Photo - Department of Sustainabilty and Environment
Learn from fire with staff ride
A collaboration between the Bushfire CRC and the Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service aims to assist fire agencies learn from a bushfire with a staff ride – a practical learning activity in analysing response to a fire.
CFA Chief Officer Euan Ferguson launched the conference
Collaborative program launched
More than 1400 delegates will come together in Melbourne from 2-5 September to discuss the latest challenges and trends in emergency management at the biggest and most important all hazards conference of its kind in Australasia, the 20th AFAC and 10th Bushfire CRC conference.
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Promoting community bushfire preparedness
Fire Note 107 discusses an action research program that was developed around the Tasmania Fire Service’s Community Development Pilot. Findings from the pilot have facilitated the wider adoption and implementation of community engagement principals into broader Tasmania Fire Service community education programs.
Photo - Carrol Preston, Department of Sustainabilty and Environment
Fire and weather— understanding the extremes
Hot temperatures, high winds and low humidity are important factors in bushfire behaviour. Predicting these complex weather interactions is the goal of a Bushfire CRC project being led by the Bureau of Meteorology.
PhD students from around the world are enhancing fire research in Australia
Global views on fire science
Postgraduate students from around the world are bringing a diverse range of skills, experience and knowledge to enhance fire research through the Bushfire CRC.
End users can travel to conferences to promote their utilisation research
Travel grants available
Travel grants of up to $3000 are available for end users to discuss and promote their organisations use of Bushfire CRC research at major international conferences.
Photo - Department of Fire and Emergency Services WA
Predicting bushfire preparedness from bushfire expectations
Fire Note 108 outlines community preparedness research conducted into the bushfires that occurred in the Perth Hills in February 2011. It examines the link between several potential predictors of why residents prepare for a bushfire and different types of bushfire preparedness activities.
The Research Forum at the Perth 2012 conference
Research Forum – don’t miss it
The latest in fire science from around Australia and internationally will be showcased at this year’s Research Forum, which kicks off the AFAC and Bushfire CRC annual conference in Melbourne on 2 September.
FireDST is a proof of concept simulation system
Fire impact and risk evaluation
Fire Note 109 reports on the Fire Impact and Risk Evaluation Decision Support Tool (FireDST), a proof of concept simulation system that aims to provide critical fire planning information to emergency services, government and the public.
Fire Note 110 - smoke composition
Smoke composition and the flammability of forests and grasslands
Fire Note 110 focuses on the influence of the physical condition of different plant species from forests and grasslands in eastern and northern Australia.

The Research

UNDERSTANDING RISK

This program seeks to understand the underlying risk exposure of the community and the things it values. It will provide a better framework to understand how the risk is manifested and how communities respond, prepare and mitigate the risk in the context of their broader societal frameworks.

COMMUNICATIONG RISKnicating risk

This program focuses on the communication of risk and threat: how are warnings and information best communicated, which communications media should be used, and how does community education fit in to this picture?

MANAGING THE THREAT

This program addresses the scenario where the risk has translated into a direct threat. This particularly considers extreme events such as Black Saturday, 7 February 2009 in Victoria; these events are irregular and are not as well understood as more routine occurrences.

Bushfire Research Fund