SESSIONS

Inferno: An advanced digital platform for bushfire risk analysis in planning and building

Timely and accurate characterisation of potential bushfire impact and radiant heat flux is essential for understanding and mitigating risk on vulnerable built structures, especially at the wildland-urban interface. Inferno is a new system designed to provide pinpoint meter-scale accuracy for bushfire spread and resulting radiant heat flux, including the AS3959 standard, on building footprints for planning and risk assessment. This presentation will showcase the system with demonstration of fire spread and radiant heat flux evaluation for several scenarios, demonstrating the speed, accuracy and ease-of-use of the system.

PRESENTER(S)

James Hilton

Principal Software Engineer, Covey Associates

James Hilton is a member of the Cedaryn/Covey bushfire team and lead developer of the Inferno bushfire platform. He has over 15 years’ experience in bushfire research and modelling including the development of Spark, the Australian national bushfire simulator, in his previous role at CSIRO. His research includes multiple publications in bushfire computational modelling, dynamics of fire spread, ember transport and remote sensing for bushfire applications.

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