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Fire Heterogeneity Index (FHI) 2017/18

Created 24/06/2025

Updated 19/10/2025

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Remote sensing scientists from the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (NSW DCCEEW) Science and Insights Division have developed a new approach to mapping the landscape patterns of high severity fire, based on NSW Fire Extent and Severity Mapping (FESM). High severity fire impacts an ecosystem by completely scorching or consuming the canopy biomass. Such impacts can be harmful to biodiversity, although some species benefit or even depend on this level of fire impact. Recent advances in remote sensing of fire and innovative computation solutions by DCCEEW Remote Sensing Scientists offer accessibility to data on fire severity and landscape patterns of fire heterogeneity across broad regions.

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Title Fire Heterogeneity Index (FHI) 2017/18
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/896da3ff-6b5d-4fa6-9726-7f683500a29c
Remote Last Updated 08/10/2025
Contact Point
NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
?datansw@customerservice.nsw.gov.au
Reference Period 01/07/2017 - 30/06/2018
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on DataNSW "Fire Heterogeneity Index (FHI) 2017/18". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/nsw-fire-heterogeneity-index-201718