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Bushfire Planning & Management (FRST90017)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
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Overview
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The course covers the fundamentals of setting and achieving bushfire management objectives for ecological and fire protection purposes in natural ecosystems. It covers the contents of a fire management plan, setting objectives, developing fire prescriptions, undertaking monitoring and evaluation of the management process, and review.
Intended learning outcomes
By the end of the subject students should:
- Be able to set fire management objectives for individual burns and for broader management areas.
- Be able to develop burning prescriptions to achieve fauna, flora, and protection objectives.
- Be able to use a knowledge of plant and animal life history attributes to devise sustainable fire regimes.
- Be able to devise fire management strategies and plans that maintain water quality and yield.
- Be able to use GIS programs to develop fire management plans.
- Be able to establish and run a monitoring program to assess the effectiveness of a fire management plan.
- Be familiar with the use of Codes of Practice to achieve world best practice in fire management.
- Be familiar with some key legal responsibilities related to fire management including the maintenance of biodiversity, protection from damaging fires and fire suppression.
Last updated: 11 October 2023
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 11 October 2023
Assessment
Additional details
- Several small daily "quizzes" (1000 word equivalent), due throughout the intensive teaching period (20%)
- Literature review assignment (1500 words), due 3 weeks after intensive teaching period end date (30%)
- Major assignment (2500 words), due 7 weeks after intensive teaching period end date (50%)
Last updated: 11 October 2023
Dates & times
- June
Principal coordinator Trent Penman Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 70 hours comprising of 1x five-day field trip in first week at the Creswick campus (35 hours practical work equivalent) and 35 hours lectures (12 hours), computer practicals (6 hours) and workshops (17 hours) during second week at the Parkville Campus. Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 3 June 2019 Pre teaching requirements During the pre-teaching period, students will be required to read materials provided via LMS. Students will be asked to contribute to travel, accommodation and food expenses while in the field of week 1. Teaching period 17 June 2019 to 28 July 2019 Last self-enrol date 5 June 2019 Census date 28 June 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 26 July 2019 Assessment period ends 18 August 2019 June contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Additional delivery details
During the pre-teaching period, students will be required to read materials provided via LMS.
Last updated: 11 October 2023
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
None
Recommended texts and other resources
- Bradstock, R.A., Williams, J.E. and Gill, A.M. (eds.) (2012) Flammable Australia - The Fire Regimes and Biodiversity of a Continent. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.. 462 pp.
- Cheney, N.P. and Sullivan, A. (1997) Grassfires - fuel, weather and fire behaviour. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, Australia. 102 pp.
- Finney, M.A. (1998) FARSITE: Fire Area Simulator - Model Development and Evaluation. U.S. Dept. Agriculture, Forest Service. Rocky Mountain Research Station, Research Paper RMRS-RP-4. 47 pp.
- Gill, A.M., Groves, R.H. and Noble, I.R. (eds.) (1981) Fire and the Australian Biota. Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, Australia.
- Pyne, S.J., Andrews, P.L, and Laven, R.D. (1996) Introduction to Wildland Fire. John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York. 769 pp.
- Tolhurst, K.G. and Cheney, N.P. (1999) Synopsis of the Knowledge Used in Prescribed Burning in Victoria. Dept. Natural Resources and Environment, Victoria. 97pp. ISBN: 0 7311 4446 5.
- Subject notes
This subject can be taken as part of the Graduate Certificate in Bushfire Planning and Management
- Incidental costs
Students will be asked to contribute to travel, accommodation and food expenses while in the field of week 1.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Urban Planning Course Master of Forest Ecosystem Science Course Graduate Certificate in Bushfire Planning and Management - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 11 October 2023