Abstract
Forest fire is one of the major environmental disturbances for the Australian continent. Identification of occurrence patterns of large fires, fire mapping, determination of fire spreading mechanisms, and fire effect modeling are some of the best measures to plan and mitigate fire effects. This chapter describes fire occurrence in New South Wales (Australia), the Australian National Bushfire Model Project (ANBMP), fire propagation modeling methods, the McArthur’s model and current forest fire modeling approaches in the state of New South Wales of Australia. Among the established fire models, PHOENIX Rapidfire predicts fire spread and facilitates loss and damage assessments as the model considers many environmental and social variables. Two fire spread models, SPARK and Amicus, have been developed and facilitated fire spread mapping and modeling in Australia.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Forest fire |
Editors | Janusz Szmyt |
Publisher | InTechOpen |
Chapter | 5 |
Pages | 95-109 |
Number of pages | 15 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781789230734, 9781789230727 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 9 May 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Copyright the Author(s) 2018. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.Keywords
- fire modeling
- fire occurrence
- PHOENIX Rapidfire
- simulation
- SPARK