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Australia’s national science agency CSIRO has partnered with AFAC, the National Council for Fire and Emergency Services to develop a bushfire modelling and prediction tool that will significantly improve emergency response efforts nationwide.
AFAC’s Fire Prediction Services Group will work with CSIRO to build a national system that allows for consistent bushfire predictions to support emergency service and response teams across borders while also enabling hazard planning for the future.
CSIRO, in a report to the Commonwealth Government last year, had recommended the creation of a nationally consistent bushfire modelling and prediction capability.
Based on CSIRO’s ‘Spark’ fire prediction platform, the cutting-edge bushfire simulation tool, Spark Operational will open up bushfire prediction opportunities across borders and over different landscapes, enabling fire and emergency services agencies across Australia to anticipate fires, plan
Ice-bound Sutherland residents helped by true grit By Caroline McMorran Published: 07:00, 05 February 2021
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A NORTH-west Sutherland councillor has paid tribute to volunteers who turned out in freezing conditions this week to grit driveways and access roads for vulnerable householders living in far-flung Strathhalladale.
Cllr Linda Munro said David Hodge and Stuart Ellis, both members of Porskerra Harbours Association, epitomised the way communities should be helping each other.
Councillor Linda Munro.
Older Strathhalladale residents, and those who require daily visits from carers, were among residents whose house surrounds were gritted this week.
Ice-bound Highland residents helped by true grit By Caroline McMorran Published: 21:00, 05 February 2021
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A NORTH-west Sutherland councillor has paid tribute to volunteers who turned out in freezing conditions this week to grit driveways and access roads for vulnerable householders living in far-flung Strath Halladale.
Cllr Linda Munro said David Hodge and Stuart Ellis, both members of Porskerra Harbours Association, epitomised the way communities should be helping each other.
Councillor Linda Munro.
Older Strath Halladale residents, and those who require daily visits from carers, were among residents whose house surrounds were gritted this week.
CSIRO and AFAC to build data-driven bushfire prediction platform Watch Now
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council (AFAC) have signed an agreement to develop a bushfire simulation tool to be used by fire and emergency services agencies across the country.
The bushfire simulation tool to be called Spark Operational will be based on CSIRO s Spark fire prediction platform, which uses existing fire behaviour data to produce predictions, statistics, and visualisations of bushfire spread.
It will be developed so that fire and emergency agencies will be able to tailor the tool to reflect specific landscapes and bushfire behaviour in their local environment, while also allowing for the agencies to combine it with climate and vegetation models to help estimate fire-based risks as a result of climate change.
Bushfire Prediction Tech to Bolster Emergency Response Efforts
Written by AZoCleantechFeb 4 2021
Australia will develop a nationally consistent bushfire modelling and prediction capability under an agreement announced today between CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, and AFAC, the National Council for Fire and Emergency Services.
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The partnership involves the development of Spark Operational, a cutting-edge bushfire simulation tool based on CSIRO’s ‘Spark’ fire prediction platform.
Fire and emergency services agencies across Australia will be able to use Spark Operational, opening bushfire prediction opportunities across borders and over different landscapes.
CSIRO’s Spark platform combines current fire behaviour knowledge with state-of-the-art simulation science to produce predictions, statistics and visualisations of bushfire spread, as well as simulating hours of fire spread across a landscape in a matter of seconds.