Bushfire weather

Australia has a history of severe bushfires. Such tragedies as the Ash Wednesday fires of February 1983 (71 deaths in Victoria and South Australia), the Tasmanian fires of February 1967 (62 lives, more than 1400 houses and buildings lost) and the New South Wales bushfires of 1994, place bushfires high on the list of Australia's natural disasters.

This online slide presentation provides excellent information about fires and the Australian landscape and climate dealing with:

THE BUSHFIRE THREAT
WEATHER AND FIRE
ANATOMY OF A FIRE DANGER DAY
HIGH RISK WEATHER PATTERNS - Souteast Australia
HIGH RISK WEATHER PATTERNS - New South Wales and southern Queensland
HIGH RISK WEATHER PATTERNS - Western Australia and the Northern Territory
THE THIRD DIMENSION - the vertical profile of a severe fire day
FIRE WEATHER WARNINGS
PROTECTING YOURSELF AND YOUR HOME

http://www.bom.gov.au/inside/services_policy/fire_ag/bushfire/bushfire.htm

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