Hazard News

November

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.

Evaluating flood risk communication messaging
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Evaluating flood risk communication messaging – Analysing flood risk communication campaigns
Driving and recreating in floodwater
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Driving and recreating in floodwater – What does Australia think?
When is water on the roads dangerous?
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When is water on the roads dangerous? – Perspectives of emergency service professionals
Hazard Note 84 – Closing the gap between research and practice
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Closing the gap between research and practice
New research has begun that explores important issues arising from Australia’s devastating 2019/20 Black Summer. Photo: NSW Rural Fire Service.
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New Black Summer-response research begins
Dr Steven Curnin presenting at AFAC19 powered by INTERSCHUTZ, August 2019. Photo: AFAC.
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Collaborative research recognised with government grant
Day 1 of the Northern Australia Research Engagement Forum at Charles Darwin University. Photo: Melina Pearse, NAILSMA
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Building capacity in northern Australian communities
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New online - November 2020
Photo: VIC State Emergency Service
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Assessing floodwater and communicating risk
AFAC21 powered by INTERSCHUTZ
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2011 Horsham floods. Photo: Victoria State Emergency Service
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Latest AJEM edition features CRC research on post-disaster management
2020 Get Ready Animals launch. Photo: Warren Turner, NSW SES Flickr
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Animal preparedness research shines again
Dr Kevin Tory presenting at AFAC19 powered by INTERSCHUTZ. Photo: BNHCRC.
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Innovative severe weather research awarded
Diversity and inclusion in emergency management: from policy to practice
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Diversity and inclusion in emergency management: from policy to practice
The CRC has developed a Black Summer-response research program. Photo: NSW Rural Fire Service, January 2020.
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Developing the Black Summer research program
With Dr Marta Yebra in the driver’s seat (right), ACT Parks and Conservation Service staff Brian Levine (left) and Dr Adam Leavesley (middle) investigate soil and vegetation dryness using the AFMS software. Photo: Geoff Cary
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Establishing a wider view of impact
This image was shared thousands of times on social media during Australia’s Black Summer bushfires. The AFP’s fact check confirmed it is not authentic and is actually a combination of several separate photos.
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3.2 billion images and 720,000 hours of video are shared online daily. Can you sort real from fake?
Emergency managers. Photo credit: AFAC.
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Civil society mobilisation after Cyclone Tracy, Darwin 1974
Types of diagnostic tools to assess urban planning and DRR integration by hazard
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Urban planning and natural hazard risk reduction: critical frameworks for best practice
Waroona fire. Photo: Neil Bennett, Bureau of Meteorology.
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Coupled fire-atmosphere modelling: ACCESS-Fire – annual report 2019-2020
UNHaRMED software application
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Improved decision support for natural hazard risk reduction – annual report 2019-2020
15:50 AEDT 30 December 2019, visible (left) and mid-infrared (right) Himawari-8 data overlaid with RMIT hotspots (grey pentagon). Area shown is highlighted in inset.
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Active fire detection using the Himawari-8 satellite - annual report 2019-2020
Junction fire, 2018. Photo: Brett Cirulis
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Determining threshold conditions for extreme fire behaviour - annual report 2019-2020
Grampians Fire, February 2013. Photo: Randall Bacon, CFA
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Fire coalescence and mass spot fire dynamics: experimentation, modelling and simulation – annual project report 2019-2020
Soil moisture from ACCESS global numerical weather prediction model.
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Exploring the soil moisture-live fuel moisture relationship
Photo: Bigstock Photo Library
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Diversity and inclusion: building strength and capability – annual report 2019–2020
Cover image developed by Kassandra Hunt, UNE. Austock image 000042057, Jamestown SA, under licence.
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The Australian Natural Disaster Resilience Index: a system for assessing the resilience of Australian communities to natural hazards - final project report
Field work in process. Source: James Furlaud
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Using pre- and post-fire LiDAR to assess the severity of the 2019 Tasmanian bushfires: field survey methods
Earthquake damage. Photo credit: John McCombe.
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Collapse probability of soft-storey building in Australia and implications for risk-based seismic design
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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
Beef Central
Report finds weather played significant role 2019-20 fires
20 Oct
Meteorological Technology International
Research sheds light on unexpected behavior of Australia’s Black Summer bushfires
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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