In Australia, where bushfires are a regular summer threat, householders are encouraged to develop a written bushfire action plan that includes pets and animals. As part of this plan, householders are recommended to relocate themselves and their animals at least the day before a forecast ...
Australian fire services encourage householders to develop a written bushfire action plan that includes pets and animals. The advice given to horse guardians is preemptive relocation at least the day before a forecast catastrophic fire day. The aim of this research was to determine compliance and ...
Action on climate change at the subnational level In contrast to the lack of national action in Australia, there have been ‘stand out’ examples of climate change action at the state/territory and local level as has been found in many other places where weak national policy has been countered...
"So it's an important statement to make to urge Canberrans to be prepared, to ensure that you download your bushfire plan from the ESA website, talk to your family about whether you might need to evacuate at some point, and take some action in regard to that," he added. Air pollution...
Australia recently experienced unprecedented bushfires, affecting people's health in many of its major cities and destroying homes and lives.
Prime Minister Morrison on Wednesday described the fires as "a time of great challenge for Australia," but said that previous generations have faced similar crises and rejected calls to pursue ambitious climate policies. In a significant move, the NSW branch of the Young Liberals, the youth movem...
Australia's wildfires have destroyed more than a fifth of the country's forests, making the blazes "globally unprecedented" following a years-long drought linked to climate change, researchers said Monday.
OR WAIT AND SEE PART 1: REPORT PART 2: TECHNICAL SUPPLEMENT Jim McLennan, Glenn Elliott (now RMIT University), Ruth Beatson (now Murdoch Children's Research Institute) La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia © BUSHFIRE CRC LTD 2013 © Bushfire Cooperative R...
More than half of those who died in the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria, Australia, were sheltering inside a house at the time of their death. This marks a shift in bushfire fatality trends, which previously saw most fatalities occurring outside while residents attempted to protect as...