Australian state and territory fire agencies currently use a range of tools and data sources, and have varying data capabilities with some technological barriers to sharing data and tools. This makes it challenging to coordinate research across multiple jurisdictions, which is especially important when emergency events occur across state boundaries.
There are several steps in developing the shared bushfire data framework:
The resulting framework will be the basis of the data sharing agreements for the fire history and fuel data projects in the Bushfire Data Challenges program.
The project has developed a robust and enduring framework to facilitate new understanding of bushfire behaviour through simple access to core data sets. A key challenge was addressing technological and trust barriers, and barriers associated with sharing data and tools. The framework is enabling AFAC to use its extensive collaboration network to create an enduring capability.
The framework will be available soon.
