Kevin Tolhurst

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Project Leader, Researcher

Kevin provides expert advice on fire behaviour and fire suppression strategies at major bushfires.  Some recent examples include the Black Saturday fires in Victoria in 2009, and the Great Divide Fires in 2007.  Kevin has been involved in many inquiries and court cases involving fires including: Linton Coronial Inquiry, Canberra Coronial Inquiry, House of Representative 2003 Inquiry, 2005Wangary Coronial Inquiry S.A., the 2008 Parliamentary Inquiry into the 2007 fires in Victoria, and the 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission.

Kevin’s current research activities are centred around developing a bushfire risk management decision support system to be used nationally.  This work has been a core activity in the BushfireCRC since 2003. His research and consulting interests include:

  • Wildfire behaviour prediction
  • Development of prescribed burning techniques and guidelines
  • Landscape scale fire ecology management
  • Fire risk management
  • Ecological impacts of repeated fires

Publications authored

2014

R.P. Cechet; I. French; J.D. Kepert; K.G. Tolhurst; C.P.(Mick) Meyer; R.J.B. Fawcett; W. Thurston; T.J. Duff; D. Chong; M. Keywood; M.E. Cope
Report

2013

D. Chong; K.G. Tolhurst; T.J. Duff; B. Cirulis
Report

2012

D. Chong; K.G. Tolhurst; T.J. Duff
Report
D. Chong; K.G. Tolhurst; T.J. Duff
Report

2011

K.G. Tolhurst; D. Chong
Conference Proceedings
J.J. Hollis; W.R. Anderson; L.W. McCaw; M.G. Cruz; N.D. Burrows; B. Ward; K.G. Tolhurst; J.S. Gould
Journal Article

2010

J.J. Hollis; S. Matthews; R.D. Ottmar; s pritchard; A. Slijepcevic; N.D. Burrows; B. Ward; K.G. Tolhurst; W.R. Anderson; J.S. Gould
Conference Proceedings
A. Miehs; A. York; K.G. Tolhurst; J. Di Stefano; T. Bell
Journal Article
J.J. Hollis; S. Matthews; R.D. Ottmar; S.J. Prichard; A. Slijepcevic; N.D. Burrows; B. Ward; K.G. Tolhurst; W.R. Anderson; J.S. Gould
Journal Article

2007

A. Slijepcevic; K.G. Tolhurst; G. Saunder; S. Whight; J.B. Marsden-Smedley
Conference Paper
K.G. Tolhurst; D. Chong
Presentation

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