New features
Local projects
Create Local projects to run scenarios that assess bush fire risks in a localised area. There are three types of Local projects:
Modelled Impact Time (MOI)—these assess which ignitions could impact an asset and when the impact could happen.
Individual Treatment Comparison (ITC) and Brigade Treatment Comparison (BRG)—these assess different treatment options in an area to understand the differences in risk reduction.
New Statewide projects
Create Statewide projects to run scenarios that assess bushfire risk across the state. There are two new Statewide project types:
AWP Forecast—these assess the efficiency of potential future Annual Works Plans.
AWP Evaluation—these assess the impact of bush fire mitigation undertaken by past Annual Works Plans.
Weather Library
Store and manage weather days (the weather conditions for a specific day) and weather packages (a collection of weather days) in the weather library, and apply them to your modelling project. RMP Admin users can upload the following two data types for your weather days:
Point—weather data recorded at a specific geographic location (point) and applied to a broader area, incorporating changes over time. You can view the charts by clicking on an individual point data weather day’s overflow menu (three dots).
NetCDF—data is weather data that incorporates how weather changes geospatially and over time. You can view NetCDF data geospatially by clicking on an individual NetCDF weather day’s overflow menu.
Environmental, Cultural and Heritage asset types (NPWS)
View Environmental, Cultural and Heritage assets (supplied by NPWS) in Settings and see the impact of bush risk in your run output layers. Only NPWS and RMP Admin users can upload and edit these inputs.
Supplementary Wildfire History (SWH)
Add proposed treatments to a Supplementary Wildfire History (SWH) file and upload it for specific projects and scenarios. You can include treatments in your SWH file.
Fire Spread animation
Generate a fire spread animation for an ignition point’s weather streams on a completed Impact Analysis run’s map. The Fire Spread is a cell-based animation showing which cells are affected by burns and embers. Ignitions start at 11:00 (apart from RMP Sandbox, where you can change the time).
Quality Assurance (QA) on BFRMP and ITC projects runs
When a BFRMP and ITC project run is complete, the Rural Fire Service (RFS) admin and National Parks and Wildlife Services (NPWS) can submit a QA review on Impact Analysis runs.
BIP export for BFRMP run outputs
Export Accepted run outputs to the Bushfire Information Portal (BIP). This feature exports a subset of data from all currently Accepted runs. You cannot export individual runs.
RMP Sandbox
Experiment with modelling projects and explore hypothetical scenarios in a standalone environment without impacting data in the RMP (production environment). The RMP pushes data to the RMP Sandbox, but not the other way around.
Enhancements
Adding new asset types
Add new asset types as default inputs (if you need a Vulnerability Curve for your asset that does not currently exist in the RMP, you must add that before you add the asset).
Geospatial mapping enhancements
Enhancements to the colours and translucency of map layers, Ignition Points, and Fire Spread cells.