Bushfire Planning & Management (FRST90017)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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Overview
| Availability | September |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
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
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Five online "quizzes" (1000 word equivalent), due throughout the online teaching period (20%)
| Throughout the teaching period | 20% |
Literature review assignment (1500 words), due 2 weeks after intensive teaching period end date (30%)
| 2 Weeks after the end of teaching | 30% |
Major assignment (2500 words), due 5 weeks after intensive teaching period end date (50%)
| 5 Weeks after the end of teaching | 50% |
Last updated: 11 October 2023
Dates & times
- September
Principal coordinator Trent Penman Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 35 hours of workshops and laboratory time during intensive teaching period. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 14 September 2020 to 25 October 2020 Last self-enrol date 22 September 2020 Census date 2 October 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 6 November 2020 Assessment period ends 29 November 2020
Time commitment details
170 hours
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.
- 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.
- Subject notes
- Incidental costs
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Urban Planning Course Master of Ecosystem Management and Conservation 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.
Please note Single Subject Studies via Community Access Program is not available to student visa holders or applicants
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
Last updated: 11 October 2023