Fire research and adaptive management publications

We are proactively adapting and responding to this dynamic setting by  investing in science that is targeted at increasing our capability to manage risks and deliver for Victorian communities.

Working in collaboration with Victorian, national and international research groups, we have many research projects across the biological, physical and social sciences. This research program has enabled  many gains in our understanding and management of bushfire:

• Improved ability to characterize and model severe bushfire
• Improved decision making about where to invest resources and plan bushfire risk reduction activities
• Improved bushfire and planned burn mapping
• Improved understanding and ability to mitigate the impact of bushfires on communities and communicate that risk to communities
• Improved ability to manage and communicate the impact of smoke during bushfires and planned burns
• Improved understanding of the impact of planned burning on biodiversity; Improved ability to protect and promote fire sensitive species and habitats within foothills forests, and
• Improved data collection and data management in a way that better supports strategic bushfire management plan processes and guides the needs for future research.

Fire and adaptive management reports

We have been publishing a series of research reports as “Fire and adaptive management reports” or earlier “Fire research reports” since 1977. These reports are the final outputs from many of our research projects, but it’s important to know that our research has many other outputs-  such as complex computer modelling capacity, or improvements in data to improve models.

For each report the title, authors, report number and publication date are listed in the tables below. They are grouped by theme as follows:

• Community- understanding, impacts and values
• Smoke modelling
• Bushfire management
• Hazard  management
• Ecosystem, monitoring and resilience
• Aircraft and fire retardant
• Pine plantations – fuels and planned burning
• Integrating and evaluating science

For accessible versions of reports contact us directing your enquiry to the Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Unit in the Forest, Fire and Regions Group, and quote the report(s) you require

Hard copies of reports that are still in print may be purchased from:

Information Victoria
Level 20, 80 Collins Street
Melbourne 3000

1300 366 356 for the cost of a local call, anywhere in Australia
Fax: 03 9208 3316

www.bookshop.vic.gov.au

Community - understanding, impact and values

Smoke modelling

Bushfire Management

Hazard Management

Ecosystem, monitoring and resilience

Aircraft and fire retardant

Pine plantations - fuels and planned burning

Integrating and evaluating science