Warmer and drier conditions have increased the potential for large and severe fire seasons across south‐eastern Australia

[1 ]<idGroup xmlns="http://www.wiley.com/namespaces/wiley"> <id type="ringgold" value="6314"></id> </idGroup> Pacific Forestry Centre Canadian Forest Service Natural Resources Canada Victoria British Columbia Canada

[2 ]Research Centre for Future Landscapes Department of Environment and Genetics La Trobe University Bundoora Victoria Australia

[3 ]<idGroup xmlns="http://www.wiley.com/namespaces/wiley"> <id type="ringgold" value="8691"></id> </idGroup> Centre for Environmental Risk Management of Bushfire University of Wollongong Wollongong New South Wales Australia

[4 ]<idGroup xmlns="http://www.wiley.com/namespaces/wiley"> <id type="ringgold" value="6489"></id> </idGroup> NSW Bushfire Risk Management Research Hub Wollongong New South Wales Australia

[5 ]Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment Western Sydney University Penrith New South Wales Australia

[6 ]School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences University of Melbourne Creswick Victoria Australia