ACT Fire Danger Rating And Total Fire Ban Declarations

2026-03-10 updated data from the ACT Emergency Services Agency provides daily fire danger ratings and total fire ban declarations. The dataset includes ratings like Extreme or Catastrophic, which advise on bushfire threat levels. It is authored by Greg Tankard for the ACT Government Open Data platform.

Use Cases

• Analyze declared Total Fire Ban days to correlate with forecast weather conditions and fire danger ratings.
• Model the frequency and conditions leading to Extreme or Catastrophic fire danger ratings for threat assessment.
• Track the temporal sequence of Fire Danger Rating Meter declarations to identify seasonal risk patterns.

Strengths

• Data is current, with a last update timestamp of 2026-03-10 02:27:32.886086.
• Sourced from the authoritative ACT Emergency Services Agency, which declares official ratings and bans.
• Includes specific, actionable threat levels like Extreme and Catastrophic for risk communication.

Limitations

• Unknown data volume and structure, as row count, column names, and sample data are unavailable.
• Geographic scope is limited to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), restricting broader regional analysis.
• Data format is XML, which may require parsing and transformation for direct use in common analytical tools.

Provenance

Source

ACT Government Open Data, authored by Greg Tankard.

Collection Method

Declared by the ACT Emergency Services Agency based on forecast weather conditions.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10.

Geography

Australian Capital Territory (ACT)