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When residents come under imminent wildfire threat, what aspects of decision making distinguish those who stay and defend their home from those who leave?
| Title | When residents come under imminent wildfire threat, what aspects of decision making distinguish those who stay and defend their home from those who leave? |
| Publication Type | Conference Proceedings |
| Year of Conference | 2012 |
| Authors | McLennan, J, Elliott, G, Omodei, M |
| Conference Name | IAWF 3rd Human Dimensions of Wildland Fire Conference, Seattle, WA, 17-19 April 2012 |
| Pagination | 87-89 |
| Publisher | IAWF |
| Abstract | bushfires (wildfires) occurring on days of extreme fire danger following long periods of low rainfall (Haynes et al 2008). A review of fatalities in disaster-level bushfires suggested that: (1) most deaths occurred when residents fled at the last minute and resulted from either vehicle crash or radiant heat; and (2) many who died in or near houses were elderly or otherwise impaired (Handmer & Tibbits, 2005). In its 2005 Position Statement the Australasian Fire Authorities Council concluded that: “By extinguishing small ignitions, people of adequate mental, emotional, and physical fitness, equipped with appropriate skills and basic resources can save a building that would otherwise be lost to fire” (p 6). These considerations led to a general Australian fire agency community safety policy message to residents at-risk of bushfires to: ‘prepare, stay and defend or leave early’ (Tibbits et al. 2008). |
| URL | http://www.iawfonline.org/pdf/3rd%20Human%20Dimensions%20Conference%20Proceedings%20-%20FINAL.pdf |
| Refereed Designation | Refereed |
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