Fire Note 105: There is growing interest for economic information to help inform resource allocation decisions during bushfires. This Fire Note highlights how economic principals can assist, by appraising the breadth of economic information and methods in relation to bushfire management and policy challenges.
Following the 2009 Victorian bushfires, members of the Bushfire CRC Research Task Force interviewed a cross-section of survivors. Analyses of the interview transcripts showed that the main driver of what householders did when they became aware of the threat was their prior plan or intention for responding to a bushfire threat.
An overview of the Fire in the Landscape suite of projects, by Lead End User Neil Cooper from ACT Parks, Conservation and Lands.
An overview of the PhD project Fitness for fire fighting - operational readiness of rural firefighters during bushfire suppression, with Lead End User Robyn Pearce of the Tasmania Fire Service. The PhD research is the work of Cara Lord, from Deakin University.
An overview of the project Sustained Operations - firefighter health and safety, with Lead End User Robyn Pearce of the Tasmania Fire Service.
An overview of the project Smoke Impacts at the Interface, with Lead End User Robyn Pearce of the Tasmania Fire Service.
An overview of the project Awake, Smoky and Hot - operational readiness of rural firefighters during bushfire suppression, with Lead End User Robyn Pearce of the Tasmania Fire Service.
An overview video of the the Occupational Health and Safety and Surge Capacity suite of projects at the Bushfire CRC, with Lead End User Robyn Pearce from the Tasmania Fire Service.
Fire Note 104: This Fire Note presents examples of social networks, aiming to understand the quality and characteristics of a social network that can aid bushfire preparedness. In this context, social networks refers to relationships that connect people to each other, creating links. It does not refer to social media. Social networks operate in complex ways, with information passed from one person to the next, often informally.
An overview of the the Risk and Fuels in the rural-urban Interface project by Lead End-User Leader Mike Wouters, from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, South Australia.
