Another great “good news story” from the annals of WA bushfire history! This is the account by Neville Brass and John Skillen of events at Dwellingup in 1978 when a potential …
Front Page WA Bushfire History1978 Dwellingup Fire Story
Front PageMedia Release
New research confirms value of fuel reduction burning in karri forests Peer-reviewed research published in the Australian Forestry journal has confirmed something that forest firefighters have long known: if forests …
Front Page Letters Prescribed BurningLetter from Minister Dawson re: Prescribed Burning 
Dear Mr Underwood Officers from the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions andDepartment of Fire and Emergency Services have reviewed the Zylstra etal. (2022) paperand consider that the data does …
Front Page Prescribed BurningCultural Burning
The concept of “cultural burning” is attracting a great deal of interest these days. We understand the term to mean the burning of the bush in the manner of Aboriginal …
Front Page UncategorisedBushfire Front Confronts Anti-fire Campaign!
LETTER TO MINISTER Dear Minister Campaign to undermine bushfire management in WA I feel sure we do not need to bring to your attention the insidious, dishonest and calculated campaign …
Front Page Prescribed BurningZounds Professor Zylstra
The expression of truth is simplicity. Seneca the Younger 4BC-65AD The late Professor John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was a well known fiction writer, one of his books being ‘Lord of …
Front Page Prescribed BurningOne year on…Wandoo forest aerial burn
In March 2021 I was on a field trip into the wandoo forest of the Helena catchment, when I came across Parks and Wildlife staff just commencing an aerial burn. …
Jarrahdale dodges a wildfire bullet
In summer 2007, I planned and supervised the establishment of a research thinning trial in regrowth jarrah (E.marginata) forest about 15 km east of the Western Australian town of Jarrahdale. …
Front Page Prescribed BurningHistorical Letters on Fire
Four More Historical Letters on Fire ‘History is philosophy from examples.’ – Dionysius of Halicarnassus, circa 30 BC In south-west Australia, over the past few decades, there has been both constructive …
Front PageSubmission to the Independent Inquiry into the Wooroloo bushfire
Submission to the Independent Inquiry into the Wooroloo bushfire September 2021 The Bushfire FrontWe are an independent organisation comprising experienced bushfire scientists, and specialists in bushfire prevention and operations. Our …