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Authors: Brendon McAtee, George Milne, Joel Kelso, Gerrit van Burgel, Bonnie James,
Matthew Adams, Sean Macfarlane.
Abstract:
The WA Government’s FireWatch service has been using satellite remote sensing to monitor
bushfires across all of Australia for 12 years and is currently used by emergency services
agencies in WA, NT, SA and Qld.
A new project funded under the Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital
Economy through the Digital Regions Initiative is set to
expand the functionality of FireWatch to deliver more essential bushfire information
through incorporation of a Bushfire Simulator which will :
This presentation will summarise FireWatch as it currently exists, the vision for its expansion
and how it will utilise the new National Broadband Network for the benefit of regional and
remote communities.