Fires overview

Fires

Map of fires from agency records

View how historical fire records have changed over time and space.

Map of fires from satellite records

Satellite Records

View remote sensing data to see where fires have been captured.

Acknowledgements

This site was developed by FLARE Wildfire Research and Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) in collaboration with:

Melbourne Climate Futures
Wildfire Futures
Melbourne Centre for Data Science

FLARE Wildfire Research is part of the School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences (SAFES).

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