Fire Extent and Severity Mapping (FESM): NSW Fire Severity from Sentinel 2

A statewide map of fire extent and severity for New South Wales, Australia, developed by the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water in collaboration with the NSW Rural Fire Service. The data is produced through a semi-automated machine learning framework based on Sentinel 2 satellite imagery and classifies fire severity into standardized classes from unburnt to extreme. The dataset was last updated on 2026-04 27.

Use Cases

• Assessing landscape recovery and biomass loss based on standardized fire severity classes.
• Comparing the impact of different fire events across New South Wales based on the statewide severity map.
• Training or validating machine learning models for satellite-based fire detection using the described semi-automated framework.
• Informing post-fire land management and conservation planning based on canopy scorch and consumption metrics.

Strengths

• Provides a standardized classification scheme (unburnt, low, moderate, high, extreme) enabling cross-fire comparison.
• Developed in collaboration with the authoritative NSW Rural Fire Service, suggesting operational relevance.
• Based on Sentinel 2 satellite imagery, a consistent and publicly available remote sensing source.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and spatial resolution are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description does not specify the exact temporal coverage of the fire events mapped.

Provenance

Source

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, in collaboration with the NSW Rural Fire Service.

Collection Method

Semi-automated machine learning framework applied to Sentinel 2 satellite imagery.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-27 08:25:04.682740; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Statewide coverage of New South Wales, Australia.