A Shield of Fire on the Far South Coast
A coordinated autumn burn programme by FCNSW, RFS and NPWS quietly took roughly 13,700 asset-impact events off the table. We re-ran the worst day on record to measure it.
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Analysis from the model and the fireground.
What we find when we run the numbers, what happens when the prediction meets the fire, and the occasional piece of company news.
Kemps Lane Fire: from simulation to operational reality
I ran a simulation out of curiosity on a Friday afternoon. Two hours later my pager went off and I was standing in it.
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A new chapter: FiSci is now open for business in the USA
Country-wide vegetation and fire scar data across America, and the Mitigate platform behind it.
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Simon Davis joins the FiSci advisory board
A strategic partnership with C2 Operations, and two decades of Australian fire and emergency services leadership joining our advisory board.
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Mind the gaps: why high-resolution analysis matters in a wet fire season
A wet year leaves patchy burns. The unburnt gaps are tomorrow's fuel — and the question is which of them matter.
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Fiery precision: what a drive down the Stuart Highway reveals about fire scar accuracy
Ground-truthing a deep learning fire scar model with Google Street View, and finding it correct down to a single clump of trees.
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From insight to action: prescriptive analytics in Mitigate
Part three of three. Once you know where fire will go, the question becomes what to do about it.
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Modelling risk before fire strikes: predictive analytics in Mitigate
Part two of three. Where will danger come from, what is most at risk, and how will fire actually move?
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Understanding descriptive analytics in bushfire mitigation
Part one of three. Before you can model anything, you have to know what is actually there.
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Fuelling resilience: lessons from wildfires past and present
The Los Angeles fires, Black Summer, and what belongs in a fire risk management strategy.
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From machine learning to wildfires: my unconventional path to FiSci
Space debris lasers, a decade at Hivery, Black Summer, and a pager.
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Smoke taint: a silent threat to vineyards
Volatile phenolic compounds, unmarketable wine, and over $100 million lost in NSW alone.
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My first month as a co-founder at FiSci
On saying yes, on being out of your depth after twenty years, and on how generous the firetech industry turned out to be.
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The impact of bushfires on the renewable energy industry
Solar farms, wind turbines and hydro — and why proactive risk reduction belongs in the operating budget.
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FiSci ignites: harnessing AI to combat wildfires
The official launch of FiSci.
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