DDO - products and tools for operational readiness

 

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Operational readiness setting using district readiness matrix

FireWeatherHeatIntelBriefing
Fire Weather Heat Intel Briefing
  • State overview
  • Fire Weather Districts (FBI)

EmCOP credentials required

FireDangerRatingReports
Fire Danger Rating Reports
  • Localised Daily max (FBI/FDI) Fire Weather Districts, ICC Footprints CFA Districts, LGA

FFMVic credentials required

DailyEstimatesBushfireDanger
Daily Estimates of Bushfire Danger
  • Time above thresholds (FBI/FDI) EM Regions, ICC Footprints

FFMVic credentials required

FireWeatherForecast
Fire Weather Forecast
  • Time above thresholds and additional fire weather drivers (FBI)
  • Fire Weather Districts and LGA

BoM credentials required

ForesightBushfire
Foresight Bushfire
  • Spatial interactive display allowing hourly forecast weather and fire behaviour at 1.5km resolution
  • EMCOP / Foresight

FFMVic credentials required

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Monitoring products for maintaining situational awareness/ accessing additional forecast information

CombinedFireWeatherBriefing
Victorian Combined Fire Weather Briefing
  • State Overview
  • FBI and FDI Observations
  • Displays current Observations for weather and Daily Maximum

FFMVic credentials required

eMapObservations
eMap Observations
  • Wind Barbs for tracking wind change events
  • Lightning tracker
  • Temp Relative Humidity and Fire Danger Rating
  • KBDI and wind speeds

FFMVic credentials required

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emCopObservations
EM COP Observations
  • Wind Barbs for tracking wind change events
  • Lightning tracker
  • Temp Relative Humidity and Fire Danger Rating
  • KBDI and wind speeds

EmCOP credentials required

IncidentWeatherForecast
Incident Weather Forecast
  • Wind Barbs for tracking wind change events
  • Lightning tracker
  • Identify fire events that require additional forecast information via an Incident Weather Forecast.
  • Access the request system and forecasts

BoM credentials required

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Developing and accessing fire predictions to assist in resource planning, strategies, tactics and warnings and advice

ForesightBushfire
Foresight Bushfire
  • Spatial interactive display allowing hourly forecast weather and fire behaviour at 1.5km resolution
  • EMCOP / Foresight

EmCOP credentials required

eMapObservations
eMap Bushfire Line Interval Tool
  • Spatial interactive display allowing hourly forecast weather and fire behaviour at 1.5km resolution
  • Utilise predicted direction and rates of spread to plot a progression line for informing initial warnings and advice.
  • Create consequence report

     

FFMVic credentials required

eMapObservations
eMap Bushfire Predictive Services
  • Locate Phoenix automated predictions and hand sketched fire predictions in eMap and identify assumptions and limitations of predictive products

     

EmCOP credentials required

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Planned burn ignition approval, reviewing forecast and observed weather

FuelManagementSystemv2
Fuel Management System
  • Utilise FMS to locate burn plans for specific planned burn events

FFMVic credentials required

ForesightBushfire
Foresight Planned Burning
  • Utilise Foresight planned burning to find planned burns review prescriptions and forecast fire weather if needed

FFMVic credentials required

IncidentWeatherForecast
Incident Weather Forecast
  • Identify fuel treatments that require additional forecast information via an Incident Weather Forecast.
  • Access the request System and locate forecasts

BoM credentials required

CombinedFireWeatherBriefing
Victoria Combined Weather
  • Current weather observations from AWS network as well as FDI values

FFMVic credentials required

FieldWeatherObservations
Field Weather Observations
  • Considerations for field operations including
    • Frequency
    • Reliability

Long term forecast for fire danger period declaration / cessation and providing seasonal outlook briefings to volunteers/external agencies

AustraliaFireDangerProducts
Australian Fire Danger Products
  • Outlooks for potential to see higher or lower FBI values for extended outlook periods

BoM credentials required

BushfireAnalyticsTrends
Bushfire Analytics and Trends
  • Relative values for
    • Grassland curing
    • Fire size
    • Rainfall
  • Viewed for various spatial boundaries
  • AWS site statistics and trends

BoM credentials required

BOMLongTermRainful
BoM Long Term Rainfall Outlook
  • Provides long term rainfall outlook scenarios based on long term climate modelling

BoM credentials required

BOMAustralianWaterOutlook
BoM Australian Water Outlook
  • Provides relative and actual historical water availability at various soil depths indicating drought stress on plants

BoM credentials required

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