Fire Australia

Fire Australia magazine

Fire Australia is the joint publication of the Bushfire CRC, the Australasian Fire and Emergency Services Authorities Council (AFAC) and the Fire Protection Association Australia (FPAA).

The magazine brings the latest news, developments, research knowledge and technical information to the fire protection industry, emergency services and fire research organisations. Fire Australia is produced quarterly and distributed throughout Australia and New Zealand.

Latest News

Fire In The Landscape

April 2, 2012
Perched 30 metres above the ground atop an outstretched former-MFB crane, Mana Gharun is carefully measuring the moisture content of the eucalyptus leaves in the tree canopy.

Toolbox Tipped to Tackle Fires Faster and Better

January 9, 2012
Photo: Keith Pakenham, CFA
One of the Bushfire CRC extension’s biggest projects is to develop a prototype Fire Decision Support Toolbox – an advanced software program that will help fire managers fight bushfires faster and more effectively, while also identifying which parts of communities are most at risk from bushfires.

Helping Children Be Bushfire-Ready

January 9, 2012
The Li'l Larikkins characters
Pioneering Bushfire CRC research is helping children learn about bushfires and other hazards as well as helping education, emergency service and other authorities enhance the effectiveness of bushfire education campaigns.

Crying Wolf: The Myths on Warning Fatigue

January 9, 2012
This is an edited version of a literature-review paper presented by Bushfire CRC PhD scholar Brenda Mackie, University of Canterbury, School of Social and Political Sciences, New Zealand, to the Bushfire CRC Science Day at the 2011 AFAC-Bushfire CRC Annual Conference in Sydney.

Perth Hills Residents Saw Bushfire as a General Risk, But Not a Threat to Them

October 3, 2011
Firefighters at the Roleystone fire
Many Perth Hills residents recognised a bushfire was possible in their area before the February 2011 fires, but did not see it as a threat to their own lives or properties, a study of residents has found.

Learning, Improving and Blaming: Science and Bushfires

October 3, 2011
Among the overall reactions to a major fire event of importance to fire services, are three which do not mesh well: learning about the event; improving community safety; and laying blame.

Risks, forecasts and fire weather in Bowral

September 16, 2011
Fire weather post conference workshop 2011
A Fire Weather and Risk post conference workshop attracted 80 participants to Bowral, NSW, in September 2011.

Prescribing Fire: New Book on a Hot Topic

July 1, 2011
Prescribed Burn in Shelford, Victoria
Planned fuel-reduction burning remains one of the most controversial issues in managing forests and lowering the risk of bushfires to people and property. A new book takes a comprehensive look at the subject.