Report on the meteorological aspects of the catastrophic bushfires in south-eastern Tasmania on 7 February 1967.

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Melbourne: The Bureau, 1967Description: vii, 17p., [34]p.: ill., [28] pages of charts + 1 folded mapDDC classification:

P 551.509946 REP

Subject: The bushfire disaster which struck southeast Tasmania on 7 February 1967, was the most severe in the State's history. The death role from the fire was 62, nearly 1,000 sq mi of country was burnt, and total damage was estimated at between 40 and 50 million dollars. After a lush growing season in the spring of 1966 a very dry summer was experienced in southeast Tasmania with rainfall well below 50 percent of normal. Rising temperatures from 3 - 6 February culminated in severe "blow-up" conditions on 7 February. Meteorological factors associated with the extreme fire-danger situation of 7 February are examined in detail. The investigation of fire weather parameters indicates that the fire behaviour was largely governed by the two dimensional windfield

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	P551.509946 REP (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		004513380

"Issued by the Director of Meteorology, Melbourne, November 1967"--T.p.

"Prepared by H. G. Bond, K. Mackinnon and P. F. Noar, Regional Office, Tasmania"--T.p.

At head of title: Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology

Bibliography: p.15

The bushfire disaster which struck southeast Tasmania on 7 February 1967, was the most severe in the State's history. The death role from the fire was 62, nearly 1,000 sq mi of country was burnt, and total damage was estimated at between 40 and 50 million dollars. After a lush growing season in the spring of 1966 a very dry summer was experienced in southeast Tasmania with rainfall well below 50 percent of normal. Rising temperatures from 3 - 6 February culminated in severe "blow-up" conditions on 7 February. Meteorological factors associated with the extreme fire-danger situation of 7 February are examined in detail. The investigation of fire weather parameters indicates that the fire behaviour was largely governed by the two dimensional windfield

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.