Planning

This Bushfire CRC research systematically identifies the ‘human factors’ that contribute to potentially risky decision-making by firefighters on the fire ground – that is, decision-making that can lead to critical errors. Importantly, it reveals how, from the firefighters’ own perspective, they think and act under high-pressure situations.

This Bushfire CRC research project meets a critical information void faced by Australia’s fire agencies: how to make pragmatic decisions about the deployment of personnel who are ‘fit for duty’, without infringing their Occupational Health and Safety and Equal Opportunity employment responsibilities.

This Bushfire CRC fire note on Aerial suppression can be an important part of bushfire containment operations.

The CFA Connect Team have been overwhelmed by the response of their online community for help at short notice in evaluating a live event blogging platform, "Cover It Live".

Fifty two draft maps, which will be used to form the basis of township protection plans (TPPs), have been issued to CFA Regions.

See how CFA could use the same tactics that helped Barack Obama to presidential victory in the US to increase levels of bushfire preparedness.

Across southern Australia, above-normal fire potential is expected over much of the southeast, including all of Victoria, southeastern New South Wales including the Australian Capital Territory, and the settled areas of South Australia.

The government has announced interim planning provisions to simplify residents' entitlements to clear native vegetation around their homes as part of their preparations for the 2009/10 fire season. The changes include a 10/30 right for clearing around buildings used for accommodation and along fence-lines.

Premature overstorey eucalypt decline is severe in some temperate Australian forests and may be associated with altered fire management since European settlement.

You may have spotted in the media the ANU historian Tom Griffiths was last night presented with the Alfred Deakin Award for a Short Essay that Advances Public Debate (The award was part of the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards).