Technical resources
Bureau of Meteorology Product Guides
A suite of product guides from the Bureau of Meteorology.
An Explanation of Fire Weather District Ratings Calculations
Understanding the 'ten percent rule', also known as 'the 90th percentile rule' to determine the Fire Behaviour Index and Fire Danger Rating.
AFDRS Products Self-Learning Guides
These self-learning guides will help orientate you and support you in learning how to use key product of the AFDRS including the Fuel State Editor, Fire Danger Viewer and BOM products.
Australian Fire Danger Rating System Style Guidelines
This style guide has been created to assist in maintaining a consistent identity for the AFDRS.
AFDRS Training Further Information
These brief documents support particular groups in understanding how they can learn to use the AFDRS.
Fire Behaviour Index Quick Guides
A range of essential guides to support practitioners in understanding how to use the FBI for decision-making.
Grass Fuel State Fact Sheet
Grass curing, load and condition data is required for calculation of fire danger ratings in grasslands. Currently states and territories provide grass curing, condition, and load information via the Fuel State Editor.
Wind Change Danger Index Guide
The Wind Change Danger Index (WCDI) flag is used to highlight where wind information warrants closer inspection through other means.
AFDRS Fire Behaviour Index and Model Guides
These Fire Behaviour Index and Model Guides provide a technical description of each of the Fire Behaviour Models used in the AFDRS.
AFDRS in the International Journal of Wildland Fire
Introduction to the Australian Fire Danger Rating System This paper introduces the Australian Fire Danger Rating System (AFDRS), providing a short historical account of fire danger rating in Australia as well as the requirements for an improved forecast system.
A framework for defining fire danger to support fire management operations in Australia This manuscript identifies and defines transition points and categories for the AFDRS Research Prototype, and discusses user responses to the categorisation during a live trial evaluation of the AFDRS Research Prototype and reflect on limitations and potential improvements.
Australian Fire Danger Rating System: implementing fire behaviour calculations to forecast fire danger in a research prototype Prior to operational implementation of the AFDRS, a Research Prototype was built to test the input data and systems and evaluate the performance and potential outputs.
Live trial performance of the Australian Fire Danger Rating System – Research Prototype Live trial results are critically analysed, and knowledge gaps and recommendations for future work discussed.
Australian Fire Danger Rating System Research Prototype: a climatology This paper outlines a 19-year climatology of a Research Prototype of the new AFDRS, documenting its spatial and temporal characteristics.