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24 Aug 2021 Protecting communities with better warnings and communications – an online guide to using the latest research communication, communities, warnings Child-centred disaster risk reduction, Effective risk and warning communication during natural hazards, Flood risk communication, Managing animals in disasters: improving preparedness, response, and resilience through individual and organisational collaboration, Recovery Capitals
19 Aug 2021 Dr Greg Penney’s research recognised with national awards engineering, fire, firefighter Through the flames - quantitative analysis of strategic and tactical wildfire suppression
19 Aug 2021 Award for child-centred disaster risk reduction PhD child-centred, mitigation, risk management Teacher-delivered, child participatory disaster resilience education program for children
19 Aug 2021 Animal emergency management focus for AJEM animals, communities, preparedness
18 Aug 2021 Building on 16 years of Seasonal Bushfire Outlooks fire, fire impacts, preparedness
30 Jul 2021 New online - July 2021 emergency management, land management, risk management Characterisation of synoptic weather features often associated with extreme events in south east Australia and Tasmania, Empirical analysis of spot fire and ember behaviour during extreme fire weather conditions, Catastrophic and cascading events: planning and capability, Cost-effective mitigation strategy for flood prone buildings, Economics of natural hazards, Effective risk and warning communication during natural hazards, The Australian Natural Disaster Resilience Index: A system for assessing the resilience of Australian communities to natural hazards
23 Jul 2021 Research shines light on heatwaves and building codes governance, guidelines, resilience Understanding heatwave and building codes in NSW
09 Jul 2021 Calling researchers to assess ecosystem metrics decision making, land management, resilience
25 Jun 2021 Nine more PhD’s complete emergency management, multi-hazard, response Collapse behaviour of limited ductile high-strength reinforced concrete columns under simulated earthquake loading., Developing leadership to retain volunteers in emergency service organisations , How do wet eucalypt forests burn? Managing Tasmania’s most dangerous fuel type, Measuring the social, environmental and economic consequences of bridge failure due to natural disasters, Taking fire: the historical and contemporary politics of Indigenous burning in Australia and the western United States, The roles of pharmacists in disaster health management in natural and anthropogenic disasters, Through the flames - quantitative analysis of strategic and tactical wildfire suppression, Towards a comprehensive data assimilation framework for operational hydrodynamic flood forecasting, Urban planning and resilience to bushfires
25 Jun 2021 Stay informed and connected with the CRC
24 Jun 2021 New online - June 2021 land management, mental health, multi-hazard Immediate post-fire vegetation re-measurement of TERN plots burnt during 2015/16 fire season, Remeasurement of burnt permanent plots in Tasmanian wet eucalypt forest - 2019, Remeasurement of Burnt TERN Ausplots in New South Wales, Positive mental health in young adult emergency services personnel, Improving land dryness measures and forecasts, Mapping bushfire hazard and impacts, Scientific diversity and uncertainty in risk mitigation policy and planning
24 Jun 2021 Research highlights the extent of fuels consumed by fire environments, fire impacts, fire severity Immediate post-fire vegetation re-measurement of TERN plots burnt during 2015/16 fire season, Remeasurement of burnt permanent plots in Tasmanian wet eucalypt forest - 2019, Remeasurement of Burnt TERN Ausplots in New South Wales, How do wet eucalypt forests burn? Managing Tasmania’s most dangerous fuel type