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November

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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.
Biblio
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
Biblio
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.
Biblio
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
Biblio
Using pre- and post-fire LiDAR to assess the severity of the 2019 Tasmanian bushfires: field survey methods
Earthquake damage. Photo credit: John McCombe.
Biblio
Collapse probability of soft-storey building in Australia and implications for risk-based seismic design

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