Understanding the Origin and Development of Extreme and Mega Bushfires

极端大火和特大火灾对财产和基础设施造成重大破坏，并伴随着高昂的灭火费用。当单独的火灾合并时，这些事件就会形成。最近几个季度它们的增加突显了开发工具和技术的重要性，这些工具和技术可以更好地预测极端事件，以帮助火灾应对并为提高复原力的战略提供信息。该项目将火灾现场实验与计算机建模相结合，以确定驱动极端火灾发展的因素，并开发新的知识和模型。这有助于更好地预测正在发生的火灾，增强消防管理人员作出关键决策的知识库，并改进火灾多发社区的风险建模和缓解规划。

Extreme and megafires result in significant damage to property and infrastructure and are associated with large suppression costs. These events form when separate fires Merge. Their increase occurrence in recent seasons highlights the importance of developing tools and technologies that better predict extreme events to aid fire response and inform strategies for greater resilience. This project combines fire field experiments with computer modelling to determine factors driving extreme fire development, and develop new knowledge and models. These enable better prediction of active fires, enhance the knowledge base of fire managers for critical decision making and to improve risk modelling and mitigation planning for fire-prone communities.