Fireline intensity potential
Nationally standardised data for the rate of energy released from an advancing fire front, indicating the severity of a bushfire’s behaviour
An image of a fire fighter and bushfire
Fire behaviour is influenced by terrain or slope, vegetation and weather.
The National Bushfire Intelligence Capability nationally standardises and combines these data layers to predict reasonable worst-case fireline intensity at any given location across Australia which can underpin a range of different products useful to a broad range of decision makers.
The outputs consider future climate over a range of timescales using readily accessible data.
The data supports decisions such as:
- identification of bushfire prone areas in collaboration with states or territories upon their request
- prioritisation of seasonal risk mitigation efforts
- estimation of asset loss potential.
Existing products
Stage 1: Fireline intensity (FLI) potential was generated across continental Australia, using baseline and future projections.
A suite of modelled data was produced, accounting for climate projections and relevant return time intervals (a prediction of future extremes), representing fire behaviour in the form of fire rate of spread (ROS) and fireline intensity (FLI)
Methodology: Section 6 of the Stage 1 Methodology
Planned products
- Long-term fireline intensity
- Quarterly fireline intensity
Use cases
Examples of how the fireline intensity data has been applied.
