Hazard News

May

Hazard News is a collection of articles published on our website. The enewsletter is published monthly for our research partners, end-users, participants and the general public.

This research explored the complexities of strategic decision making during the deployment of the Australian Urban Search and Rescue team to Fukushima, Japan, in 2011. Photo: Fire and Rescue NSW
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Creating psychologically safe teams and managing cognitive bias in strategic decision making
National Fire Fuels Science Webinars - The practice of hazard reduction (webinar 3 of 3)
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National Fire Fuels Science webinar - The practice of hazard reduction (webinar 3 of 3)
Dr Neil Burrows
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Q&A with Dr Neil Burrows - National Fire Fuels Science webinar: the science of hazard reduction
Sascha Rundle
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Q&A with ABC's Sascha Rundle - National Fire Fuels Science webinar: the thing about hazard reduction
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National Fire Fuels Science webinar - The science of hazard reduction (webinar 2 of 3)
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National Fire Fuels Science webinar - The thing about hazard reduction (webinar 1 of 3)
Dr Fiona Jennings - 2020 webinar
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Navigating uncertainty: community experiences of a bushfire disaster by Fiona Jennings
The Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC and Australian Academy of Science held a three-part webinar series to lay the foundations of a future national approach to hazard reduction burning. Photo: Adam Leavesley/ACT Parks and Conservation Service
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Fire science adds to understanding of 2019/20 summer bushfires
Sydney storm. Photo: Andrew Xu (CC BY-SA 2.0)
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Researchers needed for new climate change adaption study
CRC students at the utilisation workshop held on the day prior to the RAF.
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Revamped student site
Photo: Fire and Rescue New Zealand
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New book on the prevention of bushfires
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New online - May 2020
Australian Fire Cadet Champs. Photo: NSW RFS
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New research will shine a light on young emergency service volunteer mental health
A/Prof Dominique Greer
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New Fellowship for researcher
Students from Towamba Public School in NSW explored the impact of fire through art in the Fireflies art project. Photo: Towamba Public School.
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Special AJEM issue features research on children and disaster preparedness
Alpine ash forest with recently burned area on left, and non-recently burned area on right. Credit: Phil Zylstra
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Fire fuels webinar promotes important conversation
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AFAC20 postponed
Prof Mehmet Ulubasoglu presenting at AFAC17 powered by INTERSCHUTZ. Photo: BNHCRC
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Economic paper making immediate impact
Adelaide floods September 2016. Photo: SA SES
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Communicating and perceiving flood risks and warnings
Tourists watch a hazard reduction burn in the NSW Blue Mountains, 2018. Photo: NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.
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Fire management webinar a hit
The Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC are part of a new resilience program with Minderoo Foundation. Photo: Jake Philpott, CFA
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CRC partners with Minderoo for new resilience program
Hazard reduction burn, South Australia
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National Fire Fuels Science webinars
First Fire Fuels Science webinar. Photo: SE Queensland Fire and Biodiversity Consortium
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Prescribed burning in focus
Range of residues (char and ash) remaining after prescribed burning in the Blue Mountains. Photo: Danica Parnell.
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Near infrared spectroscopy as a new fire severity metric
Photo: Bigstock
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The economic benefits of the Indigenous Fire and Rescue Employment Strategy (IFARES) Program: Fire and Rescue New South Wales
Fire trail allowing access to field sites in the Blue Mountains. Photo: Danica Parnell
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Detecting the effects of prescribed burning using generalised additive modelling
Low intensity burn in forest. Photo credit: NSW RFS.
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Non-Additive Effects of Forest Litter on Flammability
Christchurch after 4 September 2010 Darfield Earthquake. Photo: Geoscience Australia
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Cost-effective mitigation strategy development for building related earthquake risk
Research team conducting interviews. Source: Khalid Moinuddin
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Fire spread prediction across fuel types: annual report 2018-19
Cyclone damage in Queensland.
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Progressive failures of batten to rafter connections under fluctuating wind loads
Research driving change in disaster response and management. Photo credit: CFA.
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Models and frameworks for assessing the value of disaster research
Forest fire in Victoria. Photo credit: DSE.
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Satellite Remote Sensing Contributions to Wildland Fire Science and Management
Smoke plume from bushfire. Photo credit: DSE.
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Analysis of Variation in Distance, Number, and Distribution of Spotting in Southeast Australian Wildfires
Natural hazards pose risks to critical road infrastructure.
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Vulnerability assessment of bridges subjected to extreme cyclonic events
Earthquake damage. Photo credit: John McCombe.
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Seismic Retrofitting of Reinforced Concrete Beam-Column Joints Using Diagonal Haunch
Smoke on the horizon. Photo credit: Tasmania Fire Service.
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Quantification of inter-regional differences in risk mitigation from prescribed burning across multiple management values
Crews respond to a bushfire. Photo credit: QRFS.
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Cost effectiveness of fire management strategies in southern Australia
Prescribed burning.
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Adaptive prescribed burning in Australia for the early 21st Century – context, status, challenges
Urban-forest interface in Melbourne's Eastern suburbs.
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Feeling the heat: International perspectives on the prevention of wildfire ignition
Responding to bushfire events. Photo credit: CFS.
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RUIM – A fire safety engineering model for rural urban interface firefighter taskforce deployment
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In the media

21 Oct
ABC Goulburn Murray
Scientists working to predict 'freak' fire weather simulate some of Australia's toughest blazes
20 Oct
Meteorological Technology International
Research sheds light on unexpected behavior of Australia’s Black Summer bushfires
20 Oct
Beef Central
Report finds weather played significant role 2019-20 fires
19 Oct
Bureau of Meteorology
Bushfire insights uncovered with new fire-atmosphere modelling
19 Oct
South Coast Register
New insights into Black Summer’s terrible fires uncovered
19 Oct
Mirage News
Bushfire insights uncovered with new fire-atmosphere modelling
11 Oct
ABC Weather
BOM severe weather outlook for 2021-22 suggests floods, cyclones on the cards
08 Oct
news.com.au
Former fire chief warns of inextinguishable firestorms as climate change poses unprecedented threat to Australia
07 Oct
University of Western Australia
Survey reveals mental health impact of Black Summer fires on emergency workers
07 Oct
Mirage News
Survey reveals mental health impact of Black Summer fires on emergency workers
06 Oct
Busselton-Dunsborough Mail
Time to prepare properties ahead of the bushfire season
27 Sep
Herald Sun
Quake would’ve killed 1400 if it hit Melbourne
27 Sep
The Age
‘We are not safe’: Warning on city buildings as more quakes predicted
27 Sep
Brisbane Times
‘We are not safe’: Warning on city buildings as more quakes predicted
24 Sep
University of Melbourne Pursuit
What Victoria's earthquake tells us about the safety of our structures

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