Gary Morgan

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Gary Morgan has spent more than 20 years in senior land and fire management roles. As Victoria’s Chief Fire Officer for public lands, for nine years, he was responsible for the management and deployment of fire suppression personnel. Since becoming CEO of the Bushfire CRC in mid-2007, Gary has worked to foster strong relationships between researchers and the industry.

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10-Mar-2012

Our Federal Government funders show a great interest in how we interact with what they refer to as the Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) sector. While we regularly demonstrate strong links to our “bigger” partners – the fire and land management agencies, CSIRO, the Bureau of...

06-Feb-2012

It has now been three years since the horrific fires of 7 February in Victoria and still they are very much a part of our industry conversation. There have been large fires before and after Black Saturday but these fires have reshaped the way we all go about our daily...

05-Dec-2011

A year ago I wrote about how the new research program was starting up with great promise. A year on and we find ourselves planning for the final outputs of the three year program. As distinct from the first years of the Bushfire CRC, in this research program we have all had...

05-Nov-2011

The launch of the book Burning Issues later this month is a timely reminder of the complex relationship we as a society have with fire.

The use of controlled fire as part the management of forests, woodlands and grasslands has been a matter of ongoing...

07-Sep-2011

It is well understood at the Bushfire CRC that the research we conduct is best valued when it is taken up and understood by our end-user partners. So we could not be happier when more than 1400 people gathered in Sydney last week to hear, among other things, the best and...

04-Aug-2011

This week I am with Research Director, Richard Thornton, visiting our Bushfire CRC partners in New Zealand.

In Wellington we shared our perspectives on the current research program of the Bushfire CRC with the National Rural Fire Authority and the New Zealand Fire...

02-Jul-2011

One of the key recommendations out of the 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission was to significantly increase the levels of prescribed burning. As we well know, prescribed burning is inherently risky and is likely to have both positive and negative effects.

As...

03-Jun-2011

A report detailing the Victorian Government's progress on implementing the 67 Bushfires Royal Commission recommendations was tabled in State Parliament this week.

Tabled by Deputy Premier and Minister for Bushfire Response Peter Ryan the Bushfires Implementation...

04-May-2011

Next week I will be representing the Bushfire CRC at the Wildfire 2011 Conference in South Africa.

In a week that promises to be full of activities, this is an excellent opportunity to further develop...

01-Apr-2011

The proposal for an Australasian Fire Research Centre has been gaining momentum in recent months, with our Governing Board focused on laying the foundation work. The idea of an Institute was raised and recommended by the 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission. It...

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