3rd International Conference on Wildland Fire 2003 Papers

The 3rd International Wildland Fire Conference

3-6 October 2003, Sydney, Australia

Abstracts and Papers

The 3rd International Wildland Fire Conference was held in Sydney, Australia, 3-6 October 2003. The conference followed-up the First International Conference on Wildland Fire (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1989) and the Second International Conference on Wildland Fire (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1997). The Third Conference was sponsored by the USDA Forest Service, the Australasian Fire Authorities Council, and NFPA International. The majority of papers (some of them abstracts only) have been recovered in late 2010 and are now available in PDF format. The sequence of papers follows the final agenda:

Values, Tradeoffs, and Context: A Call for a Public Lands Policy Debate on the Management of Fire-Dependent Ecosystems, by J. Williams, Fire and Aviation Management, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, USA
Management of Haze; An ASEAN Regional Perspective, by P H. Rosnani Ibarahim, Department of Environment, MALAYSIA
The Politics of Fire Management, by Commissioner Phil Koperberg AO, AFSM, BEM NSW Rural Fire Service
Social Considerations of Reducing Fuels in the Wildland-Urban Interface in the Western United States, by L. Hamilton, Office of Fire and Aviation, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior
A Strategic Plan for the Renewal of Canada’s Forest Fire Program, by D.C. Tulloch, Saskatchewan Environment, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; L.J. Cooke, Geospatial International, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Applying reward versus punishment psychology to the wildland fire suppression culture, byA.K. Beaver, Yukon Wildand Fire Management, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
Implications of Latest Fire Behaviour Research Findings on Fire Fighter Safety Management, by N.P. Cheney, CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products, Canberra ACT, Australia
Wild, tame and feral fire: the fundamental linkage between indigenous fire usage and the conservation of Australian biodiversity, by D. Bowman, Northern Territory University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
The Role of Government in Supporting Traditional Communitybased Fire Management Systems among the tribes in NE India, by V.T. Darlong, Ministry of Environment & Forests, NE Regional Office, Shillong, India
Cultural Practices of Fire Management in Indigenous Communities with Forestry Resources and its Effects on the Economic-Ecological Environment, by L. Rosenzweig, J.Rickards, J.M. Frausto, Mexican Nature Conservation Fund (Fondo Mexicano para la Conservación de la Naturaleza)
Caring for country: Indigenous people managing country using fire with particular emphasis on Northern Australia, by J.H. Morrison, P.M. Cooke, Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Savannas Management, NT, Australia
Understanding Wildland Fire Basic Beliefs and Social Norms as Antecedents to Fire Management Education and Communications, by J.D. Absher, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Riverside, CA USA; A.D. Bright, J.J. Vaske, K. Kneeshaw, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO USA
Understanding Community Response to Wildfire, by A.N.Rhodes, CFA, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Firewise Communities: Recasting the Future of the Wildland/Urban Interface, by J. Smalley, National Fire Protection Association, Quincy MA USA
Forest Fire Prevention In Urban-Rural Interface In Central Zone Of Chile – Valparaiso Region, by R. I. Molina, Corporación Nacional Forestal CONAF, Viña del Mar, Chile
Integration experiences in forest fire prevention & protection: The Chilean experience & its international projection, by O. Ormazabal, Afocela, Portugal
The Development and Implementation of an Improved Fire Shelter for Wildland Firefighters, by L. Anderson, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Missoula Technology and Development Center, Missoula, MT, USA
Development of Fire Fighting Vehicle Crew Protection Systems, by D. Nichols, Country Fire Authority, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Air Toxics Factors and Criteria for Crew Survivability/Tenability in Vehicle Burnover, byS.K. Brown, CSIRO Manufacturing & Infrastructure Technology, Highett, Victoria, Australia
Thermal Factors for Human Survival in Fire Tanker Burn-overs, by I. Knight, CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products, Yarralumla, ACT, Australia
Decision Making and Safety: Problems in predicting fire behaviour, by B. Hesketh, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
AFAC STREAM PAPER Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Report Natural Disaster in Australia: reforming mitigation, relief and recovery arrangements, by M. J. Kinnane, Department of Emergency Services, Queensland, Australia
AFAC STREAM PAPER Summary and Analysis of Review into Operational Response Lessons for the Future ACT Fires January 2003, by S.J. Ellis, Principal Leading by Example, Adelaide, South Australia
AFAC STREAM PAPER Multi-Agency Response Victorian 2003 Fires, by Russell Rees, Country Fire Authority, Victoria, Australia
Challenges for Fire Management in the Changing Socio-Environment of the Western Cape South Africa, by Z. Erasmus, Western Cape Nature Conservation Board, Cape Town, Province of the Western Cape, South Africa
Do Cultural Differences Affect Support for Alternative Wildland Fire Mitigation Strategies: Native Americans in Montana, USA, by A. González-Cabán, USDA Forest Service, Riverside, CA, USA
Fire Management Conflict Among Urban and Rural Populations and Fire Related Ecosystems in the Mexico City Forests, by D. A. Rodríguez-Trejo, División de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Chapingo, Edo. de México, Mexico
Transport of Radioactive Materials by Wildland fires in the Chernobyl Accident Zone: How to Address the Problem, by S. I. Dusha-Gudym, All-Russian Research Institute for Silviculture and Mechanization of Forestry (VNIILM), Pushkino, Moscow Region, Russia
Characteristics and Management of Wildfire in the Interface of Kunming City, Southwest China, by Wu Deyou, Southwest Forestry College
Further Defining Community-Based Fire Management: Critical Elements and Rapid Appraisal Tools, by P.F. Moore, Metis Associates, (formerly Project Firefight South East Asia), East Ryde, NSW, Australia
The Interface Fire Problem An Urban Fire Service Perspective, by G. Mullins, New South Wales Fire Brigades, Sydney NSW Australia
Findings of Studies of Houses Damaged by Bushfire in Australia, by J.E. Leonard and P.A. Bowditch, CSIRO Manufacturing & Infrastructure Technology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Use of Human Factors Analysis for Wildland Fire Accident Investigations, by M. Ryerson-Grett, USDI Bureau of Land Management, Office of Fire and Aviation, ID, USA
Precursor for Error: An Analysis of Wildland Fire Crew Leaders Attitudes about Organizational Culture and Safety, by L.S. McDonald, Mission-Centered Solutions, Inc., Parker, CO, USA
Developing Common International Standards for Wildland Firefighters Personal Protective Equipment, by R. Donarski, Australasian Fire Authorities Council, East Melbourne VIC, Australia
Recruit the Right Person the First Time Using Psychological Profiling for Volunteers and Career Fire Fighters, by K. Byrne, Australian Institute of Forensic Psychology, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Developing Leadership & Management Behaviours – Becoming An Ambidextrous Organisation, by V.P. Arbuckle, New Zealand Fire Service
AFAC STREAM PAPER Getting it Right: AIIMS ICS – Preliminary Results of National Review, by K.J. Maynes, CFA, Burwood East, Victoria, Australia, by K.J. Maynes, CFA, Burwood East, Victoria, Australia
THE WAY AHEAD: Development of effective Recruitment and Retention Strategies for Volunteer Fire Services, by M.Aldridge Jnr, Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia
The Full Picture: Assessing the Present and Future Roles of Technology on Firegrounds, by Z.Phillips, NSW Rural Fire Service
The Global Perspective. Conceptualising Fire in Past, Present, and Future Settings, by S.J. Pyne, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
An Integrated Fire Management System for the Kruger National Park in South Africa, byW.S.W. Trollope, Department Livestock & Pasture Science, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa
Managing Bushfire in a Biodiversity Hotspot, by N.D. Burrows, Department of Conservation & land Management, Kensington, WA, Australia
Burning For Conservation In Australian Tropical Savannas: Implications From The Kapalga Fire Experiment, by A.N. Andersen, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Darwin, NT, Australia
Application of Fire Behaviour to Fire Danger and Wildfire Threat Modelling in New Zealand, by H.G. Pearce, New Zealand Forest Research Institute, Christchurch, New Zealand
Fire Research Advance and Technology Transfer in China, by S. Lifu, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
Physics-Based Modelling of Wildland-Urban Intermix Fires, by D.D. Evans, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Effects of head fire shape and size on forest fire rate of spread, by J. S. Gould, CSIRO Forestry and Forests Product, Canberra ACT, Australia
Do eucalypt forest fires burn faster and hotter in older fuels? implications for hazard reduction burning, by W. L. McCaw, Department of Conservation and Land Management, Manjimup, WA, Australia
Wildland Fire Evacuation in the U.S.: The Color vs. the Letter of the Law, by A.E. Tuttle, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Sacramento, California, USA
Community Self-Reliance During Bushfires: The Case For Staying At Home, by J.B. Gledhill, Tasmania Fire Service, TAS, Australia
Integrating Scientific Knowledge Into Social And Economic Decisions For Ecologically Sound Fire And Restoration Management, by M. Kaufmann, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO, USA
AFAC STREAM PAPER RESIDENTIAL FIRE FATALITIES AND OTHER RESEARCH GETTING THE FULL PICTURE, by J. A. Newton, Queensland Fire and Rescue Service, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
Rural/Urban Community Safety and Bush Fires, by R. D. Smith and R. J. Stevens, Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Multi-Agency Operations An Integrated Approach to Emergency Management., by J.E. Denny, New South Wales Fire Brigades Sydney, NSW, Australia
The Use of Prescribed Fire in the Land Management of Western and Baltic Europe, by M.A. Bruce, Glen Tanar Estate, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Fire and Biodiversity Management in Victoria Integrating the Science, Planning and Implementation Processes, by G.R. Friend, Department of Sustainability and Environment, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Fire Management To Conserve Biodiversity And Protect Communities A Global Perspective From A Conservation Organization, by W. J. Jackson, IUCN The World Conservation Union, Switzerland
A Collaborative Effort To Tangibly Reduce The Conservation Threat Of Altered Fire Regimes Around The Globe: The Nature Conservancys Global Fire Initiative, by J. Hardesty, The Nature Conservancy Fire Initiative, Gainesville, FL, USA
Spatial Tools for Wildland Fire Management Planning, by M A. Finney, USDA Forest Service, Fire Sciences Laboratory, Missoula MT, USA
Predictive Services: A New Tool for Proactive Wildland Fire Management, by R. Ochoa, Bureau of Land Management, National Interagency Fire Center, Boise, ID, USA
House Ignition Likelihood Index – An Hazard Assessment Method for Land Managers in the Wildland-Urban Interface, by K.G. Tolhurst, University of Melbourne, Creswick VIC, Australia
Challenges of Managing Fires along an Urban-Wildland Interface Lessons from Sydney, Australia and its Surrounding Environs, by Mark Crosweller AFSM, Executive Director Operations and Regional Management, NSW Rural Fire Service
Challenges of Managing Fires along an Urban-Wildland Interface – Lessons from the Cape Peninsula, South Africa, by S. Fowkes, Santam/Argus Ukuvuka Campaign, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Challenges of managing fires along an urban-wildland interface lessons from the Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles, California, by J.E. Keeley, U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Sequoia-Kings, Canyon Field Station, Three Rivers, CA, USA
Use of Artificial Intelligence to Develop Team Leaders, by Jeremy Azis, VectorCommand, UK and Craig Hynes, FESA AFAC Stream, by Jeremy Azis, VectorCommand, UK and Craig Hynes, FESA AFAC Stream
Understanding the Geographic Distribution of Risk, by B. R. Waddington, Spectrum Analysis Australia Pty Ltd
Fire Management Tradeoffs at the Bushland-Urban Interface?, by A. Malcolm Gill, Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Management Of Wildlife, Fuels And The Urban Interface: A Compatible Or A Combustible Situation?, by G.M. Sitter, Bureau of Land Management, Montana State Office
Assessing The Ecological Implications Of Prescribed Burning: Where Do You Start?, by V. Jurskis, State Forests of NSW, Eden, NSW, Australia
Mesoscale Numerical Weather Prediction And Extreme Fire Weather, by G.A.Mills, Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
Fire Consortia for Advanced Modeling of Meteorology and Smoke – FCAMMS, by A.R. Riebau, USDA Forest Service Research and Development, Washington, DC, USA
The Australian Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre Program: A National User-Driven approach towards a coordinated Fire Research Program, by I. D. Mac Dougall, Chairman Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre, Australia
Integration of Scientific Research Results in Forest Fire Management, by D.X. Viegas, Centro de Estudos sobre Incêndios Florestais – Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, University of Coimbra Coimbra, Portugal
Real time hazard triage: how GIS and mobile computers can help save homes, by J. J. Coil, Sedona Fire District, Sedona, Arizona, United States of America
Fire Insurance For Bushfire Risk, by C.D.Henri, Insurance Disaster Response Organisation, Baulkham Hills, NSW, Australia
Wildfire Prevention Planning in the I Zone and Beyond Are We Making a Difference?, by M. G. Watts, South Australia Country Fire Service, South Australia, Australia
Wildfire-Related Changes of Forest Structure and Functions in Siberia, by V. V. Furyaev,V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest, Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Keys for Successful International Cooperation: a Dream, a Team, and a Theme, by R.W. Mutch, Fire Management Applications, Missoula, Montana, USA
Fires In Tropical Forests Throwing Good Money After Bad?, by D. Kaimowitz, Center for International Forest Research (CIFOR)
Fire Management Requirements in Ethiopia-The need for international support, by B. Million, Ministry of Agriculture, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Fire Management Needs in Russias Boreal Forest Zone, by E. P. Davidenko, National Aerial Forest Fire Center of Russia Avialesookhrana, Pushkino, Russia
The Cooperative International Fire Initiatives Developed through the FAO, by M. Jurvélius, Forest Resources Division, Forestry Department, FAO, Rome Italy
Fire Management Adaptation to Future Climate Change in Canada, by W.J. de Groot, Canadian Forest Service, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Wildfires and Global Climate Change Along a Transect Through the Americas, by D.V. Sandberg, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, OR, USA
Causes of Indonesian Vegetation/Land Fires and Terrestrial Carbon Emissions, by D. Murdiyarso, Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor, Indonesia
A new Approach to Wildland Fire Management in South Africa, by J.A. Bridgett, CSIR, Stellenbosch, Western Province, South Africa
Drought, Fire and Fuel Treatment in Western US, by P.N. Omi, Western Forest Fire Research Center (WESTFIRE), Colorado State University
Forest fire Situation and Management in China, by D. Yongsheng, Forest Fire Management Office, State Forestry Admonition, Beijing,China
The Evolution and Application of Wildland Fire Assessments in Colorado, by M.A. da Luz, USDA Forest Service, Golden, Colorado, USA
The Politics of Wildfires: The Media Perspective, by L.R. Hatcher, Sky News Australia.
Facilitating Community-Based Solutions, by M.T. DeGrosky, The Guidance Group, Washburn, Wisconsin, USA
NSW Fire Brigades Surveying Fire Affected Communities 2001/02, by R.G.Alexander, New South Wales Fire Brigades Fire Investigation & Research Unit, Sydney, NSW, Australia
International Wildland Fire Cooperation Protocols and Pitfalls, by T.M. Frey, U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management, Boise, Idaho
The European Forest Fire Information System: A European strategy towards forest fire management, by J. San-Miguel-Ayanz, European Commission Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Ispra, Italy
Fire Management Networks: An Approach for Improving Fire Management on Conservation Lands in Latin America & the Caribbean, by R. L. Myers, The Nature ConservancyFire Initiative, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Fire Cooperative Arrangements in the Mediterranean Successes and Short-Comings, by F. Rodriguez y Silva, University of Cordoba, Forest Engineer Department, Forest Fire Management Unit, Córdoba. Spain
New Approaches to Forest Fire Management at an Ecoregional Level in the Far East of the Russian Federation, by A. V. Kushlin, The World Bank, Washington DC, USA, by A. V. Kushlin, The World Bank, Washington DC, USA
Applications of Remote Sensing Technologies to Support Fire Suppression and Rehabilitation within the USDA Forest Service, by T.J. Bobbe, Remote Sensing Applications Center, USDA Forest Service, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Developing Sentinel Hotspots Fire Location Website, by A. Held, P. Dyce, CSIRO Land and Water, Canberra, ACT, Australia, by A. Held, P. Dyce, CSIRO Land and Water, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Southern Africa Fire Network of the Global Observation of Forestry Cove: A Collaborative Effort Towards Developing Capacity for Operational Fire Monitoring and Management Systems in Southern Africa, by O. P. Dube, University of Botswana, Gaborone
Learning Lessons from an Exceptional Period of Fires in Central Australia: 1999 to 2002, by G.E.Allan, Bushfires Council of the Northern Territory, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
A Theoretical Framework for Wildfire Risk Assessment, by B.J. Shields, Metis Associates, Bowral, NSW, Australia
A Wildfire Risk Management System An Evolution of the Wildfire Threat Rating System, by D.W. Ohlson, Compass Resource Management Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Assessment of Forest Fire Management in Jebel Marra, by A. E. M. Elgamri, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan
Fire in the Brazilian Amazon Forest and Mexicos Protected Areas, by E. Alvarado, FERA, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington. Seattle, WA, USA
Wildfire Risk Integrating Community Resilience Or Vulnerability Attributes And Hazard Assessments, To Provide A Comprehensive Risk Model, by K. Braun, ICS Group, Narrikup, WA, Australia
Findings from Site Investigation of Damaged Houses in the 2001-2 Lower Blue Mountains Bushfires, by S.L. Poon, Warrington Fire Research (Aust) P/L
Corporate Governance Issues at Multi-Agency and Multi-National Wildfires, by P.L.Dobbin, Dobbin Consulting Pty Ltd, Victoria, Australia
Evaluation of the Ferny Creek Fire Alert Trial, by N.J. Free, Shire of Yarra Ranges, Lilydale, Victoria Australia
Closing Paper: Summary of the findings of the 3rd International Wildland Fire Conference and Directions for the Global Wildland Fire Summit and the Follow-up Process, by J G. Goldammer, Coordinator, Working Group on Wildland Fire, UN-ISDR Inter-Agency Task Force for Disaster Reduction, Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC) and Fire Ecology Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, c/o Freiburg University, Freiburg, Germany

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