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Fire Behaviour inputs

List of all Fire Behaviour in the RMP.

Updated over 2 months ago

Permissions:

  • Only certain user roles can view and edit data in Settings.

  • NPWS users can only see Impact Analysis inputs and can edit their own inputs.

  • Only RMP admin can download geospatial data for sensitive categories.

Input name

Phoenix RapidFire XML name

Description

File type

Example of file names

Can you change the default?

Can you override in a project ?

Location in RMP

Fuel

PathFuel

Fuel for NSW/ACT+50km or study area packaged with a geospatial visualisation file

Phoenix input: .ZIP of a ASCII raster

Geospatial visualisation: .ZIP of a .tif

FuelType_NSW_v402_20230825_20m_Phoenix.ZIP of a shapefile of a shapefile

Note: Filename must end with phoenix.ZIP of a shapefile of a shapefile

FuelType_NSW_v402_20230825_20m.tif.ZIP of a shapefile of a shapefile

Note: Filename must not end with phoenix.ZIP of a shapefile of a shapefile

Yes

Yes

Default

Settings > Inputs > Fire Behaviour > Phoenix RapidFire inputs

Fuel Type

PathFuelType

Fuel hazard settings for each fuel type

.xml

FuelType_NSW_v402_20221011.xml

Yes

Yes

Default input

Settings > Inputs > Fire Behaviour > Phoenix RapidFire inputs

DEM

PathDEM

Elevation in metres covering NSW/ACT+50km

.ZIP of a ASCII raster

DEM_NSW_20230515.ZIP of a shapefile of a shapefile

Yes

Yes

Default input

Settings > Inputs > Fire Behaviour > Phoenix RapidFire inputs

Fire History

PathFireHistory

Most recent fire history covering NSW/ACT+50km.
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Date is in the following format: YYYMMDD

Phoenix input: .ZIP of a ASCII raster

Geospatial visualisation:

.ZIP of a shapefile

Phoenix input:
FireHistory_NSW_20231220_Phoenix.ZIP

Note: Filename must end with phoenix.ZIP

Geospatial visualisation:

FireHistory_NSW_20231220_shapefile.ZIP

Note: Filename must not end with phoenix.ZIP

Yes

Yes

Default input

Settings > Inputs > Fire Behaviour > Phoenix RapidFire inputs

Road proximity

PathRoadProximity

Distance to nearest road in metres covering NSW/ACT+50km

.ZIP of a shapefile of ASCII raster

RoadProx_NSWVICQLDSA_20230908.ZIP

Yes

Yes

Default input

Settings > Inputs > Fire Behaviour > Phoenix RapidFire inputs

Disruption

PathDisruption

Width of major disruptions (roads, railways, rivers, cliffs) covering NSW/ACT+50km

.ZIP of a ASCII raster

Disruptions_NSWVICQLDSA_20230510.ZIP

Yes

Yes

Default input

Settings > Inputs > Fire Behaviour > Phoenix RapidFire inputs

Wind modifiers

PathWindModifiers

Wind modifiers covering NSW/ACT+50km

.ZIP of a ASCII raster

WindModifiers_NSWVICQLDSA_20211020.ZIP

Yes

Yes

Default input

Settings > Inputs > Fire Behaviour > Phoenix RapidFire inputs

Suppression

PathSuppression

Suppression types with their corresponding suppression rates and constraint types

.XML

SuppressionRates_FromUoM_20231121.xml

Yes

Yes

Default input

Settings > Inputs > Fire Behaviour > Phoenix RapidFire inputs

Projection

PathProjection

Projection of all spatial inputs

.prj

Projection_NSWLambertsCC.prj

Yes

Yes

Default input

Settings > Inputs > Fire Behaviour > Phoenix RapidFire inputs

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