Will environmental revegetation increase the threat wildfire poses to assets?

Abstract

Active and passive revegetation is dramatically altering vegetation characteristics across agricultural landscapes globally. There is concern within communities that increased fuel loads associated with revegetation will increase the threat wildfire poses to assets (i.e. life and property). However, the validity and generality of these concerns has not been examined and therefore requires scrutiny. Inherent difficulties associated with the experimental manipulation of fire and the detailed documentation of fire behavior during wildfire events necessitate the need for simulation modeling to address this complex environmental issue. The PHOENIX fire characterisation model was utilised to inves..