- Title:
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Smoke and the Control of Bushfires
- Date:
- April 2006
- Organisations
- BCRC
- Authors:
- Fire Note 3 - This Fire Note is a synthesis of research projects into smoke management and smoke composition.
Overview
Smoke from bushfires, and from prescribed fires that may be lit outside the bushfire season, can raise environmental and human health issues.
Air quality concerns, expressed by people living in cities and towns, provide an added dimension to the management of both prescribed fires and, to an extent, bushfires. So too do concerns about smoke damage to certain agricultural crops such as grapes, and the safety related concerns of motorists and airline operators.
As well as its impacts on the wider community, smoke can also directly impact on those involved in the management of a fire, such as fire-fighters and aircraft operators. The fire and land management agencies who are partners in the Bushfire CRC and the Australasian Fire Authorities Council have identifi ed the better management of smoke as one of the more important issues confronting bushfire managers in Australia and New Zealand.
