Fire weather research on show to the world

An international disaster forum in London and meteorological association event in Adelaide have both showcased Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC research recently, highlighting the importance of the science on both a global and local stage.

Dr Mika Peace from the Bureau of Meteorology gave both presentations, highlighting the key outcomes of the recently completed Coupled fire-atmosphere modelling project.

The International Disaster Management Exhibition at the World Humanitarian Forum London 2021 featured a virtual presentation by Dr Peace titled ‘Disaster risk reduction in action’, during which she highlighted good practice and effective disaster risk reduction and governance in a panel alongside Dr Gianluca Pescaroli (UCL), Dr Albrecht Beck (Knowledge Hub for Urban Disaster Risk Reduction) and Zal Rustom (Argo UK Resilience).

The World Humanitarian Forum is the largest humanitarian aid and international development forum globally, bringing together public, private and non-profit sector decision makers to advance critical global discussions, transform conversations into action and catalyse collaboration through shared-value approaches and social impact objectives.

Dr Peace also spoke at The Australian Meteorological Association’s event, Weather & Bushfires: understanding a complex relationship, held in Adelaide on 15 June. Dr Peace’s talk centred around the phrase ‘When meteorology and fire come together’ and discussed CRC research that focused on understanding the complex inter-relationship between meteorology and bushfires.  She explained that these fire-atmosphere interactions happen at different scales and are critically important in anticipating fire behaviour and how effectively we can react to each incident.

The Coupled fire-atmosphere modelling project aimed to improve the understanding of fire and atmospheric interactions and feedback processes, and was completed in March 2021, achieving the objective of building and sharing national capability in fire research and providing fire and meteorology expertise during high impact events. Read the final project report here.