NSW bushfire task force - January 2013

Fire damage at Siding Springs Observatory

January 2013 saw areas around Yass, Shoalhaven and Coonabarabran impacted by large fires. At the request of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, the Bushfire CRC coordinated a field research task force to interview a sample of respondents in each of the three communities affected by the fires, complemented by an online panel survey of a representative sample of residents of the same locations.

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