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Saturday, 22nd June 2024

Useful links and applications

NSW Rural Fire Service – fire information

Fires Near Me - http://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/fire-information/fires-near-me

Stay up to date - http://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/news-and-media/stay-up-to-date

Fire Danger Ratings and Total Fire Bans - https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/fire-information/fdr-and-tobans

NSW Rural Fire Service – fire management

My Fire Plan - https://www.myfireplan.com.au/

Plan and Prepare - https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/plan-and-prepare

Bush Fire Environmental Assessment Code - https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/resources/publications/hazard-reduction/bush-fire-environmental-assessment-code

Emergency information

State Emergency Service - https://www.ses.nsw.gov.au/

Emergency Plus App - https://www.emergencyplus.com.au/

Bushfire io - https://bushfire.io/

Hazards Near Me App - https://www.nsw.gov.au/emergency/hazards-near-me-app

Ecological information

NSW Threatened Species - http://www.nswthreatenedspecies.net/

OEH Threatened Species - http://environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspeciesapp/

Atlas of Living Australia - http://www.ala.org.au/

iNaturalist - https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/

PlantNET - http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/

Eucalypts of Australia - https://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html

Weed Futures - http://www.weedfutures.net/

Trees Near Me App - https://treesnearme.app/

Fire and Restoration Resource Hub - https://fireandrestoration.org.au/

Queensland Fire and Biodiversity Consortium - http://www.fireandbiodiversity.org.au

Soil Health Card - https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/soils/soil-testing-and-analysis/health-card

Fire Ants Eradication National Program - https://www.fireants.org.au/

ifaw Wildlife Rescue App - https://www.ifaw.org/au/resources/wildlife-rescue-app

NSW Government Fire Research - https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/fire/research

Weather and Climate Change data

Bureau of Meteorology MetEye - http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/meteye/

Bureau of Meteorology App - http://www.bom.gov.au/app/

Bureau of Meteorology Indigenous Weather Knowledge - http://www.bom.gov.au/iwk/index.shtml

Windy - https://www.windy.com/?-33.871,151.201,5

AdaptNSW - https://www.climatechange.environment.nsw.gov.au/home

Cultural Heritage

Aboriginal Heritage Information Management System - http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/awssapp/login.aspx

Cultural Seasonal Calendars - https://www.menvironmental.com.au/resources

Bureau of Meteorology Indigenous Weather Knowledge - http://www.bom.gov.au/iwk/index.shtml

Satellite data

Landgate Fire Watch - http://firewatch-pro.landgate.wa.gov.au/home.php

Landgate Satellite Imagery - http://srss.landgate.wa.gov.au/

Google Earth - https://www.google.com/earth/

Open source GIS - http://qgis.org/en/site/

Data products

Earth Data - https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/data-access/browse-data-products

Australian Government Data - http://www.data.gov.au

BioNet - http://www.bionet.nsw.gov.au/

BioNet Resources - https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/animals-and-plants/biodiversity/nsw-bionet/resources

SEED Portal - https://www.seed.nsw.gov.au/

SixMaps - http://maps.six.nsw.gov.au/

Fire Extent and Severity Mapping - https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/fire-extent-and-severity-mapping-fesm

NSW Spatial Collaboration Portal - https://portal.spatial.nsw.gov.au/portal/apps/sites/#/homepage

Apps for Apple

http://hotspotsfireproject.org.au/downloads/s3cur3f0ld3r/information-apps-and-links-for-landholders-apple.pdf

Apps for Android

http://hotspotsfireproject.org.au/downloads/s3cur3f0ld3r/information-apps-and-links-for-landholders-android.pdf

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