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FIRE BEHAVIOUR CALCULATOR

Calculates Fire Behaviour Index, Rate of Spread and other behaviour variables using published models for Australian vegetation, aligns with Australian Fire Danger Rating System. The calculator ingests the Bureau of Meteorology’s ADFD™ forecast gridded weather into models for your personalised locations

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FIRE SPREAD MODELS

Fire behaviour models are from:
Cruz M. G., Gould J. S. Alexander M. E., Sulivan A. L. McCaw W. L., Mathews S. (2015)
A Guide to Rate of Fire Spread Models for Australian Vegetation.
(CSIRO) Land and Water Flagship, Canberra, ACT, and AFAC Melbourne, Vic, 125pp.