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Grants for end-users to promote Bushfire CRC research internationally
Tue, 22/11/2011
The Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre is making available three grants a year of up to $3000 to support end-users of the organisation’s research to attend major international conferences to discuss and promote the use of the research.

New award for outstanding use of Bushfire CRC research
Tue, 22/11/2011
The Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre is introducing the Research Utilisation Award to acknowledge agencies that make outstanding use of Bushfire CRC research.

Fire Australia Spring 2011 edition
Fire Australia Spring 2011 edition
Wed, 09/11/2011
The latest issue of Fire Australia carries an inside look at the workshop that leads to the publication of the Bushfire CRC's regular Seasonal Bushfire Outlook.

Prescribing fire – new book on a hot topic
Burning Issues
Wed, 09/11/2011
Planned fuel-reduction burning remains one of the most controversial issues in managing forests and lowering the risk of bushfires to people and property. A new book, Burning Issues, by Professor Mark Adams and Dr Peter Attiwill, takes a comprehensive look at the subject.

Students submit theses
Mon, 07/11/2011
Two more PhD research students from our 2003-2010 program have submitted their theses in the past fortnight and two more have had their doctorates conferred.

Lake Clifton fires report
Mon, 07/11/2011
The report of a Bushfire CRC task force into the Lake Clifton fire near Perth on 10 January this year is now published.

Kakadu nomination
Mon, 07/11/2011
The Kakadu Wetland Burning Project was a finalist in the Environmental Research section of the prestigious 2011 Banksia Awards.

Flames and firebrands at Forum
The Pyrotron2
Mon, 31/10/2011
The Australian National University and the CSIRO in Canberra were the venues for a Research Advisory forum in October.

In the media...

Grasslands fire alert

Weekly Times
Wed, 19/12/2012

Bushfire safety messages failing: research

Perth Now
Tue, 18/12/2012

Grassfire threat a summer concern

ABC Bush Telegraph
Tue, 18/12/2012

Grass bushfires and hot summer predicted

The World Today
Tue, 18/12/2012

Fears texts will increase complacency

The Age
Mon, 17/12/2012

Australia not prepared for bushfire risk

ABC Environment
Mon, 17/12/2012

Residents warned to be bushfire ready

ABC News
Mon, 17/12/2012

SMS warnings may backfire

Stock and Land
Mon, 17/12/2012

Fears texts will increase complacency

Wimmera Mail-Times
Mon, 17/12/2012

Greater knowledge to battle bushfires

Canberra Times
Fri, 14/12/2012

Fire warnings go unheeded as season begins

News.com.au
Fri, 14/12/2012

Fire warnings go unheeded as season begins

Herald Sun
Fri, 14/12/2012

Bushfire warnings not working: experts

Weekly Times
Fri, 14/12/2012

Grasslands face biggest bushfire risk this summer

ABC Rural
Thu, 13/12/2012

Bushfire safety messages failing: research

The Australian
Thu, 13/12/2012

A vison to build on the successful research
Posted: 1 week 5 days ago

The Governing Board of the Bushfire CRC is currently considering a vision to build upon the successful research program of the last decade.

As the new Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC lays its foundations over the coming year, the Bushfire CRC will focus on completing its research program and working with partners to ensure the research is thoroughly taken up within...

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Gary Morgan
Gary Morgan
CEO Bushfire CRC

Fire Notes - a valuable communication tool
Posted: 1 week 5 days ago

Fire Notes are a valuable tool to communicate your research outcomes and potential implications to agencies and other interested audiences.  Feedback from a range of our end users has clearly indicated that they value Fire Notes and that they expect Fire Notes on all Bushfire CRC projects.

The writing, editing and production process...

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David Bruce
David Bruce
Communications Manager Bushfire CRC

See you at the Research Forum
Posted: 1 week 5 days ago

One of my favourite aspects of the Bushfire CRC and AFAC conference week is the Research Forum, which begins the conference on Monday 2 September. This year’s Research Forum is the third incarnation, and promises to be one of the best yet. The Research Forum provides one of the best opportunities for researchers and scientists not currently connected to the Bushfire...

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Richard Thornton
Dr Richard Thornton
Deputy CEO and Research Director Bushfire CRC

Media Releases

The Day the Flames Came - DVD
Wed, 09/08/2006
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. This DVD was launched at the 2006 Bushfire CRC annual conference in Melbourne.

Community event in the high country
Thu, 16/03/2006
Invite tacked to a post for the community event in the high country
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.

Weather history points to changing bushfire seasons
Tue, 14/02/2006
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.

Learning from History - Black Tuesday DVD
Fri, 03/02/2006
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.

Using two toolboxes to manage Kakadu’s wetlands
Fri, 17/06/2005
“You look after country, and the country will look after you,” says Violet Lawson, a traditional owner from Kakadu National Park. Violet and her family are combining traditional ecological knowledge with western science to manage Boggy Plain, a Ramsar-listed wetland on the South Alligator River floodplain in Kakadu. This project is the first of its kind in Australia.

Trundle first in NSW to be surveyed
Thu, 24/02/2005
The NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) has announced that Trundle will be the first town in NSW to receive the Western Region Community Survey that is being completed by the Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre at La Trobe University.

Recent FireNotes

Fire impact and risk evaluation

Predicting bushfire preparedness from bushfire expectations

Promoting community bushfire preparedness

The influence of familiarity on teamwork and decision making

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