Getting the balance right: optimising operational readiness of rural firefighters for mitigation, response and recovery

Research outputs and artefacts

12 Aug 2016

327_sally_ferguson.jpg

Sally Ferguson Conference Poster 2016
Sally Ferguson Conference Poster 2016

These various projects are looking at firefighter health and safety, particularly looking at the effects of sleep and stress on operationaly readiness.

PDF icon Download Now (186.85 KB)

Key Topics

infrastructure
resilience

More information

Sally Ferguson
sally.ferguson@cqu.edu.au
Dr Grace Vincent
Completed associate student
gvincent@deakin.edu.au
Dr Alex Wolkow
Completed associate student
a.wolkow@deakin.edu.au
Dr Brianna Larsen
Completed PhD student
b.larsen@griffith.edu.au
Brad Aisbett
brad.aisbett@deakin.edu.au

Related Project

Fighting fires and fatigue
Sleep and stress in on-call fire and emergency service workers
Sleep restriction across a simulated firefighting deployment: the impact on acute stress responses
Simulated self-paced wildfire suppression work in different thermal conditions

More articles on this topic

Geographical Society of New South Wales 2021 Awards Ceremony
Best Paper in 2021 awarded to CRC researchers
Recovery Capitals team at the 2021 Resilient Australia Awards.
Recovery research honoured with Resilient Australia Award
A new survey will gather information about how being an active lifesaver affects the wellbeing of young volunteers. Photo: Life Saving Victoria.
Mental health survey of young lifesavers in Victoria – extended
Testing how a house holds up against flames and where the weak points are during a bushfire. Photo: David Bruce, Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC.
CRC science in danger series
Research priorities open for feedback
After the Disaster podcast series, produced by the ABC. Illustration: ABC.
ABC podcast helping people recover from disaster

Staff Picks

A guide to non-technical skills in emergency...
A guide to non-technical skills in emergency management by Dr Peter Hayes, A/Prof Chris...
Hazard Note 105 - Enhancements of the Australian Exposure Information Platform: making exposure more accessible
Enhancements of the Australian Exposure...
The Australian Exposure Information Platform (AEIP) is being used by the emergency...
Hazard Note 104 - Building economic capacity within emergency management: tools and training for managers and practitioners
Building economics capacity within emergency...
Although there is significant interest in economics within the emergency management...
Driving change with Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC research
Driving change with Bushfire and Natural...
With the plethora of Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC research from 2013–21 now available...
Hazard News
Hazard Notes
Hazard Channel
Fire Australia

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

Landgate FireWatch

Landgate FireWatch Hotspots