Hazard News

January

Hazard News is a collection of articles published on our website. The enewsletter is published monthly for our research partners, end-users, participants and the general public.

Australian Seasonal Bushfire Outlook December 2019
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Australian Seasonal Bushfire Outlook: December 2019
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New online - January 2020
Dr Richard Thornton on ABC TV Breakfast
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Media seek research insights
Panel session on communicating floodwater at ANZDMC19.
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Get your research in for disasters conference
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We are hiring - opportunity for a Communications Officer
Dr Paula Dootson receives her EMPA 2019 award.
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Researcher acknowledged with Vice Chancellor award
SES volunteers performing a search. Photo: Department of Fire and Emergency Services WA
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Researchers required for new project exploring volunteer mental health
Gabriel Zito trying out the FLAIM system - a virtual firefighting program at the 2019 International Women's Day event at Federation Square.
Blog
Thanks, it's been a blast
Black Saturday firefighters battling flames in Victoria. When we laud fire fighters as heroes, we fail to acknowledge the ongoing impact of the fires. Photo: Andrew Brownbill
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‘I can still picture the faces’: Black Saturday firefighters want you to listen to them, not call them ‘heroes’
Satellite image of smoke on 1 January 2020 from Himawari 8.
Blog
What sort of inquiry should come after these fires?
Wallabi Point NSW. Photo by Adam Stevenson.
Blog
Doing more of the same on fires will not mitigate disaster impact
Volunteer firefighters battle a blaze. Photo: Ben Shepard NSW RFS
Blog
As bushfires intensify, we need to acknowledge the strain on our volunteers
This research is helping emergency services prepare for future disasters.
Blog
Australia needs a national crisis plan, and not just for bushfires
Brisbane City Floods. Source: Andrew Kesper. CC-BY-2.0
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Integrating bushfire risk reduction and statutory mechanisms in South Australia
Brisbane City Floods. Source: Andrew Kesper. CC-BY-2.0
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Integrated urban planning for natural hazard mitigation
Canberra Bushfires Memorial. Photo: Melissa Parsons.
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Barriers and enablers in the long term recovery of communities affected by natural hazards: a review of the literature
2016 Adelaide floods. Photo: South Australia SES
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Simulation optimisation for natural hazard risk management
TFS State Coordination Centre. Photo: Chris Bearman.
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Using the human centred design method to develop tools for non-technical skills in emergency management
Fire in the landscape. Photo credit: Fire and Emergency New Zealand.
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Quantifying dynamic fire behaviour phenomena using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle technology
South Australian Country Fire Service Region 1 Coordination Centre. Photo: Chris Bearman.
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Decision making, team monitoring & organisational learning in emergency management annual report 2018-2019
Spontaneous volunteers with Lismore Helping Hands assisted in the clean up after the 2017 floods in northern NSW. Photo: Lismore Helping Hands
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Disaster Resilient Communities: Engagement with Spontaneous Volunteer Groups
Fire in the Blue Mountains. Photo: Ben Shephard, NSW RFS.
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The potential role of the commonwealth in responding to catastrophic disasters
Pyroconvective smoke plume. Photo credit: Country Fire Authority.
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Frequency of Dynamic Fire Behaviours in Australian Forest Environments
Smoke from bushfires on the horizon. Photo credit: Tasmania Fire Service.
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Evolution of an extreme Pyrocumulonimbus-driven wildfire event in Tasmania, Australia
Disaster response coordinators. Photo credit: NSW RFS.
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Defining pharmacists' roles in disasters: A Delphi study
A convoy of WalMart trucks.
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Increasing emergency management capacity through business sector involvement
Building damage from the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Photo credit: John McCombe.
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Seismic fragility assessment of nonstructural components in unreinforced clay brick masonry buildings
Damage to houses after a cyclone has past through in Queensland, 2009.
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Model for assessing the vulnerability of Australian housing to windstorms - VAWS
Roof of a building damaged by a severe wind event. Photo: James Cook University Cyclone Testing Station.
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Community benefits of roof upgrades
A 'water over road' sign at Rockhampton, Queensland. Photo: Rex Boggs
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Demographic profiling: Queensland floods 2010-11 Brisbane River catchment area case study
Urban-forest interface in Melbourne's Eastern suburbs.
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Challenges for wildfire-prone urban-rural interfaces: The case of Melbourne
Belrose hazard reduction in 2011. Credit: NSW RFS Media services CC BY NC-ND 2.0
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Demographic profiling: Western Australia Toodyay bushfires 2009 case study
Prescribed burning at a field site sampled in 2019 in NSW. Photo: D. Parnell.
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Optimisation of fuel reduction burning regimes for fuel reduction, carbon, water and vegetation outcomes
Aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in Texas, USA. Photo: Daniel Smith.
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Improving the resilience of existing housing to severe wind events - annual report 2018-19
Floodwaters in NSW. Photo credit: Alex Chesser.
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Flood mapping under vegetation using single SAR acquisitions
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In the media

21 Oct
ABC Goulburn Murray
Scientists working to predict 'freak' fire weather simulate some of Australia's toughest blazes
20 Oct
Meteorological Technology International
Research sheds light on unexpected behavior of Australia’s Black Summer bushfires
20 Oct
Beef Central
Report finds weather played significant role 2019-20 fires
19 Oct
Bureau of Meteorology
Bushfire insights uncovered with new fire-atmosphere modelling
19 Oct
South Coast Register
New insights into Black Summer’s terrible fires uncovered
19 Oct
Mirage News
Bushfire insights uncovered with new fire-atmosphere modelling
11 Oct
ABC Weather
BOM severe weather outlook for 2021-22 suggests floods, cyclones on the cards
08 Oct
news.com.au
Former fire chief warns of inextinguishable firestorms as climate change poses unprecedented threat to Australia
07 Oct
University of Western Australia
Survey reveals mental health impact of Black Summer fires on emergency workers
07 Oct
Mirage News
Survey reveals mental health impact of Black Summer fires on emergency workers
06 Oct
Busselton-Dunsborough Mail
Time to prepare properties ahead of the bushfire season
27 Sep
Herald Sun
Quake would’ve killed 1400 if it hit Melbourne
27 Sep
The Age
‘We are not safe’: Warning on city buildings as more quakes predicted
27 Sep
Brisbane Times
‘We are not safe’: Warning on city buildings as more quakes predicted
24 Sep
University of Melbourne Pursuit
What Victoria's earthquake tells us about the safety of our structures

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