Community safety and engagement

Predicting fire from dry lightning

Fire Note 84: Fires caused by lightning are responsible for a large proportion of the area burnt by bushfires throughout Australia and the world.

Bushfire CRC researcher Dr Andrew Dowdy and project leader Graham Mills – both with the Bureau of Meteorology – tracked lightning data to identify when and how often fires were likely to follow.

Marysville Black Saturday Bushfire Survivors' Experiences of preparedness, survival, attachment, loss, grief, resilience and recovery.

David Barton, from RMIT University, examined the concept of loss, from definitional stages through to the stages of recovery. His thesis draws on his personal insights of his experiences into the Black Saturday fires, as well as the experiences of his Marysville community.

Understanding fire law

Fire Note 82: Fire agencies and the community need to understand the limit of the law as it applies to fire planning and emergencies and to advocate for reforms to ensure that the legal system does not impose undue burdens on communities that must live with the risk of fire.

This research has reviewed the findings of post-event inquiries, judicial decisions and insurance claims to identify how law is applied to the fire ground and to determine if legal principles are an impediment to effective fire management.

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