The objective of the Probabilistic Framework Project is to develop a new consequence-based fire danger rating system able to integrate a wide range of variables and link their complex interactions to the probability of property loss. The project aims at delivering a spatially-explicit framework capable of generating daily maps representing the distribution of the probability of property loss at 10 kilometer spatial resolution.
This report describes the development and analysis of a dataset containing bushfire related life loss in Australia between 1901 and 2011. Over this time period 260 bushfires have been associated with a total of 825 known civilian and firefighter fatalities. This dataset encompasses the spatial, temporal and localised context in which the fatalities have occurred (known as the Attorney-General Department’s NFDRS Life Loss database). This database was developed to provide a firm evidence base for which an Australian national fire danger rating system can be developed.
Fire Note 109: This Fire Note reports on the Fire Impact and Risk Evaluation Decision Support Tool (FireDST), a proof of concept simulation system that aims to provide critical fire planning information to emergency services, government and the public. FireDST is an advanced software program that can be used to understand the potential impacts a bushfire may have on community assets, infrastructure and people.
Fire Note 108: Fire agencies are seeking to understand if and how individuals and households prepare for a bushfire. They need to know if individuals and households prepare in different respects to an equal extent, and the factors that influence bushfire preparedness. This Fire Note examines the link between several potential predictors of why residents prepare for a bushfire and different types of bushfire preparedness activities.
The Influence of Familiarity on Teamwork and Decision Making. A Bushfire CRC PhD project by Peter Hayes, La Trobe University.
Fire Note 107: Despite the significant resources devoted to bushfire public education, people living in communities at risk of bushfire continue to demonstrate reluctance to adopting bushfire preparedness measures when these measures are communicated through passive, information-based approaches. This Fire Note discusses an action research program that was developed around the Tasmania Fire Service’s Community Development Pilot.
