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Fire in the Landscape - Lessons Learned

This article was published in the Summer 2013-14 edition of Fire Australia magazine. By Adam Leavesley, Fire Management Officer, ACT Parks and Conservation Service, and Nathan...
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Experience Counts - Research Finds Lessons in a Horrific Summer

This article was published in the Winter 2013 edition of Fire Australia magazine. The Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre is helping Tasmania, New South Wales and the rest of the...
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Northern Fire Mapping: Developing Robust Fire Extent and Severity Mapping Products for the Tropical Savannas Final Report

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Firefighting the ‘Paradox of Place’ – The Risks and Dilemmas Associated with Knowing the Place of Fire

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National Fire Behaviour Knowledge Base- Bringing together the best information for best decisions

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“Should I Stay or Should I Go?” Defining the Preparatory Conditions in Support of Active Defence for Different Fire Danger Ratings

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‘How do Residents in Bushfire Prone Areas View the Bushfire Risk of their Local Area and their Homes?'

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Integrated economic assessment of fire risk management strategies: Case studies in Central Otago, New Zealand, and Mount Lofty Region, South Australia

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Firefighter decision making at the local incident and regional/state control levels

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Introduction: Shifting the Focus to Human Work within omplex Socio-technical Systems

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Near-Misses and Mistakes in Risky Work: An Exploration of Work Practices in High-3 Environments

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Conclusion: Towards developmental work within complex and falliable systems

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Global change and fire regimes in Australia

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Gendered communication and public safety: Women, men and incident management

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Householders’ safety-related decisions, plans, actions and outcomes during the 7 February 2009 Victorian (Australia) wildfires

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Shift length: when less is more

Are shorter, more frequent shifts for firefighters and incident managers a better alternative to regular day and night shift rosters that are currently used by fire and land...
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Shift length: when less is more

Fire Note 120: This research is investigating whether shorter, more frequent shifts are a better alternative to regular day and night shift rosters that are currently used by fire...
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How three communities reacted to bushfire

Fire Note 119: January 2013 saw NSW areas around Yass, Shoalhaven and Coonabarabran impacted by large fires. At the request of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, the Bushfire...
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Community Understanding and Awareness of Bushfire Safety: January 2013 NSW bushfires

January 2013 saw NSW areas around Yass, Shoalhaven and Coonabarabran impacted by large fires. At the request of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, the Bushfire CRC...
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Discussion paper synopsis: challenges for strategic emergency management

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Multi-agency emergency management coordination above the IMT

Better management of emergency incidents can reduce any adverse consequences on communities. Fire Note 118 discusses research into multi-agency emergency management at regional...
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Multi-agency emergency management coordination above the IMT

Fire Note 118: Better management of emergency incidents can reduce any adverse consequences on communities. This Fire Note discusses research into multi-agency emergency...
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A case study comparing aspects of state level incident management approaches

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Challenges and implications facing senior personnel engaged at regional and state levels of emergency management operation coordination

Senior fire and emergency services personnel have to manage many complex challenges and these demands are going to increase in the future. In order to understand what these...
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Training Pathways for Effective Emergency Management Coordination above the IMT

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Summary of issues emerging in coordination breakdown from secondary sources (in particular inquires and similar)

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Information systems implications for information flow between layers in emergency management coordination

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Challenges and implications facing senior personnel engaged at regional and state levels of emergency management operation coordination

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FireDST: Probabilistic Simulation of Fire Spread and Impact

Presentation at the Research Forum of the 2013 Bushfire CRC and AFAC Annual Conference in Melbourne.
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From Phoenix Rapidfire to FireDST: Probabilistic Fire Spread and Impact

Presentation at the Research Forum of the 2013 Bushfire CRC and AFAC Annual Conference in Melbourne.
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