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June 2010
Read here the summary of Rural Fire Research work for the 09/10 year : July 2009 - June 2010.
A third Rural Fire Research Workshop is to be held in Christchurch on 10th, 11th November 2010. Registration will be required. Contact Grant Pearce by email for further information.
May 2010
Fire team leader, Stuart Anderson, moves on.
February 2010
Research Highlights July 2009 - February 2010, as presented at the recent Rural Fire Committee meeting.
December 2009
Rural Fire Research Update - Issue 6 Thresholds for fire development in gorse
Fire Technology Transfer Note #38 - Summary of Rural Fire Authority fire danger communications in Northland
September 2009
Rural Fire Research Update – Issue 5 Case Study: Mount Cook Station Fire, January 2008
Rural Fire Research Reports – Case Study, Mount Cook Station Fire, January 2008
Rural Fire Research Reports - Validating the moisture codes of the FWI System in NZ pine plantations
August 2009
Technology Transfer Note # 37 – Overview of Rural Fire Insurance Issues and Lessons Learned from the Wither Hills Fire, December 2000.
Rural Fire Research Report – Overview of Rural Fire Insurance Issues.
Rural Fire Research Report – Lessons Learned: Wither hills Fire, Blenheim, December 2000.
Rural Fire Research Report – Review of fire recovery planning in two regions of New Zealand.
May 2009
Rural Fire Research Report - Review of fire growth simulation models for application in New Zealand
Rural Fire Research Report - Fire behaviour as a determinant of fire effects in tussock grasslands
Rural Fire Research Report - Review of fire recovery planning in two regions of New Zealand
Rural Fire Research Update - Issue 4 Fuel load recovery in tussock grasslands
KEY CONTACTS
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Grant Pearce
Fire Scientist -
Brian Richardson
Group Manager New Forests & Forestry Science