Impact of climate change on long-term fire danger
May 2005
A report produced by H. Grant Pearce, A. Brett Mullan and M. James Salinger of the National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd (NIWA) and Todd W. Opperman, Darrin Woods and John R. Moore of Forest Research Ltd for the New Zealand Fire Service.
The report assesses that future fire activity is likely to increase as a result of global warming and associated climate change, and investigates how potential climate change effects are likely to change future fire danger through application of climate change scenarios to the long-term fire weather records. The report applies regional climate change scenarios for the 2080s to the long-term weather records for individual stations contained in the fire danger climatology database. An objective of the report is to enable New Zealand rural fire authorities to make more informed fire management decisions on fire prevention and preparedness activities now and in the future.
Availability:
- Download pdf version from the National Rural Fire Authority website (PDF 3MB)
- Printed copies of this manual are not available.
For more information contact the New Zealand National Rural Fire Authority.
