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1927 Royal Commission of Inquiry on Bush Fires in the State of New South Wales J.B. Cramsie, F. Jackson and N.W. Jolly May 1930 [Assented] Bush Fires Act 1930 [link] 1938-39 Location: Sydney and Southern NSW [link] Deaths/injured: 13 deaths. Area/property damage: 73,000 ha. 50 houses destroyed. 10,000 stock. Normalised cost ($2011 AUD): n/a
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Apr 4, 2024 · Area of bushfire damage in New South Wales, Australia as of March 2020, by land type (in 1,000 hectares) Basic Statistic Area of bushfire damage in Victoria Australia 2020 by land type
Jan 31, 2020 · How Australia has been battling bushfires during a devastating fire season. ... Australia's biggest fire occurred Dec 1974-Jan 1975 in western New South Wales and across the states and Northern ...
- Hot, Dry, Windy Conditions Spell Fire Trouble
- Why Is Fire Weather So Different Every Year?
- Climate Change Is A Culprit Too
- Pulling It All Together
The prerequisites for a severe bushfire season are high temperatures, low humidity, and strong winds that coincide with long periods of low rainfall. These weather ingredients are used to calculate an area’s fire danger rating, using the Forest Fire Danger Index. The index produces a score reflecting the severity of fire weather on a given day, whe...
In Australia, the year-to-year changes in climatic conditions are largely driven by three factors: the El Niño Southern Oscillation, the Indian Ocean Dipole, and the Southern Annular Mode. Each of these climate drivers involves either changes to sea surface temperatures, wind movements, or both. They can all can affect temperature and rainfall patt...
Long-term climate change in Australia is an undeniable reality. The State of the Climate 2018report for Australia notes strong land surface temperature increases and a 10-20% decline in cool season rainfall across southern Australia since the 1970s. These changes are closely associated with increasing human greenhouse gas emissions, as well as natu...
Our research has made clear that climate modes bring large and rapid swings to the fire weather, while human-induced climate change gradually increases background fire weather conditions. The trend generally means an earlier start to the bushfire seasons than in the past. Read more: Grim fire season looms but many Australians remain unprepared Clim...
Dec 24, 2019 · Australia is grappling with massive bushfires fuelled by record-breaking temperatures and months of severe drought. In the worst-affected state, New South Wales, fires have burned more than 3 ...
I am pleased to submit to you the NSW Fire Season Outlook Statement for 2023-24. The NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) produces the Statement annually in response to recommendations 2, 30 and 8(e) of the NSW Bushfire Inquiry. After the devastating bush fires of 2019-20, NSW has experienced two years of record-breaking rain, causing extensive ...
The 2019–20 bushfires were unprecedented in their extent and intensity, with fire grounds in New South Wales covering 5.5 million hectares (7% of the state), including over 2.7 million hectares of national parks (38% of the NSW national park system). Our scientists have been collecting information since the fires began.
