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8th Fire Behaviour and Fuels Conference 2026 - Program Schedule

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Day0|Monday27APRIL

5:00-7:00pm Conferenceealryregistrationcheck-in

Day1|TUESDAY28APRIL

07:30-5:00

8:30-8:45 WelcometoCountry

Conferenceregistrationandinformationdeskopen GrandBallroom

8:45-8:55 OpeningbyIAWFPresident: TrevorHoward,NationalManager,PrescribedBurningStrategy,AustralasianFireandEmergencyServiceAuthoritiesCouncil(AFAC)

8:55-9:00 ConferenceChair'sWelcome: SarahHarris,ManagerResearch&Development,CountryFireAuthority(CFA),ChrisCollins,Director,CommunityFireSafety,TasmaniaFireService(TFS)

Chair: HamishClarke,AssociateProfessor,UniversityofMelbourne

9:00-9:30 KEYNOTEPRESENTATION: AmandaMcKenzie,CEOClimateCouncil

9:30-10:30

10:30-11:00

PANEL: FireandClimateRisk

Panelists:AmandaMcKenzie,CEOClimateCouncil MikaPeace,FireMeteorologyResearchScientist,BureauofMeteorology|TeganBrown,AppliedFireScientist,DEECA|StefanDoerr,Professor,SwanseaUniversity|GrantWilliamson,SeniorResearch Fellow,SchoolofNaturalSciences,UniversityofTasmania

MORNINGTEA(FederationBallroom)

PrescribedBurning FireFightingEffectiveness Smoke,Fuel,Satellite IndigenousKnowledgeandCollaborativeFire Stewardship

Chair:BrianLevine

11:00-11:20 LessonsfromPrescribedBurnEscapesin theACToverthePast20Years

11:20-11:40 Isprescribedburninganefficienttoolfor firepreventioninsoutheasternFrance?

11:40-12:00 EmpiricalModelsofFuelTreatment EffectivenessinWesternUSAWildfires

12:00-12:20 InterfaceProtectionBurningPilotProject: TestingHighFrequencyLowIntensityPlanned BurningatNSW'sBushland-UrbanInterface

12:20-12:40

12:40-1:40

Chair:SimonHeemstra

AdamLeavesley BringingWatertotheFire–Buildinga networkofremotewaterpointsfor helicoptersinVictoria

AnneGanteaume ADropintheBucket:WhatMakesAerial SuppressionEfficient

C.AlinaCansler Whatcancasestudiesteachusaboutthe operationaluseandeffectivenessof firebombingaircraft?

NSWRFSPredictiveServices Team,WendySmith

FuelforThought:EfficacyandEffectiveness ofFuelTreatmentsinBritishColumbia, Canada

LoriDaniels

DefensiveFirefighting:Whereisthe research?

Automatingthereportingofwildfirerisk mitigationeffectiveness

TimGazzard

Chair:MerindaDay-Smith

BeyondPM2.5:AssessingPractitioners' CumulativeSmokeExposureand ChemicalHazardsFromBushFire

AndyAckland TestingAQFxSensitivitytovariationin CoarseWoodyDebrisloads-a WildfireCaseStudy

MattPlucinski BushfireEmissions:Evaluatingthe ImpactonAirQualityandHuman HealthinKatherine,NorthernTer

NickMcCarthy Developingpyrosilviculturein Eucalyptusforests-barktraits,fuel energyreleaseandmortality

OwenPrice Enhancingprescribedburningplanning inshrublandsthroughsatellite-derived fuelmoisturedata

LUNCH(provided)

Chair:TeganBrown

1:40-2:00 Assessingthepotentialforfire-generated thunderstorms.Operationalisingresearch toprotectfirefighters

2:00-2:20 Persistentextremeblockinghighsdrive enhancedwildfireactivityacrossEurope

2:20-2:40

Chair:NickMcCarthy

DavidField Data-drivenoptimizationforwildfire suppressionresourcedeployment:Acase studyofAlbertawildfire

Chair:ChrisCollins

Chair:DonnaSherwen

MaximilienDesservettaz Firestewardshipforplants throughanemergingknowledge exchange

LubaVolkova TraditionalPracticesand ChallengesofGrassland ControlledBurninginJapan

HafsaYousufNipa ReimaginingPost-FireRecovery ThroughIndigenousGovernance andNativeSeedsCapacity Building

ChrisWeston Australianfirst-Translating knowledgeintopracticeAboriginalCulturalIncident ManagementExercise

LauraAlonso EnhancingCollaborativefire management:Translation knowledgeintopractice

Chair: MadisonDaniel

MadisonDaniel

GregorySummerell

GrahamMoore

ReneeWoodward
ChihoOchiai

2:40-3:00

HowlargeistheDeadmanZoneincomplex firescenarios?

3:00-3:20 ACaseStudyoftheCurrowanFire impactingConjola

3:20-3:50

Chair:GregorySummerell

3:50-5:00 KEYNOTE&PANEL:INDIGENOUS/WORKINGASONE

Fourthresholdsthatdescribethesensitivity ofwildfirestoinitialattack

3Yearsonfromthedevelopmentofthe suppressioneffectivenessmodelfroman FBANperspective

behaviourpredictionsystemfor wildfiremanagement

MobilisingCommunityforsuppression andprotectionduringlargescalefire operations

AfternoonTea(FederationBallroom) GrandBallroom

5:00-7:00

Protectingculturalheritage throughfireplanning

GregLehman,ProfessorialFellow,IndigenousResearch,UniversityofTasmania-keynoteopening Panel:NSWGrahamMoore,YuinElderandSeniorScientistCulturalScience,ScienceandInsightsDivision,NSWDepartmentofClimateChange,Energy,theEnvironmentandWater. VICLittleDesertteam

G’dayGathering:WelcomeReception,OfficialPosterLaunch,Exhibition(FederationBallroom) WelcomeReceptionsponsoredbyForestryCorporationofNSW PosterSessionsponsoredbyAFAC*Posterslistedattheendoftheprogramschedule

DAY2|WEDNESDAY29APRIL

08:00-5:00

Conferenceregistration&informationdeskopen

Chair:JohnRichardson

8:30-8:45 Welcomebackandannouncements

8:45-9:15 KEYNOTEPRESENTATION

9:15-10:30

10:30-11:00

RobbClifton,DirectorFieldandTraverseOperations,AustralianAntarcticDivision

PANEL:SOCIALLICENSE

Panelists:BethanyHannah,ExecutiveDirector,WildfireInternational|RobbClifton,DirectorFieldandTraverseOperations,AustralianAntarcticDivision|BlytheMcLennan,Manager,KnowledgeDevelopmentattheAustralianInstituteforDisaster Resilience SteveWhiteley,Chair,TasmaniaStateFireCommission

MORNINGTEA(FederationBallroom)

11:00-11:20

11:20-11:40

11:40-12:00

12:00-12:20

12:20-12:40

12:40-1:40

Chair:AlenSlijepcevic

DevelopmentofanEvaporativeDemand DroughtIndexforVictoria,Australia

In-forestVapourPressureDeficit:Akey predictoroffireactivity

ImprovingtheAFDRSthoughintegrating processdrivenfuelmoistureand flammabilitymodels

Landscapeandatmosphericcharacteristics intheleaduptoBlackSummer2019-20 fires

LandscapeDrynessandExtremeFire Behaviour:InsightsfromVictoria'sLittle DesertBushfire

Chair:GrantPearce

TimBrown PrescribedfiremanagementinAustraliaand theUnitedStates:Learningfromeachother

JaneCawson BridgingContinents,BridgingSystems: LessonsfromAustraliaandCanadaLiving withFire

AlexHolmes Theglobalwildfirecrisis:theimportanceof expandingtheroleofwildfireoriginand causeinvest

PaulFox-Hughes

ImprovingFuelManagementDecisions:An InteractiveToolforForestandLand Managers

DarcyPrior

Chair:SamHillman

BrianLevine UAVLiDAR–MSFusionandaMultiTaskModelforOverstoryand UnderstoryFuelTypeMappingin Belgium

JohnDavies LiDARcanbeeffectivelyusedto assessfirehazardsingardens’ defensiblespaces

FantinaTedim ModellingfirebehaviourusingMobile LaserScanner(LiDAR)fuelmetrics

Amelie Jeanneau

TowardsanIntegratedFireIntelligence System:DemonstratingPathwaysfrom DetectiontoDecision

StructuralRecoveryLagsSpectral GreennessinNSWSclerophyllForests Post-BlackSummer

MartaYebra Newmethodsforfuelclassification andcarbonestimationfromgroundbased3Dpointclouds

provided)

AtefeChoopani

Chair:ScottDehnisch

Developingashared understandingofbushfireriskin Victoria:Abehaviouralscience approach

StefaniaOndei IgnitingInnovations:Transforming WildlandFireManagementfora ResilienceFuture

SimeonTelfer WherePeopleandFiremeet:trust, placeandpartnershipinVictoria’s changinglandscape

LiuZhao

BuildingRelationshipsThrough SharedLearninginBushfire Research

AdvancingFireDecision-Making ToolsThroughStakeholder-Driven Design

BethanyHannah

RebeccaWalker

ChloeBegg

MeaghanJenkins

1:40-1:45

NationalFuelAvailabilityFactorfromDailySoil MoistureGrids

AndyAckland

ADfiRe:APhysics-InformedWildfireSimulator withExplicitFuel-StructureIntegration

Konstantinos Vogiatzoglou

EstimatingBurntFuelVolumesAfter PrescribedBurningUsingMultitemporal

BernicePlant
CristinaSantin
Chair: AlexHolmes Chair: DavidField Chair: LubaVolkova Chair:BridgetClark

Chair:ChrisRodell

2:00-2:20 Movingtowardsprobabilisticfireweather forecasts BradleySantos

2:20-2:40 Towardsoperationalfireforecastingusing theory-guidedAI MatthiasBoer

2:40-3:00 UnifyingtheAFDRSviaasimplefire weatherindex JasonSharples

3:00-3:20

3:20-3:50

Spatialanalysisofignitionimpactsundera rangeofweatherconditions NicholasWilson

Chair:DanHoar

MappingfueltypesacrossAustralia’sarid interior Randall Donohue

cloud2trees:AerialPointCloud-Based IndividualTreeInventoriesforPhysics-Based FireModelling ChadHoffman

Chair:MartaYebra

Hyperspectralimaging&bushfirefuel, behaviour&emissions1:Overview AndyAllen

FireSatinAction:HowaGlobal CommunityisShapingtheFutureof WildfireResilience KarenO'Connor

Firebehaviourinnovelecosystemsand alteredfuelstructures KevinSpeer Firespreadpredictionsfromadeep learningmodelandW.I.S.E.compared usingsatellitefiredata JeffBoisvert/Liam Bennett

Fuel,Weather,andFlame:AComprehensive FrameworkforCausalAnalysisofFire Behaviour

HughWallace ForestSphere:AForestDigitalTwinfor ManagingForestsandWildfireRisk CarlosViegas

(FederationBallroom)

Chair:ChloeBegg

BeyondtheFlame:Centering HumanitarianImpactsinWildfire Response ScottDehnisch

BuildingDamageinthe2025 OfunatoWildfire:Surveyand Analysis YutaSuzuki

Community-basedpost-disaster reviews:aninnovationinbuilding trustandresilience ZoeD'Arcy

Buildingthenextgenerationof post-disastersurveytools PeterBaker

3:50-5:00

Chair:SandyWhight,ExecutiveDirectorNationalCapability,AFAC

PANEL:FutureFire-IntegratingAIandAdvancedTechnologiesinBushfireManagement–Globalinsights Panelists:MartaYebra,Professor,ANU|KarenO'Connor,EarthFireAlliance DavidSaah,Professor/ManagingPrincipal,USF/SIG AdrianCardil,DirectorofFireScience,TechnosylvaInc|PeterMcKechnie,DeputyCommissioner,NSWRuralFireService

5:00 DAY2CLOSE

6:30-10:00 Meet&MingleNight(TheHangingGarden-112MurraySt,HobartTasmania)

DAY3|THURSDAY30APRIL

08:00-17:30

8:30-9:00

Chair:MelissaO'Haloran,ManagerBushFireRiskPlanning,NSWRuralFireService

KEYNOTEPRESENTATION:

DavidBowman,ARCLaureateFellowProfessorofPyrogeographyandFireScienceDirectoroftheFireCentre,TheUniversityofTasmania

9:00-10:00 PANEL:BushfireRiskMeetstheHousingCrunch:RethinkingLandUseandLiabilityinClimateChange DavidBowman,TheUniversityofTasmania PhillipaMcCormack,AustralianResearchCouncilDECRAFellow,AdelaideUniversity IuliiaShustikova,Moody's|LauraGannon,Director,MeridianUrban|RaphiBlanchi,CSIRO

10:00-10:30 MORNINGTEA(FederationBallroom)

CaseStudiesforFireManagement Chair: SarahHarris Chair:AlexFilkov

Chair:SimeonTelfer

10:30-10:50

10:50-11:10

11:10-11:30

11:30-11:50

11:50-12:10

ExtraordinaryWildfiresinthe21stCentury Calum Cunningham

Comparativeanalysisofclimatechangefor bushfirehazard

LatitudinalShiftingofForestFireHotspots andClimaticCorrelations:ATwo-Decade GlobalAnalysis

Assessingbushfireriskatdifferinglead times

Beyondclimatetrends:understandinghow arangeoffutureclimatetimeseries characteristic

Modellingandmappingprescribedfires burnseverity:challengesandpotential solutions

AlessioArena WhenSparksFly:IntegratingEnsemble WeatherforFireBehaviourPrediction

AlishaSinha BurningandLearninginCanolaStubble–Datareductionandmodeldevelopment

NaomiBenger Newapproachesandtechnologyforlargescalebushfirehazardmodelling

MariaZubkova Fuellingfirebehaviourmodelsofthe future-developingnewfuel assessmentguide

SamFerguson Rethinkingfueldynamics–howcan oursystemsmovepastfuel accumulationcurves?

William Swedosh

Effectofheightandmoisturecontent ongorseshrubflammability

JamesHilton Fuelresponsestofireintervaland severity:implicationsforfuelprediction modelsandfirerisk

Chair:RaphiBlanchi

SamHillman Burningtreesequalslong-term joblossesandtimbershortages

ThomasDuff ManagedLandscapes,Wildfire Outcomes:QuantifyingtheEffect ofSilviculturalTreatmentsonBurn Se

KateMelnik Grampians-Gariwerd2024-25 BushfiresSuppressionandFuel Breakcasestudies

ChrisGordon Understandingfirebehaviourand managingiteffectsinGondwana temperaterainforest

CollaborationforSustainableFire

RuthRyan

GlennRudolph

RossPeacock

GrandBallroom
VickyMartin

Chair:StefanDoerr

1:25-1:45 Evidencebriefsforlandscapefire management

1:45-2:05

2:05-2:25

2:250-2:45

2:45-3:05

Gazingintotheflames:Aguidetoassessing theimpactsofclimatechangeon landscapefire

Ridingthewavesofuncertainty:an adaptive,relationalapproachtoclimate changeengagement

Hotter,Longer,LessPredictable:Preparing NSWFireManagementforaChanging Climate

Chair:PepTurner

CaitlinSymon Developingnationalplantflammability databases–acasestudyfromAotearoa NewZealand

HamishClarke NaturalvaluesimpactsofclimatechangedrivenlandscapefiresinTasmania-West CoastComplex2025

StefanieRussell Simulatingfire-vegetationfeedbacks:The evolutionoflandscape-fire-succession models

MelissaO'Halloran Abetterapproachtoprotectingecological assetsfrombothbushfiresandsuppression techniques.

Futurefireweatheratthedecision-making scale:implicationsofclimatechangeonfire dangerandagencyactivations TeganBrown

Whenonefirechangeseverything:FiredrivenstructuralcollapseinMadagascar’s sandforests

Chair:JasonSharples

TimCurran UnravellingJunctionFireDynamics: Field-ScaleInsightsforEnhanced PredictionandManagement

SteveLeonard AUnifiedScalingLawforMerging BushfireSpreadAcrossDifferent LengthScalesUsingByram’s ConvectiveNumber

Chair:MarkHolland

AlexanderFilkov LandUsePlanningforEmber Attack:StrengtheningSettlement andUrbanDesignResilience

AhmadHassan Useofbushfireplacesoflast resort(NearbySaferPlaces)in TasmanianBushfire Communications

JenBaron Thepowerofinteractingfirelines MartaJerebets Doesdesigninggardensforfire mitigationandbiodiversity conservationpromoteresidential action?

VictorHurley Roleofignitionlinelengthonthe behaviourofexperimentalagricultural cropstubblefires

JosephPercival LinkingLandscapeandLightning: TerrainEffectsonLightningand Ignition

3:05-3:35 AfternoonTea(FederationBallroom)

Chair:TrevorHoward,IAWFPresident&NationalManager,PrescribedBurningStrategy,AFAC

3:35-4:35

PANEL:IgnitingIdeas:GenerationalInsightsofFireScience KelseyTarabini,DEECA,Victoria,DrKerrynLittle,UniversityofBirmingham,UK,DrChloeBegg,CFA,Victoria MartyMcLaughlin,QPWS,Queensland&ChairAFACRLMG,NeilCooper,NBIC,ACT

4:35-5:00 Closingcomments

Conferenceclose

WORKSHOPS&FIELDTRIPS|FRIDAY01MAY

Workshop#1

Bigweatherdataforfiremanagement

9:00-1:00

9:00-3:00

9:00-3:15

Instructors:SimonLouisandPaulFox-Hughes,Bureauof Meteorology

FieldTrip: kunanyi/MtWellingtonBushfireRiskManagement

FieldTrip:Appliedpyrogeography:fromfieldtolaboratory

POSTERPRESENTATIONS

Hyperspectralimaging&bushfirefuel, behaviour&emissions1:Overview AndyAllen

Workshop#2

Ignitingresearch-FireBehaviourandFuelsresearch translationworkshop

Instructor:DrRowenaMorrisNHRA

AndresValenciaCorrea Landscapefiremanagement throughthelensofapublic authority

SimaRahmani Triageingovernmentdecision makingaboutfire:aStrathbogie Forestcasestudy

LauraGannon

AnnaMarieGjedrem

NathanCampbell

Workshop#3

Measuringfiremanagementeffectivenessusingperformance indicators

Instructor: LachieMcCaw–ForestryAustralia’sfiremanagement committee

Workshop#4

NavigatingtheSocialDimensionsofCascadingand CompoundingDisasters

Instructors:BlytheMcLennan,IsabelCornes,Claire Leppold,LisaGibbs.AIDRandUniMelb

GeospatialFoundationModelsforDynamicFuel HazardMappinginVictoria PaulBentley

Adata-drivenwebsiteforexploring patternsinlandscapefireanditsdrivers HamishClarke

IntegratingLandscaping OpportunitiesintoPost-Bushfire InfrastructureRestorationProjects JamesGullison FireSeverityinLong-unburntandRecently BurntForestFollowingtheOrroralValley Wildfire

ForestFuelCharacteristicsandWind ThresholdsforCrownFiresinGangwon,Korea

AdamLeavesley, TonyBartlett,Tony Scherl

ChanJinLim,Hee MunChae

Contributingtotheunderstandingoffire patterndevelopment,usedforfireinvestigation ChrisWarren

Beyondfueltypes:simulatingfirebehaviorwith continuousfuelproperties

AdriánCardil, JoaquinRamirez Ontheeffectivenessoffuelbreaks HamishClarke

CanRainforestEdgesHoldtheLineagainstfire? Floristics,FuelsandFireatForestBoundaries. Shubham Chhajed

Energeticallyanomalouswildfireextremesand regimevolatilityidentifiedbyfireradiative powerindices ZakDerler

VariabilityofWildfireRegimesinPower GridInfrastructureacrossPacific NorthwestEcoregions EliceoRuizGuzman

Definingacceptablefireregimesfor differentVictoriangrasslandtypes JoshuaHodges

InterfaceProtectionBurningPilot Project:TestingHighFrequencyLow IntensityPlannedBurningatNSW's Bushland-UrbanInterface

NSWRFS-Predictive ServicesTeam,Wendy Smith

Narrativescenariosinbushfire regimemodellingundermultiple climatefutures PatrickNykiel

Implicationsofincomplete combustiononplume thermodynamics KevinTory ACaseStudyoftheWooroloofireinWestern Australia,February2021 MelanieWebb

FireEffectsinaChangingLandscape (Cumulativefireimpactsonbiodiversityand ecosystemservice)

ShaileshKumar

Diagnosingtheevolutionofcriticalfire weatheroversoutheastAustralia WenyuanMa

Multispectralassessmentoffuelload inCanolaStubble RachelBessell Metaheuristicalgorithmsforthecalibrationof firespreadpredictionmodelusingestimated scars CarlosViegas

AData-DrivenApproachtoPrescribedBurn Planning;EnhancingBushFireRiskManagement inNSW

JessicaWells, Melissa O'Halloran, SusannahBilous

ASatellite-BasedApproachforIdentifying andMappingHistoricalBlow-UpFire EventsoverSoutheast WenyuanMa

BushfireDevelopmentPhase Modelling:IntegratingCaseStudy EvidencewithOperationalPractice DarcyPrior PredictingHourlyFireRadiativePowerwith WeatherandMachineLearningModels ChristopherRodell

FuelsandFireBehaviourinComplexSystems: Couplingfueldatawithreal-timefiresimulation tools Amila Wickramasinghe

Cross-DisciplinaryFrameworkforStrengthening PreparednessforManagedBurns DianaKuchinke

PredictingLocalWeatherFieldsfor WildfireResponseUsingTerrainandFuel Characteristics

DaeunJeong,HyunSeong Shin,JewooBae,Namkeun Kim

ImprovingBushfireFuelClassification mappingwith30mresolutiondata RakeshJoshi,Randall Donohue Fuelhazardreductionandrestorationthinning strategytrade-offsinfrequentlyburnedpine forests ChadHoffman

MostU.S.wildfireimpactsoccurwithin24 hoursofreport:thechallengeofshortfusefires NickMcCarthy

IntroducingtheSparkResearch Platform WilliamSwedosh ModelingWildfireSpreadHazardsUsingStatic GeospatialParametersandMachineLearning VenkataSuresh BabuKukkala EvaluatingPFTandotherindicesfor distinguishingpyroCbenvironmentsinsoutheast Australia CalebWilson

Protectingthecollareddelma(Delma torquata)infiremanagementthrough collaborativeapproaches ClareRogers,DianaVirkki

DevelopmentofanEnhancedFire PackageforBushfireBehaviour Monitoring WaseemHittini Supportingtransboundarypreventionplanning insouthernEuropethroughwildfireprobabilistic simul LauraAlonso

Next-GenTechnologiesandData-DrivenFire Science:ArtificialIntelligence(AI)enhancedfire sprea Amila Wickramasinghe, VishalDeshwal

ProgressintheVictorianfire reconstructionprogram NickMcCarthy

MappingEucalyptFlammabilityUsing Trait-BasedHyperspectralModels NicolasYounes

Simulatingfiremanagementforlongtermecosystemresilience AmySmith,Jenny Huang Conflagrationorconflation:Howmightwe defineourneedsforassessingbushfirerisk? AmberEutsler Roleoftopographyinevolutionofridgelinefire Chantelle Blachut,Jason Sharples

MeteorologicalAnalysisofthe2013 Dunalley–ForcettWildfire,Tasmania

IvanaCavlina Tomasevic Fuelloadinfluencesfiresuppressiondifficulty findingsofacombustionwindtunnel experiment MattPlucinski

DBI-Anewlong-termforecastmethodologyfor bushfireseverity DavidDennison Usinghyperspectralimagingspectroscopy tolinkbushfirefuelcombustibility, emissionfactors,bio NicolasYounes

High-ResolutionFuelMoistureIntelligencefor SmarterFireManagement MartaYebra

UnderstandingDeckingIgnitionby FirebrandPilesforWUIRisk Mitigation MohamedMohamed Reframinghowtoconnectwiththecommunity: Engagementthroughcommunitybased bushfiremanagement DamonMudge

Field-parameterisedcatchment-scale modellingofpost-firedebrisflowhazard mitigation MollyHarrison

Earlydetectionofwildfirethrough sensornetworkandinversegas dispersionmodelling MdKhalidMustafa

MartyMcLaughlin
PhillipaMcCormack

Upscalingplot-basedestimatesoffuel structuretotheburnscaleusingremote sensing

LukeWallace,Sam Hillman,Thomas Gooch

Fireandfueltreatmentinteractionsof Grampiansfirecomplex2024/25

MerindaDaySmith,Sam Hillman,Timothy Hunt

Evaluatingandoptimizingprescribedfire allocationinafire-pronemountainous region LauraAlonso

Hyperspectralimaging&bushfire fuel,behaviour&emissions:Fuel preparation&firebehaviour AndrewSullivan Causesofvariationofcamera-basedsmoke detectionefficacy NicholasWilson

BuildingTrustthroughcollaborative engagement–AcaseofAustralianFireDanger RatingSystemcoPrativaSapkota

FindingsfromoperationaltestingofSparkfire simulatorinVictoria SamHillman, SeanWalsh

Firedeficitsrevealdeparturesfrom historicalfireregimesinBritishColumbia, Canada JenBaron

Morethanriskreduction:theroleof extensioninpromotingdiversevisions forfueltreatment'success' SarahDickson-Hoyle Futurefireweatheratthedecision-making scale:implicationsofclimatechangeonfire dangerandagencyactivations TeganBrown

Linkingfunctionaltraitstoshootflammabilityfor guidinggreenfirebreakdesigninNewCaledonia VaeaLefeuvre

TransformingFireIncidentManagement TrainingThroughImmersive,AI-Enabled DigitalSimulation

ConnorKneebone,Tim Hobbs

TopologicalDataAnalysisforStand DelineationinAerialLidarData MatthewWozniak Numericalstudyofwildfirepropagationin discontinuousforestsundervariableconditions usingFDS KyeongnamKwon

BeyondBurnObjectives:BridgingRemote SensingandNarrativeEcologyin PrescribedFireMonitoring NoahHellmund

WildfiresofWar:Landscape Transformation,ClimateRisks,and theNeedforNewFireGovernancein C SerhiiSydorenko EffectsofFrequentHigh-SeverityFiresonChir PineandEucalyptForests VijayKumar

Identifyinginvasiveplantspeciesmostlikelyto initiateinvasion-firecycles BreeIredale

Optimisingfueltreatmentstoreduceburn probability:navigatingcontext,prioritiesand trade-offs DouglasRadford

Fireregimesandenvironmentalgradientsshape wildlifehabitats GraceVielleux

UnderstandingPost-firechangesin Evapotrainspiration JackBoyle

AMulti-AssetBayesianNetwork FrameworkforBushfireRiskPlanning VictoriaReynolds

SmoulderingCoarseWoodyDebrisfor SmokeandCarbonEmissionsPredictions LiubovVolkova

Prioritisinghazardreductionburning,and understandingit’slimitations

MeasuringWoodyDebris ConsumptioninSlashBurnswith TerrestrialLaserScanning MinhasHussain

WhereandWhyDoFiresStop?

ExplainableMachine-Learning Insightsfromthe2019RiveauxRoad Fire LiuZhao NSWBushfireandNaturalHazardsResearch Centre:connectingresearchers,end-usersand community RachaelNolan

Demonstratingthepotentialfor3Dmappingof fuelmoistureusingterrestrialLiDAR MiaCallaway

20YearsofSageSTEP:Fueltreatment effectivenessandfireriskreductioninarid shrublands LisaEllsworth

IntegrationofGIS-DerivedTerrainDatafor Physics-BasedWildfireSimulations SiddharthGupta

AndrewSturgess,Rodney Anderson Flammabilityofnativeperennial grassesasitisinfluencedbydryness, fireintensity,andspecies

HabtamuGetnet Gessesse

Fuel,Fire,andsilviculture:TheImpact ofShelterwoodHarvestingand BiomassRecoveryonFire RobinTremblay CFAPlannedBurnTaskforce–Encouraging equitableparticipation KerrynTait

EricWalmsley, PeterDorn

Fromstructuretoflame:short-intervalfires reshapefuelsandfirebehaviourintemperate forests AaronHeap

IntegratingAIandAdvancedTechnologiesin BushfireManagement–Globalinsightsatalocal level

ExperimentalInvestigationoftheInfluence ofFirebrandGeometryandShower ParametersonTransport MuhammadShahidImran

MappingEucalyptFlammabilityUsing Trait-BasedHyperspectralModels

AndreaVinuales Navarro SyntheticApertureRadarandBurntArea Detection:AssessingtheRoleofEnvironmental Conditions

Understandingfuturefire:fuels,habitat, andfireregimes EmWindow

RedHotTips-Practicalbushfire management SamTacey HighresolutionLFMC:remotesensing modellingandprediction IvanKotzur

Effectsofsurfaceandcrownfuelloadson crowningusingtheFireDynamicsSimulator (FDS) Mohamedsharaf

X-bandSARBurnt-AreaDetection:Operational LessonsfromaConstellationArchive

EricWalmsley, PeterDorn

DavidSaah, KarenO'Connor, PeterMckechnie, SandyWhight

Investigationoflocalrate-of-spreadforusein dynamicbushfirebehaviourmodels WilliamSwedosh

TheChangingFaceofFireinAustralia–andHowTechnologyCanHelpUsAdapt RobVernon

Advancing3Dtrackingofuntethered burningfirebrandswithstereocamerasin averticalwindtunnel MisarahAbdelaziz

Resurfacingofundergroundpeatfire: smoulderingtransitiontoflaming wildfireonlittersurface

ShaorunLin,Yichao Zhang

ACCESS-Fireforfirecasestudies HarveyYe IntegratingFireRiskMappingandNetwork AnalysisforSafeAccessibilitytoHospitals HINDMADANI

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