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Useful links and applications
Saturday, 22nd June 2024
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.pdfApps for Android
http://hotspotsfireproject.org.au/downloads/s3cur3f0ld3r/information-apps-and-links-for-landholders-android.pdf