Bringing fire science to you

Australia's leading fire researchers are bringing their knowledge direct to you with the Bushfire CRC seminar series webinars. Launched in late 2013 and scheduled through to June 2014, the free webinars are part of the ongoing research utilisation activities, aimed at getting the research outcomes to our partners to enable implementation as appropriate.

Next webinar

Dr Chris Weston and Dr Liubov Vulkova - forest carbon management, 26 March, 12 noon AEDT

The next webinar is on Wednesday 26 March at 12 noon AEDT, and will detail findings from forty fuel reduction burns in eucalyptus forests across southern Australia. The study measured biomass before and immediately after fire to derive fuel loads. Experimental sites extended from warm temperate forests (Queensland) to cool temperate (Tasmania), and included relatively dry forests (South Australia).

The results of the study will allow fire managers to be more confident in the carbon balance outcomes of fuel reduction burning. They also open the possibility for better estimating fuel loads and their characteristics from relationships between forest net primary productivity, forest age and time since last fire. Reducing the risk of bushfire at a landscape scale is a top priority for fire and land managers in Australia and this research offers the prospect of generating more accurate fuel load and fuel structure predictions for fire management and emissions modelling, as well as understanding the impacts of climate variability on fuels.

Join the webinar to learn more about these important land management discoveries. Registration is free, click here to register your details. The recommended pre reading is this Fire Note, while more information is available on the project page.

Who is the webinar ideal for?

Those working in the following areas will benefit greatly from this webinar:

land managers
strategic planners
risk managers
fire management
emissions management

Missed the webinars so far?

That's okay, all can be replayed here. So far:

Michael Eburn from ANU has covered law and policy for emergency services
La Trobe’s Jim McLennan discussed behaviour and decision making research
Fabienne Reisen, of CSIRO, focused on understanding air toxins in the rural/urban interface.
The Bureau of Metrology's Jeff Kepert explained the latest research into extreme fire weather and modelling ember transport

More webinars will be scheduled for the future. See the upcoming webinars page for details. Researchers are also available to speak to your organisation. Visit the Speakers Bureau to register your interest.