FireTools Cloud Results for NPWS Hunter Central Coast Branch

FireTools Cloud Results provide GIS data on fire history and vegetation status for reserves in the NPWS Hunter Central Coast Branch. The data includes layers for heritage threshold status, number of times burnt, and time since last fire, updated up to four times per year. It was developed by the NSW Bushfire Risk Management Research Hub, a partnership between NSW government departments and several universities.

Use Cases

• Monitor vegetation fire regime status based on the Heritage Threshold Status layer.
• Identify candidate burn blocks for hazard reduction based on the Time Since Last Fire SFAZ classification.
• Analyze fire frequency impacts on specific locations using the Number of Times Burnt layer.
• Visualize vegetation groups across the study area using the Vegcode display layer.

Strengths

• Data is updated up to four times per year, suggesting regular maintenance.
• Results are provided in both raster and vector formats for multiple key analysis layers.
• The dataset is produced by a multi-institutional research hub involving government and academic partners.

Limitations

• Results are only true and correct for reserves within the NPWS Hunter Central Coast Branch; fire history outside reserves is incomplete.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Collection Method

Processed via the FireTools Cloud web-based GIS environment, which replicates the FireTools II ArcGIS plugin.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 03:43:26.078902

Geography

NPWS Hunter Central Coast Branch reserves, New South Wales, Australia