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Parliament House, Canberra
20 Oct 2017
Briefing to enhance policy
Yang Chen
20 Oct 2017
Congratulations to PhDs
Australian panel for IDDR 2017
19 Oct 2017
Experts gather on disaster reduction
Hurricane Harvey damage. Photo: Daniel Smith
19 Oct 2017
Harvey damage assessed by team
SA SES volunteers clearing up after a storm. Photo SA State Emergency Service
16 Oct 2017
What will emergency volunteering look like in 2030?
International Day For Disaster Reduction
10 Oct 2017
Free event to highlight disaster reduction
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The old ways of dealing with fire...
14 Jan 2019
The old ways of dealing with the fire problem are no longer valid, especially in the context of a changing climate and changes to...
Dr Richard Thornton
Chief Executive Officer
Providing useful benefits in 2018...
20 Dec 2018
As we approach the end of 2018 it is worth looking back to celebrate some of the highlights.
Dr Richard Thornton
Chief Executive Officer
Farewell, it's been a pleasure
19 Dec 2018
After a year with the CRC, it is time to say goodbye.
Costa Haritos
Communications Assistant
Inspiring research in another...
18 Dec 2018
Seeing your former students do well in their careers is a great reward for academics, which is exactly what A/Prof Pauwels saw...
A/Prof Valentijn Pauwels
Project Leader
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Hazard News
Agencies and delegates from the sector gather in Melbourne for the launch of the report. Photo: Craig Sillitoe.
Research news
Mental health and research outcomes for the sector
Finishing off the year with utilisation, success for PhD students, female fire researchers receive international recognition, farewell to a staff member and plenty more fill December's Hazard News.
Research news
New research and PhD completions
Tributes for the Chairman, the changing nature of natural hazards, the development of a risk analysis framework and the young researcher using her past experience to inform her studies all feature in...
Panel members at International Day for Disaster Reduction 2018.
Research news
Focusing on the future of disaster management
October's Hazard News discusses the human costs of disasters into the future, follows a former PhD student to Switzerland and highlights one researcher whose work on animals in emergencies has been...
The Southern Australia Seasonal Bushfire Outlook 2018.
Research news
Dry conditions prompt an earlier bushfire season
September's Hazard News wraps up AFAC18 powered by INTERSCHUTZ, features a CRC modelling software that has been highlighted by the Investor Group on Climate Change and details the next round of CRC...
Queenslanders will have their homes retrofitted by a new grant informed by CRC research.
Research news
Queenslanders upgraded with cyclone research
August's Hazard News features the a new program helping cyclone mitigation, the research and innovation on show at AFAC18 powered by INTERSCHUTZ, a new climate and water fellowship and paper...
Hazard Notes
The National Fires Near Me smartphone application. Photo: NSW Rural Fire Service.
Hazard note
Communicating for maximum comprehension
Natural hazards, where risks are often high and lives and property are at stake, raise considerable uncertainty and anxiety. Providing the community with information that is designed to instil...
Agencies and delegates from the sector gather in Melbourne for the launch of the report. Photo: Craig Sillitoe.
Hazard note
Mental health needs of first responders
Hazard Note 56 focuses on new research initiated by Beyond Blue in collaboration with the CRC on a national survey of the mental health and wellbeing of police and emergency services personnel. More...
Hazard note
Southern Australia Seasonal Bushfire Outlook 2018...
Above normal fire potential remains across large parts of southern Australia, as first identified in September’s Southern Australia Seasonal Bushfire Outlook 2018 (Hazard Note 51).Rain in areas of...
Preparing for a flood. Photo: NSW SES
Hazard note
How perceptions about community preparedness...
Telling residents about how and why to prepare for bushfires and floods is not always effective in prompting them to act. Hazard Note 54 explored the potential of a different motivational strategy,...
Canberra 2003 fire aftermath. Photo: Mick Stanic (CC-BY NC 2.0)
Hazard note
Capturing the variability of wind for modelling...
Understanding uncertainty in fire modelling, and characterising predictions in terms of likelihood or risk, allows fire managers and emergency services to make more informed decisions. Hazard Note 53...
Hazard Channel
Latest Publications
Cropland fire reconstruction: AFAC webinar
A webinar sponsored by AFAC's Predictive Services Group, features insights from a CRC Tactical Research Project. The webinar is aimed at key regional Fire Behaviour Analysts and first responders in...
Latest Publications
The development of a pyrocumulonimbus prediction...
A webinar sponsored by AFAC's Predictive Services Group, offers valuable insight into how environmental parameters limit or favour pyrocumulonimbus formation and how they might impact the plume shape...
Latest Publications
International Day for Disaster Reduction 2018 -...
All around the world on 13 October each year the International Day for Disaster Reduction highlights how at risk communities are reducing their exposure to disasters. Themes for this day change each...
Latest Publications
Highlights - International Day for Disaster...
To acknowledge International Day for Disaster Reduction on 13 October 2018, the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC hosted a public forum in Adelaide, featuring a line up of speakers from diverse fields...
Latest Publications
PhD science on bushfire prediction modelling
CRC PhD student Rahul Wadhwani discusses his research on short term embers and how they can cause damaging consequences during a bushfire if they are not properly understood. 
Fire Australia
Research inisghts from the CRC are providing viable outputs for our partners. Photo: Sascha Grant (CC_BY-NC-ND 2.0)
news-2018-december
Preparing for the future focus of magazine
Changing conditions for bushfires and other hazards that are now occurring year round; utilisation outputs from a range of CRC projects and a new grant that will enhance resilience towards cyclones...
Research has informed a new grant scheme that is retrofitting homes in north Queensland to mitigate against a tropical cyclones. Photo: Michael Dawes (CC BY-NC 2.0.)
news-2018-december
Queenslanders benefit from cyclone research
By Costa Haritos. This article first appeared in Issue Four 2018 of Fire Australia.The Queensland Government Household Resilience Program, informed by research from the Bushfire and Natural Hazards...
Preparing for severe weather seasons is a key focus for researchers who need to consider the affects of climate change. PHOTO: Carl Coleman, NSW Rural Fire Service
news-2018-december
Prepare for extended severe weather seasons
By David Bruce. This article first appeared in Issue Four 2018 of Fire Australia.Bushfires along the east coast was the topic of discussion when Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC CEO Dr Richard...
Emergency service agencies are changing their volunteering models thanks to research. Photo: Ben Shepherd, NSW Rural Fire Service
news-2018-december
Research benefits flowing
By Nathan Maddock. This article first appeared in Issue Four 2018 of Fire Australia.Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC research is making a difference—saving lives and reducing disaster-related costs....
The Australian Flammability Monitoring System, which will enhance bushfire preparedness across Australia.
news-2018-september
Preparedness measures on land and sea
Fire Australia Issue Three 2018 is now available online with updates from core CRC research projects including coastal erosion, Indigenous fire training and a fire mapping tool.Two case studies at...

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