John Handmer

In the summer of 1909/10, my Great Grandparents faced the risk of losing everything to a bushfire. Emily and Charles Handmer lived on a farm 6 kms north of Knowsley near Bendigo, by the state forest on a road now known as Handmer Track. All the men were...

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John Handmer

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2014

Sharing Responsibility in Australian Disaster Management - Final Report for the Sharing Responsibility Project

2013

Community safety during the 2009 Australian ‘Black Saturday’ bushfires: an analysis of household preparedness and response

2012

Changing the rules of the game: mechanisms that shape responsibility-sharing from beyond Australian fire and emergency management.

Estimating the economic, social and environmental impacts of wildfires in Australia

Exploring the capacity to adapt to climate change in the fire management sector of Victoria, Australia

From risk to resilience? Reframing shared responsibility in Australian disaster policy

Reframing responsibility-sharing for bushfire risk management in Australia after Black Saturday

Responding to bushfire risk: the need for transformative adaptation

Vulnerability to bushfires in rural Australia: A case study from East Gippsland, Victoria

2011

A review of operations research methods applicable to wildfire management

Concept review Framing challenges for sharing responsibility

Policy review Mechanisms for sharing responsibility A report of the Sharing Responsibility project

2010

Australian bushfire fatalities 1900-2008: exploring trends in relation to the `Prepare, stay and defend or leave early' policy

Community Bushfire Safety: A Review of Post-black Saturday Research

2009

The value of volunteers in State Emergency Services

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Applying Operations Research Methods To Bushfire Management

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