Fitzsimmons said he was "disappointed and frustrated" to learn of the plan through media reports. Some experts also criticized the government for not being well prepared for the bushfires. Rod Keenan, a professor with the University of Melbourne, said bushfire management comprises three planks: pre...
A framework for considering justice aspects in integrated wildfire risk management T. Schinko C. Berchtold E. Plana Nature Climate Change (2023) Urban–rural disparity of social vulnerability to natural hazards in Australia Siqin Wang Mengxi Zhang Yan Liu Scientific Reports (2022) Twitter data...
Management Services for the Western Australia Department of Environment and Conservation, the world's biggest fire jurisdiction, says Project Vesta has given agencies an updated understanding of fire behaviour. 'Knowledge of fire behaviour is totally critical for good fire management and fire suppression...
Services for the Western Australia Department of Environment and Conservation, the world's biggest fire jurisdiction, says Project Vesta has given agencies an updated understanding of fire behaviour. 'Knowledge of fire behaviour is totally critical for good fire management and fire suppression; he says...
Those interested in and responsible for the management of hazards and their associated disasters are concerned with a number of key questions. For example, what does Australia’s hazard landscape and disaster history look like? What types of hazard can we expect to affect Australia and what are ...
prevention had potential to inform community bushfire safety research: Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB; Azjen 1991); Protection Motivation Theory (PMT; Rogers 1983); the Extended Parallel Processing Model (EPPM; Witte 1992); and the Terror Management Health Model (TMHM; Go...
In future, we must think beyond traditional approaches to fire management. Acknowledging the role ofclimate changein altering natural hazards and the impact they have on humans and the environment is the first step. Communities should also be at the center of decisions, so they understand and act...
management. Looking through my summaries of two years of the Port Phillip Herald, I can find only two mentions of bush-fires – both in January 1842- and interestingly both involve the natives. The first report was of a fire at Port Lincoln in South Australia, which was caused when the ...
There are other direct solutions, like strengthening their capacity to deal with bushfires (e.g. another CFA truck) and management of local forests and ecosystems-based borrowing fromIndigenous land management practices. Through thiscollaborative approach, we are also helping the community explore their...
“A data collation and investigation plan has been developed to review the cause and impacts of the more than 1700 bushfires already reported to police; andconsider the 12,000 fires recorded by the Rural Fire Service since August 2019,” police said in a statement released on Friday. ...