This Community Safety Workshop was held as part of the 2009 AFAC and Bushfire CRC annual conference on the Gold Coast.
Prof Douglas Paton, a Bushfire CRC project leader at the University of Tasmania, was unable to attend the conference but provided this introductory video on the main issues to be discussed.
Gold Coast 2009: Annual Conference
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Australia
A total of 1173 fire industry staff and fire researchers mixed at the annual conference of the Bushfire CRC on the Gold Coast. The conference participants discussed the latest innovations in fire science over the two day program, while many others also gained a more in-depth understanding at pre-conference workshops on community safety and protecting fire fighters and a seminar on fire, fuel and weather.
The annual AFAC/Bushfire CRC is the largest emergency services forum held in Australasia. The delegates represented:
- Urban fire services
- Rural fire services
- State emergency services
- Parks and land management agencies
- Local government
- Federal and State government
- Community support agencies
- Researchers and academics
In addition, the broader fire industry was invited to attend the Trade Expo. More than 100 SME's and large corporations took up the offer to host a trade booth. The Bushfire CRC and the Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council shared a large booth in the centre of the Expo.
News from the Event
Other Resources
Dry lightning as a cause of bushfire.
Weather and bushfire impact
Fire patterns in semi-arid land
Fire behaviour modelling in shrub and heath lands
Fire danger alpine regions
Grassland fire danger index
Tree decline in the absence of fire
Burning in eucalypt plantations
Introduction and overview
Fire, fuel and weather research
Fire experts have long recognised that characteristics of fuels and weather are key drivers of fire behaviour. A seminar exploring these issues was held as part of the September 2009 Bushfire CRC/AFAC conference on the Gold Coast. The seminar gave fire and land managers a chance to hear from the researchers about the work being conducted all across Australia and New Zealand by the Bushfire CRC and develop an in-depth...
Dry lightning as a cause of bushfire.
Weather and bushfire impact
Fire patterns in semi-arid land
Fire behaviour modelling in shrub and heath lands
Fire danger alpine regions
Grassland fire danger index
Tree decline in the absence of fire
Burning in eucalypt plantations
Introduction and overview
Fire, fuel and weather research
