the single hazard focus of the Bushfire CRC, the BNHCRC will expand its predecessor’s research work into other natural hazards, including floods, earthquakes, cyclones and storm surge, as well as bushfires.