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Picture drawing a circle around ‘home’ on a map and it probably extends well beyond the property. For most, home exists within the surrounding landscape, a place filled with...
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Fire Note 131: In October 2013, bushfires swept across parts of New South Wales, leaving a trail of destruction and loss. The NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) commissioned the...
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In October 2013, bushfires swept across parts of New South Wales, leaving a trail of destruction and loss. Following the fires, the NSW Rural Fire Service commissioned the...
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Fire Note 127: Understanding how a bushfire progresses from ignition to conflagration is essential to planning effective suppression strategies and issuing public warnings –...
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This article was published in the Summer 2011-12 edition of Fire Australia magazine. Pioneering Bushfire CRC research is helping children learn about bushfires and other hazards...
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Many rural/urban landscapes, while a fire risk, are beautiful. In many cases this beauty is the reason why people choose to live in these areas, despite the risk. This pilot...
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Fire Note 121: This pilot research project applied the process of ‘place mapping’, a new approach for fire and land management agencies, to gain a better understanding of how...
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January 2013 saw areas around Yass, Shoalhaven and Coonabarabran impacted by large fires. At the request of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, the Bushfire CRC coordinated a...
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The report of a Bushfire CRC task force following the January 2013 Tasman Peninsula bushfire was released as part of the 2013 Tasmanian Bushfires Inquiry. The Bushfire CRC task...
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The Bushfire CRC seasonal bushfire outlooks, published twice a year before the start of the northern and southern Australian bushfire seasons, are key outputs from your Bushfire...
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Presentation at the Research Forum of the 2013 Bushfire CRC and AFAC Annual Conference in Melbourne.
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Presentation at the Research Forum of the 2013 Bushfire CRC and AFAC Annual Conference in Melbourne.
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Fire Note 116: Large areas of southern Australia, especially along the east and west coasts extending inland, face above normal fire potential for the 2013-2014 fire season,...
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The formal proceedings of the Research Forum, held as part of the Bushfire CRC and AFAC 2012 Conference in Perth are now available. The Research Forum opened the conference week...
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Evidence from several sources indicates that during the 2009 Victorian bushfires (Black Saturday), many couples did not have a bushfire plan, others failed to execute their plans...
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The full proceedings from the 2012 Research Forum are now available. Held as part of the annual conference in Perth, the Research Forum focuses on the delivery of research...
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Fire agencies are seeking to understand if and how individuals and households prepare for a bushfire. They need to know if individuals and households prepare in different respects...
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Fire Note 108: Fire agencies are seeking to understand if and how individuals and households prepare for a bushfire. They need to know if individuals and households prepare in...
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Despite the significant resources devoted to bushfire public education, people living in communities at risk of bushfire continue to demonstrate reluctance to adopt bushfire...
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Fire Note 107: Despite the significant resources devoted to bushfire public education, people living in communities at risk of bushfire continue to demonstrate reluctance to...
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The Bushfire CRC, in partnership with the Australian Science Media Centre, today conducted an online background briefing on bushfires. The briefing discussed the current state of...
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The Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre is honoured to be recognised by a Highly Commended award in this year’s national Resilient Australia Awards, for the impact of its...
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The Bushfire CRC has published Fire Note Issue 100. View Fire Note 100 here. Fire Note 100 is a special edition that looks back on the broad range of fire research projects that...
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Fire Note 100: This Fire Note is a special edition that looks back on the broad range of fire research projects that have been summarised in Fire Notes since 2005. It also looks...
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