Protecting fire fighters
Bushfire Simulation Table - A Versatile and Adaptable Learning Tool
Managing Fatigue-Risk During Long Deployments: Rationale for a Sustained Operations Mode
Physical Selection Test Development and Validation for Australian Rural Firefighters
Muscle Activity During the Pack Hike Test and a Simulated Rakehoe Task
Fire Danger Review
The Bushfire CRC will work with the Attorney General’s department and the various Australian states and territories to develop science to underpin a new fire danger rating system with new funds announced by the Australian Government.
The Attorney-General, Mr Robert McClelland, has announced that the Australian Government will invest $3.6 million under the National Emergency Management Program this financial year to assist Australian communities better prepare for, respond to and recover from natural disasters and emergencies.
Identifying smoke impacts from bushfires extending into the rural-urban interface
Fire Note 83: The expanding rural-urban fringe means there is likely to be increased firefighting activity in such settings. The rural-urban interface is an environment characterised by a more complex mixture of fuels, resulting in an increased risk of toxic products in the smoke from fires.
This Fire Note, by CSIRO research scientist Dr Fabienne Reisen, discusses her initial research for the Bushfire CRC Extension Research Program: Occupational Health and Safety – Surge Capacity. The research project is Rural Urban Interface Air Toxics.
Physical selection test development and validation for Australian Rural Firefighters.
Cara Lord worked on developing a prototype physical selection test for tanker-based firefighters.
Health effects of bushfire smoke.
PhD student Anjali Haikerwal, of Monash University, investigated cardiovascular and respiratory health effects of smoke from the 2006/2007 bushfires in Victoria. Her results are extending the knowledge base and awareness of the health impacts of bushfire smoke in rural and urban communities.
RECRUITING AND RETAINING VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS IN AUSTRALASIA AN INTEGRATIVE SUMMARY OF RESEARCH
Final omnibus report on the Bushfire CRC's Volunteerism report which includes a summary report and a full report.
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