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Issue 68: Research into rainwater tanks tested at a bushfire simulator in 2004
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Town planners, architects, builders, surveyors and engineers play a key role in land use development in areas that are prone to bushfire. Whether designing a single dwelling,...
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A research review commissioned by the Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre has identified some important differences in the performance of different types of smoke alarms. A...
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For Justin Leonard, studying water tanks, fences, windows and timber decks is not an indiscriminate or arbitrary choice. It is all part of one methodical scientific...
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  Bushfire fatalities have long been a major concern for fire agencies and it has been the death of people in vehicles that has come under particular attention in recent years...
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Experiments have shown that solid steel or hardwood fence provides better protection against bushfire attack than treated pine or open slatted fences. A solid steel or...
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  Trial by fire: testing a house design Scientists have ‘flame-tested’ a steel-framed house near Mogo on the NSW south coast  to see how the structure withstands realistic...
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The 2003 Canberra bushfires were noted for very high levels of house loss deep into suburban areas. Fire jumping from house to house was a major issue. Project leader Justin...
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