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Media Releases 2006

Stay and Defend or Go: media briefing

16 October 2006

“Prepare, stay and defend or leave early” – a national briefing for journalists to launch new evidence supporting a bushfire action policy developed by Australian bushfire agencies. More


Mega Fires - dealing with extreme bushfires

27 August 2006 

Williams mega fires

A mega-fire is a new term for the most extreme bushfires in the United States.

The Bushfire CRC has arranged for Jerry Williams from the US to conduct a series of workshops with fire agencies around Australia on this mega-fire phenomenon.  More

 


The Day the Flames Came - DVD

9 August 2006

The story of the devastating bushfire that destroyed the town of Dwellingup in Western Australia in 1961 is the focus of a new education program on bushfire awareness for fire agencies and local communities across Australia. More


Smoke alarms go off

6 June 2006

A research review commissioned by the Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre has identified some important differences in the performance of different types of smoke alarms. More


Community event in the high country

HIghfireOpenDay-015-small16 March 2006

The Bushfire CRC and its partners in NSW are inviting the community in the Snowy Plains to view one of the High Fire research sites and to find out more about bushfire research at an information evening in Berridale on Monday 20 March.  More


Weather history points to changing bushfire seasons

14 February 2006

Fire and land management agencies in south eastern Australia will be able to better plan for changes in the severity and timing of bushfire seasons following the release of research on possible climate change impacts. More


Learning from History - Black Tuesday DVD

3 February 2006

The Bushfire CRC, with support from the Tasmania Fire Service, has produced a short film on the 1967 Hobart fires.

Black Tuesday will be shown on Southern Cross Television in Hobart and Darwin at 5.25pm, on Saturday, 4 February 2006. More


A fence against bushfire attack - Research

D1 Mogo trials - residential fencing

A solid steel or hardwood fence provides better protection against bushfire attack than that of treated pine or open slatted fences, according to experiments conducted by the Bushfire CRC and CSIRO.  More