- Author
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R0900147
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Gill, A. M.
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Moore, P. H. R.
- Title
- Big Versus Small Fires: The Bushfires of Greater Sydney, January 1994.
- Coporate
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Melbourne, Australia
- Book or Conf
- Large Forest Fires,
Backbuys Publishers, Lieden, The Netherlands,
Moreno, J. M., Editors,
49-68 p.,
1998
- Keywords
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bush fires
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damage
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fire fighters
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fire fighting equipment
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fire seasons
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fire spread
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management systems
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forest fires
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fire behavior
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fire models
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fuels
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weather effects
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fuel load
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fire statistics
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fire damage rating
- Identifiers
- landscape fires (bushfires) of January 1994, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; geographic context; fire models and retrospective assessment of fire properties; fire weather in the Greater Sydney region; fuel types and typical fine fuel loadings; building damage at the urban rim; fire management of bushland within urbanized landscapes; private land; national parks; some socially-disastrous fires in Australia