With the latest natural hazards research on show, more than 4,000 delegates attended AFAC19 powered by INTERSCHUTZ in Melbourne, smashing the attendance record.
New research 14 years in the making has been released by the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC and MFB, with the study providing the valuable data the fire industry needs to develop a national residential fire strategy to reduce preventable residential fire fatalities towards zero.
A national guide for working with volunteers and cutting-edge technology that is drawing on satellite data to produce fire hazard maps have been recognised for outstanding leadership in academic and research aims of the CRC.
Heatwave and fire research from the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC has been central to the Queensland Government’s review of the devastating 2018 bushfires, released recently by the Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk
Australian lives are being saved by Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC research, which was recognised with the Cooperative Research Centres Association’s premier award.
