Bush and Forest Fires in Australia: 14 February 2000

The Department of Natural Resources and Environment is responsible for the management of fire prevention and suppression on public lands in Victoria. The last updated bushfire statistic of 14 February 2000 shows 23 controlled fires. The locations of these fires are displayed in the statewide fire situation map below.

The Australian Bureau of Meteorology issued on 14 February 2000 an updated forecast for Northern Territory:
Cloudy. Areas of rain over the southern inland with moderate to heavy falls, significant stream rises, and some flooding of low lying areas. Isolated showers and storms, tending scattered about the north and west coasts. Moderate northwest winds north of Tennant Creek, fresh at times about the coast. Moderate easterly winds south of Tennant Creek.

As fire restrictions apply during the fire season, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology/South Australian Regional Office issued on 14 February 2000 a fire ban advice for following districts. In the list below the fire danger ratings for these districts are described in detail.

Fire Ban District	Fire Danger Rating
Northwest Pastoral	high
Northeast Pastoral	high to very high
West Coast	very high
Eastern Eyre Peninsula	very high
Lower Eyre Peninsula	high
Flinders	very high
Mid North	very high
Mount Lofty Ranges	very high
Adelaide Metropolitan	high
Yorke Peninsula	high to very high
Kangaroo Island	high to very high
Riverland	very high
Murraylands	very high
Upper South East	very high
Lower South East	very high

Please have also a look on a list of links for information on Australian Fire Management Agencies:

Australasian Fire Authorities Council
http://www.ausfire.com/
The home page of the Australasian Fire Authorities Council coordinates the diverse range of activities of the different australian agencies concerned about fire

Firebreak
http://msowww.anu.edu.au/~barling/firebreak/firebreak.html
The firebreak newsletter provides a very extensive homepage with information about fire fighting in Australia, downloadable java scripts for calculating fire weather and various links to related sites

The Department of Natural Resources and Environment in Victoria
http://www.nre.vic.gov.au/fires/index.htm
The Department of Natural Resources and Environment in Victoria offers a very comprehensive web site with information on fire management. In their web site current reports are provided with statistics on the fire season. Extensive background information is included along with several links to related web sites.

Satellite Remote Sensing Services Department of Land Administration (DOLA)
http://www.rss.dola.wa.gov.au/apps/firewatch.html
The Satellite Remote Sensing Services (SRSS) of the Department of Land Administration provides near real time hot spot detection and burned scar mapping for western Australia. In the Firewatch project the SRSS detects hotspots throughout Western Australia using the thermal channel of the NOAA AVHRR sensor on a daily basis.