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Project Vesta Workshops - Tasmania

Fuel assessment and fire behaviour prediction training has been carried out with fire and land management agencies across Australia in recent months under the roll out of Project Vesta.

Protecting house and home

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 investigation – one compelling narrative.

Changes of wind and fire

Wind change matters to fire managers. It can change bushfire activity in a moment, shifting the flank of the fire to the fire front, suddenly putting fire fighters and communities at risk. A change in wind can also change the rate of fire spread, increase the quantity, distance and direction of downstream spotting, and change the safety status of residents and townships in a flash.

Smoke masks on show - managing exposure to bushfire smoke

As bushfires burn throughout Australia virtually all year round, the role of the firefighter remains a difficult one. With an ever expanding rural-urban interface, firefighters are often involved in protecting property and apart from the intense heat and physical demands, firefighters may also be exposed to bushfire smoke that contains a cocktail of volatile compounds.

Fire hazard study on refugee communities - talking to Sudanese in Toowoomba

A James Cook University study investigating Sudanese refugees and their knowledge of fire safety has won a Safer Communities Award from Emergency Management Australia (EMA). “The Sudanese Refugees and Fire Hazard Study”, a collaboration between Bushfire CRC researchers at JCU and the Queensland Fire and Rescue Service, was conducted in Toowoomba, which is home to about 800 Sudanese refugees.

Emergency service volunteering is a family matter

Emergency service volunteers and their partners or spouses are being asked to comment on how their volunteer community role fits in with their family life.

Tracking firefighters in Tasmania

For vegetation fires, what activities does a volunteer tanker-based firefighter do in an average day’s work? A question that is the focus of the study being undertaken by Bushfire CRC researchers Dr Brad Aisbett and PhD student Matthew Phillips from Deakin University, assisted by the Tasmania Fire Service (TFS), Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service and Forestry Tasmania.

Fire a feature of hazard book

Bushfires are only one focus of a new book out of the Centre for Disaster Studies at James Cook University in Townsville.

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In the media...

A hiccup in the cow burp theory

The Australian
Mon, 26/10/2009

Rain dampens bushfire risk

Hobart Mercury
Tue, 15/09/2009

Victoria fears fires will be worse than Black Saturday

The Australian
Tue, 15/09/2009

Victoria facing risk of early start to bushfire season

Herald Sun
Tue, 15/09/2009

High fire alert for Aus summer

Science Alert
Tue, 15/09/2009

We're set to burn like never before

Adelaide Now
Mon, 14/09/2009

Australia mulls over new firefighting capabilities

Flightglobal
Sat, 22/08/2009

Bad bushfire season is coming: experts

Ninemsn
Fri, 14/08/2009

Bad bushfire season is coming: experts

Ninemsn
Fri, 14/08/2009

Taxpayers fund new mining techniques

WA Today
Fri, 07/08/2009

The History of Fire in the Alps

702 ABC Sydney
Mon, 27/04/2009

Barry Aitchison - respected bushman and fire fighter

702 ABC Sydney
Thu, 09/04/2009

Should California consider Australia's wildfire policy?

Uni of California, Berkeley News
Wed, 04/03/2009

Studies in fire, wind and rain

Guy Healy, The Australian
Wed, 04/03/2009

Australia fires release huge amount of CO2

David Fogarty, Climate Change Correspondent, Asia
Thu, 26/02/2009

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An incredible journey

Posted: 10 years 5 months ago

After 11 years, we are about to enter the last month of your Bushfire CRC. It has been an incredible journey since 2003.

For me, what has stood out the most, notwithstanding the ground breaking research, is the culture change the industry has undertaken throughout this period. At the heart of this has been the close partnership between the Bushfire CRC and AFAC. The...

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Gary Morgan
CEO
Bushfire CRC

Tools available into the future

Posted: 10 years 5 months ago

There is only a month left of the Bushfire CRC, but there is plenty of activity going on. The Research to Drive Change series has been launched, with two successful online forums held. Keep your eyes peeled to the...

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Nathan Maddock
Communications Officer
Bushfire CRC

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