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Exposure to smoke and high temperatures, coupled with little sleep, can impair firefighters’ cognitive (mental) and physical capacities on the fireground. Fire Note 111 presents...
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This project resource provides more on the environmental factors that commonly contribute to sleep disturbance by discussing findings of a literature review conducted as part of...
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Fire Note 111: Exposure to smoke and high temperatures, coupled with little sleep, can impair firefighters’ cognitive (mental) and physical capacities on the fireground. This Fire...
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Fire Note 110 focuses on the influence of the physical condition of different plant species from forests and grasslands in eastern and northern Australia. In two studies, the...
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The Fire, Weather and Risk Workshop attracted almost 100 participants to Busselton, Western Australia on 15-17 of May 2013. Held with the support of the Bushfire CRC, the Bureau...
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This article was published in the Winter 2013 edition of Fire Australia magazine. A new science-based fire danger rating system is being developed by the Bushfire CRC, working...
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Fire Note 110: This Fire Note focuses on the influence of the physical condition of different plant species from forests and grasslands in eastern and northern Australia. In two...
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The University of Melbourne’s Lisa Cheong focused her PhD research on representing and communicating uncertainty in visual information (maps) with specific reference to bushfires...
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The objective of the Probabilistic Framework Project is to develop a new consequence-based fire danger rating system able to integrate a wide range of variables and link their...
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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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Fire Note 106 investigates the teamwork and decision making differences between familiar (pre-formed) and unfamiliar (ad hoc) incident management teams (IMTs). View the Fire Note...
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Fire Note 106: This completed PhD research investigated the teamwork and decision making differences between familiar (pre-formed) and unfamiliar (ad hoc) incident management...
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A collaboration between the Bushfire CRC and the Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service aims to assist fire agencies learn from a bushfire with a staff ride – a practical learning...
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Fire Note 105: There is growing interest for economic information to help inform resource allocation decisions during bushfires. This Fire Note highlights how economic principals...
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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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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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This article appeared in the Summer 2013 edition of Fire Australia magazine. Since the Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission, litigation due to damage caused by bushfires has come...
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Fire Note 103 explains the importance of urban and regional planning in managing bushfire risk. View the Fire Note here. This Fire Note reports on initial outcomes of the Urban...
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Fire Note 103: Urban and regional planning has an increasingly significant contribution to make in managing bushfire risk. This Fire Note reports on initial outcomes of research...
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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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