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This report describes the development and analysis of a dataset containing bushfire related life loss in Australia between 1901 and 2011. Over this time period 260 bushfires have...
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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...
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Fire Note 109: This Fire Note reports on the Fire Impact and Risk Evaluation Decision Support Tool (FireDST), a proof of concept simulation system that aims to provide critical...
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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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This article appeared in the Autumn 2013 edition of Fire Australia magazine. By Professor Barbara Norman Clear guidelines for planning in new housing areas are needed to respond...
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This article appeared in the Autumn 2013 edition of Fire Australia magazine. Postgraduate students from around the world are bringing a diverse range of skills, experience and...
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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 Summer 2013 edition of Fire Australia is out now, featuring Bushfire CRC research into improving firefighter health and safety on the cover. Other feature articles include a...
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Following the 2009 Victorian bushfires, members of the Bushfire CRC Research Task Force interviewed a cross-section of survivors. Analyses of the interview transcripts showed that...
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Fire Note 104 presents examples of social networks, aiming to understand the quality and characteristics of a social network that can aid bushfire preparedness. View the Fire Note...
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Fire Note 104: This Fire Note presents examples of social networks, aiming to understand the quality and characteristics of a social network that can aid bushfire preparedness. In...
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An overview of the the Risk and Fuels in the rural-urban Interface project by Lead End-User Leader Mike Wouters, from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, South...
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Fire Note 102 explains the importance of a knowledge management system for the development of bushfire communication products. View the Fire Note here. This Fire Note shows the...
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Fire Note 102: This Fire Note explains the importance of a knowledge management system for the development of bushfire communication products. It shows the potential benefits of...
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As serious bushfires continue to burn around Australia, families in high-risk areas are giving a lot of thought to their bushfire survival plans. But what role should children...
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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 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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Fire Note 101, Gender and bushfire, highlights the importance of gender matters in the Australian bushfire context and considers how the international literature on gender and...
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Fire Note 101: This Fire Note highlights the importance of gender matters in the Australian bushfire context and considers how the international literature on gender and disaster...
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An update on what has been achieved during the second year of the sharing responsibility project, July 2011 - June 2012.
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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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