Exploring the Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Fire Incidence and the Influence of Socio-Economic Status: A Case Study from South East Queensland, Australia

Using four types of fire incidence, namely calls for property, vehicle, secondary fires and malicious false alarms, this paper explores their spatiotemporal dynamics and the relationship to socioeconomic status. Combining both spatial and temporal dimensions using a novel technique, called the 'comap', each incident type is visually explored, arguing that its application permits new insights into their dynamics and allows questions Such as - for a particular type of fire incident what are the salient spatio-ternporal patterns and how do these vary for differing levels of disadvantage, to be answered for the first time.