Aerial image from the Townsville floods 2019. Photo: QFES
Applications are now open for the latest round of the Tactical Research Fund.
New research funding available
Prescribed burning taking place in NSW.
The 6th International Fire Behaviour and Fuels Conference program has just been announced, with all things fire in focus.
Loaded program for fire conference
CRC researchers studying a house that burnt down on Black Saturday.
This Hazard Note highlights the key findings of the Bushfire CRC research after the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires, focusing on fire behaviour, human behaviour, and building and planning issues.
Black Saturday ten years on – what did we discover?
Researchers at Strathewen after Black Saturday.
The next time we have a summer scorcher, picture yourself in the great Australian bush, and ask yourself: what have you learnt?
Ten years on, there is a bit of complacency in all of us
The format of Research Advisory Forums will be refreshed this year to better reflect the advanced stage of most of the core research program.
Freshen up for Research Advisory Forums
Tasmanian remote area firefighters and water bombing aircraft working on the Gell River bushfire at Mount Wright, 11 January 2019 Photo: Warren Frey TFS.
The old ways of dealing with the fire problem are no longer valid, especially in the context of a changing climate and changes to the way we live with fire in the environment, particularly in our wonderful remote areas of wilderness. After all, the fires were here long before we chose to live amongst their territory, and they are not going away. Quite the opposite.
The old ways of dealing with fire no longer valid
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Katherine Woodthorpe, Chair of the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC
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19 Mar 2019
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Dr Steve Curnin presenting at the workshop.
19 Mar 2019
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Dr Sarah Hall (second from right) at the 2016 Research Forum.
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