working extremely hard to learn how to better prevent and control bushfires. And there are lots of ways in which you and your family can stay safe during a bushfire, like planning an escape route and keeping an emergency bag packed in case you need to leave in a hurry...
Enhancing emergency response in short-notice bushfire evacuation A bushfire, or a wildfire, is a freely burning, uncontrolled and unplanned fire in regional and rural areas. The impacts of bushfire range from destruction of properties and critical infrastructure, supply chain disruptions, to psycholog...
In What Is a Disaster?: New Answers to Old Questions , edited by R. W. Perry and E. L. Quarantelli, 325–96. Philadelphia: Xlibris... EL Quarantelli 被引量: 128发表: 2005年 Communities and bushfire hazard in Australia: More questions than answers The issue of communities and their...
Ecological grief is a form of disenfranchised grief, which is not openly acknowledged or socially supported. Ecological grief reveals how people’s identities and life structures are rooted in place. You probably remember how in early 2020 wild bushfires raged throughout Australia. Reminiscing about ...
As of the beginning of last December, New South Wales (NSW) was scorched by more than 80 blazes, half of which not under control. Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull called on Morrison to provide hands-on leadership and coordinate a national response to a bushfire emergency. ...
More focus needs to be put on fire-smart communities who manage their landscapes rather than just putting a survival plan into action; Despite advances in individual landholder preparedness for bushfires, overall the community in peri-urban areas is unprepared; ...
All information is presented without opinion, even the stuff I completely disagree with, because we MUST be open to looking at all angles if we want to understand these vastly complex issues. As always, this is a labour of love, but it aligns with an important message ...
Increasing average temperatures and heat waves are having devasting impacts on human health and well-being but studies of heat impacts and how people adapt
To date, the primary focus of research has been on understanding and improving physical preparedness, while there has been less attention to psychological preparedness, particularly in the bushfire context. This systematic review aimed to identify the current definitions and measurements of psychological ...
Then there’s the honour of being Upper Lachlan Shire’s 2019 Citizen of the Year, local controller of the State Emergency Service and captain of the bushfire brigade – you’ll find him behind pretty much everything that goes on in the Collector community. ...