The Australian Fire Danger Rating SystemHeemstra, SimonAustralian Journal of Emergency Management
Authorities declared a “catastrophic” fire danger along the south coast of New South Wales, the highest level of danger in a five-tier rating system. “The problem is when we get into fires in `catastrophic’ fire danger rating, there’s not much time for us to get on top of those...
Assessing and broadcasting the Fire Danger Rating each day of the fire season is an important activity in fire-prone nations. For grasslands in Australia, grass curing and biomass are biological variables that are not usually archived yet as inputs, along with weather data, to the calculation of...
In NSW, positive ENSO episodes was found to increase the proportion of days with a high, or greater than high, fire danger rating [Verdon et al., 2004], which is consistent with our positive concurrent and following season correlation. 3.3.2 Seasonal Relationships Between Niño3.4 and Fires...
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Sydney and Brisbane experiencing the hottest January on record, February looking even hotter with the arrival of a heat wave and increased fire risks in Victoria and New South Wales (where currently 49 fires are burning across the state, 17 of which are not contained and the fire rating is ...
Harry took this information back to his fellow rascals, with Shonee quickly letting him know that she found an idol and as such, she will use it if she gets even a hint of danger. Wanting to keep the idol for a rainy day however, they split up to change the tide of the vote and ...
hinting for us to light it. She loved curling up by that fire. And she mothered the younger orphans, carrying them in her mouth if she thought they were in danger, putting them back in their baskets. She really is special. Last year I released her into what we hoped was a safe area...
More and more quality grapes sold off at fire-sale prices in the bulk market (40% this year compared to 15% in the past). The best selling white wine type in Australia isn’t from Australia any more — it’s Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. Even the Australians are tired of “Brand ...
Berdych then shrugged off the loss of serve with a love hold for 6-5 and held his second set point after Roger double faulted at 30-30. The Swiss saved it and we went into a tie break. Into the breaker and Roger got off to a great start, moving up a mini-break on the very fi...