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AgForce welcomes breakthrough technology to predict bushfires
Innovative new technology to predict bushfires will soon be rolled out to ensure there is never a repeat of the catastrophic Black Summer fire season.
Spark is a cutting-edge bushfire simulation tool that will be used by firefighters across the country to help better protect our rural communities.
It combines current fire behaviour knowledge with state-of-the-art simulation science to produce predictions, statistics and visualisations of bushfire spread, as well as simulating hours of fire spread across a landscape in a matter of seconds – essentially helping firefighters to out-think fire, to anticipate its actions, and to get ahead of it, so they can beat it.
New Australian Warning System ‘Will Help Save Lives’
The new Australian Warning System uses nationally consistent icons to show hazards on websites and apps, working on a three-tier scale from Advice to Emergency.
It’s hoped a new Australian Warning System will deliver more consistent safety messages and help save lives across the country.
The system uses a set of icons to show incidents on websites and apps that are supported by calls to action.
Emergency Management Minister David Littleproud says it delivers on the recommendations of the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements.
The commission was established in response to the extreme bushfire season of 2019/20 in which the firefighting effort stretched across the country.