- New guidelines for predicting fire behaviour (Media Release)
- “Burning Bush: A Fire History of Australia” by Stephen J Pyne (Author) – to help understand the nature of Fire in Australian Landscapes
- “The Still-Burning Bush” by Stephen J Pyne (2006)- Book Review
- SENTINAL “Sentinel is a national bushfire monitoring system that provides timely information about hotspots to emergency service managers across Australia. The mapping system allows users to identify fire locations with a potential risk to communities and property.” (from http://sentinel.ga.gov.au/acres/sentinel/)
- SE Queensland Fire & Biodiversity Consortium – Hosted by Griffith University for The Centre for Innovative Conservation Strategies (homepage)
- Riskfrontiers.com :- data bases for quake, flood, cyclone, hail, bushfire and natural perils
- Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) :- National Warnings Summary & new Fire Warnings and Forecasts (as of October 2009) -
- AFAC 2009 - Annual AFAC Conference Incorporating the Bushfire CRC Conference at the Gold Coast Convention Centre, Qld. AFAC = Australasian Fire & Emergency Service Authorities Council
- Queensland RURAL FIRE SERVICE - Qld Government
- Qld Fire & Rescue Service – Qld Government Department of Emergency Services – Prepare your property for bushfire -
- Qld RURAL FIRE SERVICE – Bushfire Risk Mapping for Queensland Shire Council Areas – Beaudesert/Boonah (now Scenic Rim Regional) and Gold Coast City Councils
- Queensland EPA – Fire Management for Queensland Parks & Forests
- Gold Coast City Council, QLD – DRAFT Springbrook Fire Strategy -
- COAG (Council of Australian Governments) Bushfire Enquiry (2003-2005) findings
- 2000 - a review of current knowledge and literatue assist in determining ecologically sustainable fire regimes for the southeast queensland region (Cuong Tran – Southeast Queensland Fire and Biodiversity Consortium)
- New South Wales RURAL FIRE SERVICE – NSW Government
- Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority (CMA) Region – Recovery Strategies – habitat management:FIRE – 118 priority actions -
- New South Wales Government Department of Environment & Climate Change – FIRE -
- NSW Government Protected Areas : Fire Management Plans
- NSW Government : Fires Floods and Parks closures
- Australian Forests -” The National Forestry Education and Awareness Network reports to the Federal Government and consists of the State- based forest educators involved in the development and delivery of teaching and learning programs and resources for teachers and students. “ Australian Forests, sustainability, industries, management, education
- North Australian Fire Information
- Australian Lightning Monitor at GPATS Pty Ltd website.
- Energex Lightning Tracker – 15 minute delay in data (from GPATS), but nice little map. (good for Mt Warning Caldera Region and SE QLD)
If you are looking for something, and it isn’t here, you may like to try the Regional Links
or the Government Links pages. There are also the other bluecray INFO pages you can try, to the right hand side of the page here….see them?
Alternatively, you could try the ENVIRONMENT SEARCH. And failing all else – I guess that it’s back to google, yahoo, bing, or where ever else you go to get info. GOOD LUCK! The NSW andQLD Government websites appear to be re-arranging themslves at present (October 2009) – perhaps it is from, yet again, more internal changes, and departmental re-arrangements – it appears to be never-ending!
