Dr Kirrilly Thompson
Researcher
About
Dr Kirrilly Thompson
Kirrilly is a Senior Researcher and was one of ABC's Top 5 scientists under 40 for 2015.
She is a trained anthropologist who uses ethnographic methods to research the cultural dimensions of risk-perception and safety. Kirrilly has particular interests in human-animal interactions, high risk interspecies activities and equestrianism. She has proposed the 'Pets as Protective Factor' principle, based on a DECRA project identifying how animal attachment can be re-considered as a protective factor for human survival of natural disasters.
Project leadership
This project was commissioned and funded entirely by the Country Fire Service, SA.
Research team
| Type | Project | Research team |
|---|---|---|
| CRC Core Project | Managing animals in disasters: improving preparedness, response, and resilience through individual and organisational collaboration | kthompson, pburns, geustace |
29 Jun 2017
This project aims to identify and build best practice approaches to animal emergency management to...
12 Aug 2016
Emergency responders (ERS) have identified horse owners and horses as a priority in animal...
18 Aug 2015
The Managing Animals in Disasters project (MAiD) is seeking to identify and build best practice...
25 Aug 2014
The Managing Animals in Disasters project (MAiD) is seeking to identify and build best practice...
Resources credited
| Type | Released | Title | Download | Key Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HazardNoteEdition | 30 Jun 2017 | Community taking lead in emergency planning for their animals |
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animals, communication, communities |
| HazardNoteEdition | 21 Oct 2015 | Turning warnings into action |
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communication, tsunami, warnings |
| Presentation-Slideshow | 10 Apr 2015 | Managing Animals in Disasters 2015 NSW RAF Presentation |
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animals, emergency management, response |
| HazardNoteEdition | 19 Mar 2015 | How three South Australian communities responded to the 2014 bushfires |
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communication, communities, warnings |
| Presentation-Audio-Video | 27 Oct 2014 | Out of sight, out of mind: Increasing the disaster resilience of homeless people | animals, risk management | |
| Presentation-Slideshow | 27 Mar 2014 | Managing animals in disasters |
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animals, communities, resilience |
