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Bandara, Sahan, Satheeskumar Navaratnam, and Pathmanathan Rajeev. "Bushfire Management Strategies: Current Practice, Technological Advancement and Challenges." Fire 6, no. 11 (November 3, 2023): 421. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fire6110421.

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Bushfires are classified as catastrophic disasters capable of inflicting significant destruction. The key detrimental consequences of bushfires include the loss of human lives, trauma within communities, economic losses and environmental damage. For example, the estimated economic loss from the September 2019 to March 2020 bushfires in New South Wales (Australia) was about AUD 110 billion, including more than 3000 burned houses. There has been a notable increase in both the frequency and intensity of bushfires, as clearly demonstrated by recent bushfire events. Bushfires are an intricate pheno

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Perera, Kithsiri, Ryutaro Tateishi, Kondho Akihiko, and Srikantha Herath. "A Combined Approach of Remote Sensing, GIS, and Social Media to Create and Disseminate Bushfire Warning Contents to Rural Australia." Earth 2, no. 4 (October 6, 2021): 715–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/earth2040042.

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Bushfires are an integral part of the forest regeneration cycle in Australia. However, from the perspective of a natural disaster, the impact of bushfires on human settlements and the environment is massive. In Australia, bushfires are the most disastrous natural hazards. According to the records of the Parliament of Australia, the recent catastrophic bushfires in NSW and Victoria burnt out over 10 million hectares of land, a figure more significant than any previous bushfire damage on record. After the deadly 2009 Black Saturday bushfires, which killed 173 people in Victoria, public attention

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Visner, Michael, Sara Shirowzhan, and Chris Pettit. "Spatial Analysis, Interactive Visualisation and GIS-Based Dashboard for Monitoring Spatio-Temporal Changes of Hotspots of Bushfires over 100 Years in New South Wales, Australia." Buildings 11, no. 2 (January 23, 2021): 37. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings11020037.

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The 2019–2020 bushfire season is estimated to be one of the worst fire seasons on record in Australia, especially in New South Wales (NSW). The devastating fire season ignited a heated public debate on whether prescribed burning is an effective tool for preventing bushfires, and how the extent of bushfires has been changing over time. The objective of this study is to answer these questions, and more specifically to identify how bushfire patterns have changed in the last 100 years in NSW. To do so, we conducted a spatio-temporal analysis on prescribed burns and bushfires using a 100-year datas

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He, Wanqin, Sara Shirowzhan, and Christopher James Pettit. "GIS and Machine Learning for Analysing Influencing Factors of Bushfires Using 40-Year Spatio-Temporal Bushfire Data." ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 11, no. 6 (June 6, 2022): 336. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijgi11060336.

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The causes of bushfires are extremely complex, and their scale of burning and probability of occurrence are influenced by the interaction of a variety of factors such as meteorological factors, topography, human activity and vegetation type. An in-depth understanding of the combined mechanisms of factors affecting the occurrence and spread of bushfires is needed to support the development of effective fire prevention plans and fire suppression measures and aid planning for geographic, ecological maintenance and urban emergency management. This study aimed to explore how bushfires, meteorologic

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He, Wanqin, Sara Shirowzhan, and Christopher James Pettit. "GIS and Machine Learning for Analysing Influencing Factors of Bushfires Using 40-Year Spatio-Temporal Bushfire Data." ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 11, no. 6 (June 6, 2022): 336. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijgi11060336.

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The causes of bushfires are extremely complex, and their scale of burning and probability of occurrence are influenced by the interaction of a variety of factors such as meteorological factors, topography, human activity and vegetation type. An in-depth understanding of the combined mechanisms of factors affecting the occurrence and spread of bushfires is needed to support the development of effective fire prevention plans and fire suppression measures and aid planning for geographic, ecological maintenance and urban emergency management. This study aimed to explore how bushfires, meteorologic

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Adedokun, Olufisayo, Temitope Egbelakin, Thayaparan Gajendran, and Willy Sher. "Input-Process-Output of decision-making framework during bushfire." October 2023 10.47389/38, No 4 (October 2023): 77–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.47389/38.4.77.

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Australia has been grappling with recurring bushfires for over a century, significantly affecting the landscape and communities. Despite this, there has been an increase in residents moving into high-risk bushfire areas. This study aimed to develop a framework that could guide householder decision-making regarding self-evacuation during bushfires by identifying the incentives that encourage early evacuation. The study used a qualitative approach and 30 semi-structured interviews were conducted with residents in the southeast part of New South Wales; a region hardest hit during the 2019–20 summ

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Partheepan, Shouthiri, Farzad Sanati, and Jahan Hassan. "Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Bushfire Management: Challenges and Opportunities." Drones 7, no. 1 (January 10, 2023): 47. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/drones7010047.

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The intensity and frequency of bushfires have increased significantly, destroying property and living species in recent years. Presently, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology advancements are becoming increasingly popular in bushfire management systems because of their fundamental characteristics, such as manoeuvrability, autonomy, ease of deployment, and low cost. UAVs with remote-sensing capabilities are used with artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep-learning algorithms to detect fire regions, make predictions, make decisions, and optimize fire-monitoring tasks. Moreover,

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Sharma, Saroj Kumar, Jagannath Aryal, and Abbas Rajabifard. "Remote Sensing and Meteorological Data Fusion in Predicting Bushfire Severity: A Case Study from Victoria, Australia." Remote Sensing 14, no. 7 (March 29, 2022): 1645. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs14071645.

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The extent and severity of bushfires in a landscape are largely governed by meteorological conditions. An accurate understanding of the interactions of meteorological variables and fire behaviour in the landscape is very complex, yet possible. In exploring such understanding, we used 2693 high-confidence active fire points recorded by a Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor for nine different bushfires that occurred in Victoria between 1 January 2009 and 31 March 2009. These fires include the Black Saturday Bushfires of 7 February 2009, one of the worst bushfires in Aust

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Kumar, Ratika, Parivash Eftekhari, and Gillian Gould. "Pregnant Women Who Smoke May Be at Greater Risk of Adverse Effects from Bushfires." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 12 (June 8, 2021): 6223. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126223.

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Bushfires substantially increase the environmental health risks for people living in affected areas, especially the disadvantaged (e.g., those experiencing health inequities due to their socio-economic status, racial/ethnic backgrounds, geographic location and/or sexual orientation) and those with pre-existing health conditions. Pregnant women exposed to bushfire smoke are at a greater risk of adverse pregnancy and foetal outcomes, especially if they smoke tobacco, which may compound the toxic impacts. Bushfires may also exacerbate mental stress, leading to an increase in smoking. There are ga

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Cherbuin, Nicolas, Amita Bansal, Jane E. Dahlstrom, Hazel Carlisle, Margaret Broom, Ralph Nanan, Stewart Sutherland, et al. "Bushfires and Mothers’ Mental Health in Pregnancy and Recent Post-Partum." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 21, no. 1 (December 20, 2023): 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21010007.

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Background: The compounding effects of climate change catastrophes such as bushfires and pandemics impose significant burden on individuals, societies, and their economies. The enduring effects of such syndemics on mental health remain poorly understood, particularly for at-risk populations (e.g., pregnant women and newborns). The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of direct and indirect exposure to the 2019/20 Australian Capital Territory and South-Eastern New South Wales bushfires followed by COVID-19 on the mental health and wellbeing of pregnant women and mothers with newborn

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Ullah, Fahim, Sara Imran Khan, Hafiz Suliman Munawar, Zakria Qadir, and Siddra Qayyum. "UAV Based Spatiotemporal Analysis of the 2019–2020 New South Wales Bushfires." Sustainability 13, no. 18 (September 13, 2021): 10207. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su131810207.

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Bushfires have been a key concern for countries such as Australia for a long time. These must be mitigated to eradicate the associated harmful effects on the climate and to have a sustainable and healthy environment for wildlife. The current study investigates the 2019–2020 bushfires in New South Wales (NSW) Australia. The bush fires are mapped using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing, the hotpots are monitored, and damage is assessed. Further, an Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)-based bushfire mitigation framework is presented where the bushfires can be mapped and monitor

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Ashkan Zarghami, Seyed, and Jantanee Dumrak. "Implications of artificial intelligence for bushfire management." January 2021 10.47389/36, No 1 (January 2021): 84–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.47389/36.1.84.

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A country’s history and development can be shaped by its natural environment and the hazards it faces. As a response to the threat of novel and unexpected bushfire disasters, scholars and practitioners have turned to the area of artificial intelligence. This paper explores the underlying principles of artificial intelligence tools and to investigate how these tools have been used to mitigate the risks of catastrophic bushfires. In doing so, this research provides an overview of applications of artificial intelligence tools to enhance effective management of bushfires through preparedness capab

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Watkins, G. O. "(P2-81) A Survey of the Health Effects of Bushfire Smoke on Patients Attending Two Sydney Emergency Departments." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 26, S1 (May 2011): s162—s163. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x11005267.

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The objective of this survey was to investigate the incidence of respiratory symptoms reported by emergency department patients during the Christmas 2001–2002 Sydney bushfire disaster. Two hundred and thirty patients attending two Sydney emergency departments for any reason completed questionnaires regarding respiratory symptoms. The symptoms investigated were cough, shortness of breath, chest tightness and wheeze. The same questionnaire was subsequently administered to a similar control group who were not exposed to bushfire smoke. 51% of those surveyed during the bushfires reported one or mo

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Reisen, Fabienne, and Stephen K. Brown. "Implications for Community Health from Exposure to Bushfire Air Toxics." Environmental Chemistry 3, no. 4 (2006): 235. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/en06008.

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Environmental Context. Significant bushfires have recently occurred in Indonesia (1997), Europe (2002), Australia (2000–2001) and the USA (2003), and burned large areas over extended periods of time. They cause widespread and serious air pollution through the release of respirable particles and other toxic air contaminants. These large fire events have shown clear impacts on community health and have caused increasing concern about the impact of bushfire smoke, whether from accidental or planned fires, on the health of surrounding communities. Abstract. Bushfires can cause widespread air pollu

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Zhou, Y., Y. Zhang, J. Vaze, P. Lane, and S. Xu. "Impact of bushfire and climate variability on streamflow from forested catchments in southeast Australia." Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions 10, no. 4 (April 5, 2013): 4397–437. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hessd-10-4397-2013.

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Abstract. Most of the surface water for natural environmental and human water uses in southeast Australia is sourced from forested catchments located in the higher rainfall areas. Water yield of these catchments is mainly affected by climatic conditions, but it is also greatly affected by vegetation cover change. Bushfires are a major natural disturbance in forested catchments and potentially modify the water yield of the catchments through changes to evapotranspiration (ET), interception and soil moisture storage. This paper quantifies the impacts of bushfire and climate variability on stream

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Sidi, Insoime Mohamed, and Félicitée Rejo Fienena. "Etude Comparative des Effets des Feux de Brousse dans les Parcs Nationaux de Mikea et de Zombitse-Vohibasia a Madagascar." European Scientific Journal, ESJ 19, no. 33 (November 30, 2023): 262. http://dx.doi.org/10.19044/esj.2023.v19n33p262.

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A Madagascar, les feux de brousse sont un phénomène récurrent, et provoquent des effets néfastes au niveau environnemental et social. Dans ce contexte, une étude comparative a été effectuée dans le Parc National de Mikea et celui de Zombitse-Vohibasia. Cette étude vise à déterminer l’évolution de la richesse floristique sous l’action des feux de brousse. L’évolution des dégâts des feux de brousse dans ces sites a aussi été étudiée. Ce travail a aussi consisté à relever les différentes pratiques des feux de brousse avec leur degré d’utilisation. L'objectif général de cette étude est de détermin

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Sullivan, A. L., P. F. Ellis, and I. K. Knight. "A review of radiant heat flux models used in bushfire applications." International Journal of Wildland Fire 12, no. 1 (2003): 101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wf02052.

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The need to determine the radiant heat flux (RHF) from bushfires for fire behaviour prediction, firefighter safety, or building protection planning purposes has lead to the development and implementation of a number of RHF models, most of which are based on the Stefan-Boltzmann equation of radiative heat transfer. However, because of the complex nature of bushfire flames, a number of assumptions are made in order to make the implementation of the radiative heat transfer equation practical for wildland fire applications. The main assumptions are: bushfire flame characteristics (geometry, temper

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Hafenscher, Priszcilla, and Ferenc Jankó. "Flames and Viruses: Australian and Hungarian Media Representation of the Australian Bushfires and the COVID-19 Pandemic, A Case Study." Climate 10, no. 11 (October 27, 2022): 163. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cli10110163.

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This study addresses the difference in media coverage of the Australian bushfires and the pandemic, using an Australian and a Hungarian news site. After a frame analysis of text and imagery, a narration analysis was conducted. Our results provided evidence that crises were covered in different ways. For a distant news portal, it was an obvious option to use the bushfires in order to visualize climate change. In contrast, the bushfire–climate link has been a politicized subject in Australia for decades; hence, the exceptional bushfire season was also unable to get the issue on the agenda. Altho

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Munawar, Hafiz Suliman, Fahim Ullah, Sara Imran Khan, Zakria Qadir, and Siddra Qayyum. "UAV Assisted Spatiotemporal Analysis and Management of Bushfires: A Case Study of the 2020 Victorian Bushfires." Fire 4, no. 3 (July 26, 2021): 40. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fire4030040.

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Australia is a regular recipient of devastating bushfires that severely impacts its economy, landscape, forests, and wild animals. These bushfires must be managed to save a fortune, wildlife, and vegetation and reduce fatalities and harmful environmental impacts. The current study proposes a holistic model that uses a mixed-method approach of Geographical Information System (GIS), remote sensing, and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)-based bushfire assessment and mitigation. The fire products of Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) and Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MO

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Prasetyo, Diaz, and Trisna Mulyati. "Using Data Science to Assess the Impact of Disaster Event on Climate Change Belief: Case of Australian Bushfire Catastrophe." Proceedings of The International Conference on Data Science and Official Statistics 2023, no. 1 (December 29, 2023): 721–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.34123/icdsos.v2023i1.413.

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Australia, vulnerable to bushfire incidents due to its unique climatic conditions, witnessed a transformative event in the 2019-2020 bushfire season. This research examines the impact of these bushfires on public perception of climate change. Leveraging robust statistical techniques, including McNemar's hypothesis testing and logistic regression, the study deciphers survey data collated pre and post these fires. The study's hypothesis that post-fire respondents are more likely to acknowledge climate change's role is confirmed. Factors such as education, political affiliation, and support for f

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Cohen, David D. "The use of simultaneous IBA techniques to fingerprint fine particle emissions during the Australian bushfire 2019-20 black summer event." Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2326, no. 1 (October 1, 2022): 012001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2326/1/012001.

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Abstract The outputs of the multi-elemental IBA techniques of PIXE, PIGE, RBS and PESA have been used as inputs to positive matrix factorisation source apportionment methods to quantify and fingerprint bushfire smoke during the catastrophic black summer bushfires of 2019-20 season in NSW, Australia.

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Atkinson, Dale, Mark Chladil, Volker Janssen, and Arko Lucieer. "Implementation of quantitative bushfire risk analysis in a GIS environment." International Journal of Wildland Fire 19, no. 5 (2010): 649. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wf08185.

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Bushfires pose a significant threat to lives and property. Fire management authorities aim to minimise this threat by employing risk-management procedures. This paper proposes a process of implementing, in a Geographic Information System environment, contemporary integrated approaches to bushfire risk analysis that incorporate the dynamic effects of bushfires. The system is illustrated with a case study combining ignition, fire behaviour and fire propagation models with climate, fuel, terrain, historical ignition and asset data from Hobart, Tasmania, and its surroundings. Many of the implement

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Best, Ashleigh. "The legal status of animals: a source of their disaster vulnerability." July 2021 10.47389/36, no. 36.3 (July 2021): 63–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.47389/36.3.63.

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The 2019–20 Australian bushfire season had a devastating impact on animals. A report sponsored by the World Wide Fund for Nature (2020) estimates that 3 billion native wild animals were affected by the bushfires, with several species now closer to extinction. Thousands of domesticated farm animals also perished, either as an immediate result of the bushfires or as a consequence of being euthanised with fire-related injuries. In addition, there was concern about the adequacy of arrangements for the evacuation and care of companion animals during the emergency. In these diverse ways, the bushfir

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Regan, Francesca. "Bushfires." Australian Planner 44, no. 4 (December 2007): 16–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07293682.2007.9982606.

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Gardiner, Sarah, Jinyan Chen, Margarida Abreu Novais, Karine Dupré, and J. Guy Castley. "Analyzing and Leveraging Social Media Disaster Communication of Natural Hazards: Community Sentiment and Messaging Regarding the Australian 2019/20 Bushfires." Societies 13, no. 6 (May 31, 2023): 138. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/soc13060138.

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This research presents a new model based on Twitter posts and VADER algorithms to analyze social media discourse during and following a bushfire event. The case study is the Gold Coast community that experienced the first bushfire event of Australia’s severe Black Summer in 2019/2020. This study aims to understand which communities and stakeholders generate and exchange information on disasters caused by natural hazards. In doing so, a new methodology to analyze social media in disaster management is presented. This model enables stakeholders to understand key message themes and community sent

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Steenkamp, Malinda, Kirstin Ross, Harriet Whiley, Emmanuel Chubaka, and Paul Arbon. "Assessing the Quality of Roof-Harvested Rainwater after Bushfires." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 34, s1 (May 2019): s42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x19001018.

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Introduction:Roof-harvested rainwater held in domestic tanks is used for a variety of purposes in Australia, including drinking and irrigation. There is limited evidence about the quality of rainwater after bushfires. Current health guidelines can be interpreted that landholders need to drain their rainwater tanks to avoid the risk of contamination. Anecdotal reports indicate that following such advice caused additional distress to landowners affected by bushfires in South Australia. Sustainable water management is important for future resilience and more evidence on water quality following bu

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McKay, Jennifer M. "Reflecting the Hazard or Restating Old Views: Newspapers and Bushfires in Australia." International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters 14, no. 3 (November 1996): 305–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/028072709601400304.

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This paper illustrates that in the response and recovery phases of the 1994 Bushfire disaster in New South Wales, Australian and overseas newspaper reporting of the causes of bushfires focussed on scapegoating. The popular scapegoats were arsonists or failure of a public authority to provide fire-breaks. Thus two items were featured whereas the causes of most bushfires are multidimensional and official reports rarely attribute a cause. This paper applies an existing seven-theme classification of the content of newspaper reports to the 1994 event. Newspapers from the local community were examin

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Ariyaratne, Indunil Erandi, Anthony Ariyanayagam, and Mahen Mahendran. "Bushfire-Resistant Lightweight Masonry Blocks with Expanded Perlite Aggregate." Fire 5, no. 5 (August 30, 2022): 132. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fire5050132.

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During bushfires, one of the building elements that is directly exposed to embers, radiant heat and direct flames is the “wall” element. This study investigated the feasibility of using expanded perlite aggregate in masonry (i.e., cement) blocks to enhance their bushfire resistant characteristics. The chemical, physical, and thermal properties of expanded perlite aggregate were determined first and then masonry block cement mixes were developed by replacing sand in the conventional mix with expanded perlite aggregate by volume at different percentages (100, 80, 60, and 40%). The properties of

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Fergie, Deane, Rod Lucas, and Morgan Harrington. "Take My Breath Away." Anthropology in Action 27, no. 2 (June 1, 2020): 49–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/aia.2020.270208.

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This article eschews the singularity of much disaster, crisis and catastrophe research to focus on the complex dynamics of convergent crises. It examines the prolonged crises of a summer of bushfire and COVID-19 which converged in Eurobodalla Shire on the south coast of New South Wales (NSW), Australia, in 2019–2020. We focus on air and breathing on the one hand and kinship and the social organisation of survival and recovery on the other. During Australia’s summer of bushfires, thick smoke rendered air, airways and breathing a challenge, leaving people open to reflection as well as to struggl

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Whittaker, Joshua, Katharine Haynes, John Handmer, and Jim McLennan. "Community safety during the 2009 Australian 'Black Saturday' bushfires: an analysis of household preparedness and response." International Journal of Wildland Fire 22, no. 6 (2013): 841. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wf12010.

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On Saturday 7 February 2009, 173 people lost their lives and more than 2000 houses were destroyed in bushfires (wildfires) in the Australian State of Victoria. The scale of life and property loss raised fundamental questions about community bushfire safety in Australia, in particular the appropriateness of the ‘Prepare, stay and defend or leave early’ policy. This paper presents findings from research undertaken as part of the Australian Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre’s (CRC) ‘2009 Victorian Bushfires Research Taskforce’. The research examined factors influencing patterns of life and pro

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Diabate, Wagnimè, and Agoh Pauline Dibi-Anoh. "Effects of Climate Variability on Bushfire Regimes in the Bagoué Region, Côte d'Ivoire." International Journal of Plant & Soil Science 36, no. 8 (July 16, 2024): 65–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i84836.

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Bushfires are an important factor in the dynamics of savannah landscapes. This study is carried out in the Bagoué region to evaluate the relationships between climatic variability and bushfire regimes. To achieve this objective, rainfall and temperature data were analyzed. The information’s were collected with 300 heads of household surveyed, 100 in Boundiali, Kouto and Tengrela were selected, respectively. A purposive sampling was defined according to the following criteria: any person who uses fires in agricultural activity; the respondent must be at least 30 years old and have been in the s

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Verkaik, I., N. Prat, M. Rieradevall, P. Reich, and P. S. Lake. "Effects of bushfire on macroinvertebrate communities in south-east Australian streams affected by a megadrought." Marine and Freshwater Research 65, no. 4 (2014): 359. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf13039.

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Bushfires occur in most environments in Australia and yet there are few studies about fire effects on aquatic ecosystems. To study the effects of fire on aquatic macroinvertebrates we sampled three streams in burnt catchments (i.e. burnt) and three streams in unburnt catchments (i.e. control), nine months after severe bushfires in northern Victoria. The sampling period coincided with a severe and prolonged period of drought – during the 8th year of a series of thirteen consecutive years of below average rainfall. There was a significant effect of bushfire on macroinvertebrate richness, composi

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Lawes, Jasmin C., Luke Strasiotto, Shane Daw, and Amy E. Peden. "When Natural Hazards Intersect with Public Health: A Preliminary Exploration of the Impact of Bushfires and the COVID-19 Pandemic on Australian Coastal Drowning Fatalities." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 10 (May 17, 2021): 5314. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105314.

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Natural hazards combined with the COVID-19 pandemic have had significant global impacts to the community and the environment. This study explores the impact of the Australian 2019/20 bushfires followed by the COVID-19 pandemic on unintentional coastal drowning fatalities. Fatality data were collated using triangulation methodology. Percentage change in coastal drowning fatalities between 2019/20 financial year (FY) and the 15FY annual average (2004/5–2018/19) were calculated for the dominant bushfire period (August 2019–February 2020 inclusive) and COVID-19 restrictions in place for 2019/20FY

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Beyene, Tesfalidet, Erin S. Harvey, Joseph Van Buskirk, Vanessa M. McDonald, Megan E. Jensen, Jay C. Horvat, Geoffrey G. Morgan, et al. "‘Breathing Fire’: Impact of Prolonged Bushfire Smoke Exposure in People with Severe Asthma." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 12 (June 16, 2022): 7419. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127419.

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Wildfires are increasing and cause health effects. The immediate and ongoing health impacts of prolonged wildfire smoke exposure in severe asthma are unknown. This longitudinal study examined the experiences and health impacts of prolonged wildfire (bushfire) smoke exposure in adults with severe asthma during the 2019/2020 Australian bushfire period. Participants from Eastern/Southern Australia who had previously enrolled in an asthma registry completed a questionnaire survey regarding symptoms, asthma attacks, quality of life and smoke exposure mitigation during the bushfires and in the month

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Moore, Grace. "'A Taste of Hell': Fires, Landscapes, Emotions, and Renewal." Sites: A Journal of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies 19, no. 2 (February 20, 2023): 49–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.11157/sites-id521.

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Australian settler fiction and poetry stage shifting notions of temporality in relation to bushfires. The fire was an important plot device in settler writing, initially adding a touch of local colour for readers back home in England through stories of melodramatic rescue. However, by the end of the nineteenth century, understandings of fire had begun to change, as settlers began to learn that fires were not simply one-off catastrophes, but rather they were recurring phenomena. Underpinning my arguments with theories of affect, in particular Brian Massumi’s work on ‘fear of future fire’ and th

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Cheney, N. P. "Quantifying bushfires." Mathematical and Computer Modelling 13, no. 12 (1990): 9–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0895-7177(90)90094-4.

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Adedokun, Olufisayo, Temitope Egbelakin, Willy Sher, and Thayaparan Gajendran. "Why do people relocate to bushfire-prone areas in Australia." April 2024 10.47389/39, No 2 (April 1, 2024): 34–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.47389/39.2.34.

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Bushfires account for 40% of fatalities associated with declared disasters in Australia. A significant proportion of these fatalities occur closer to forested areas because over 90% of the recorded locations for the deaths were within 100 metres of bushland areas. Despite this, there has been an increase in people relocating to now-considered high-risk bushfire areas. This paper considers why people live in bushfire-prone areas particularly following Australia’s 2019–20 catastrophic summer bushfires. The study used a qualitative approach and conducted 30 semi-structured interviews with people

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Platt, Stephen J., Shannon Treloar, and Gordon Friend. "Monitoring fire and biodiversity – the fire monitoring program of the Department of Sustainability and Environment." Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 124, no. 1 (2012): 91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/rs12091.

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The interaction between fire and the environment is extremely complex. The Department of Sustainability and is taking a risk-based approach to bushfire management to minimise the impact of major bushfires on human life, property and the environment, and to maintain or improve ecosystem resilience. Since 2006, the Department has been undertaking flora and fauna monitoring and has established several programs including pre and post-fire flora monitoring,

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Smith, Michelle J. "Imagining Colonial Environments: Fire in Australian Children's Literature, 1841–1910." International Research in Children's Literature 13, no. 1 (July 2020): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/ircl.2020.0324.

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This article examines children's novels and short stories published in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that feature bushfires and the ceremonial fires associated with Indigenous Australians. It suggests that British children's novels emphasise the horror of bushfires and the human struggle involved in conquering them. In contrast, Australian-authored children's fictions represent less anthropocentric understandings of the environment. New attitudes toward the environment are made manifest in Australian women's fiction including J. M. Whitfield's ‘The Spirit of the Bushfire’ (

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Insoime, Mohamed Sidi, and Félicitée Rejo Fienena. "Analyses de la Mise en Æuvre des Stratégies de Lutte contre les Feux de Brousse dans le District d’Ihosy, Région Ihorombe, Madagascar." European Scientific Journal, ESJ 20, no. 12 (April 29, 2024): 159. http://dx.doi.org/10.19044/esj.2024.v20n12p159.

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Les feux de brousse à Madagascar engendrent un phénomène répétitif et contribuent à la destruction de la richesse floristique et faunistique de la végétation. Le présent article se penche sur l'efficacité des stratégies de lutte contre les feux de brousse mises en œuvre dans le district d'Ihosy, situé dans la région Ihorombe. L'objectif principal est de déterminer les différentes stratégies de lutte contre les feux appliquées dans le district d’Ihosy et de pouvoir évaluer la performance des mesures adoptées pour prévenir et combattre les incendies de brousse dans ce district étudié. La méthodo

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Davis, Deborah, Katelyn Barnes, Rebecca Williamson, Alison M. Behie, Christine Phillips, Rosalie Aroni, Celia Roberts, Ella Kurz, Danielle Schoenaker, and Christopher J. Nolan. "Pregnant women’s experiences of extreme exposure to bushfire associated smoke: a qualitative study." Environmental Research: Health 2, no. 1 (December 4, 2023): 015003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2752-5309/ad0d7d.

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Abstract In 2019/2020, multiple bushfires burned across south-east Australia converging into unprecedented megafires that burned 5.8 million hectares. From October 2019–February 2020, 80% of Australians were affected by smoke from these fires, exposing them to dramatic increases of PM2.5 in the air at an average level of ∼70 μg m3 per day, well above the World Health Organisation recommendation of ∼10 μg m3. Maternal exposure to PM2.5 has been associated with negative birth outcomes and an increased rate of birth defects, yet there is a dearth of literature regarding how pregnant women deal wi

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Homainejad, N., and C. Rizos. "APPLICATION OF MULTIPLE CATEGORIES OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (UAS) IN DIFFERENT AIRSPACES FOR BUSHFIRE MONITORING AND RESPONSE." ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XL-1/W4 (August 26, 2015): 55–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprsarchives-xl-1-w4-55-2015.

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Demand and interest in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for civilian applications, and advances in technology such as development of sense-and-avoid systems, will soon allow UAS to be flown alongside manned aircrafts in non-segregated airspace. An area that can benefit from the application of UAS is the bushfire services sector. Currently such services rely on watchtowers, fixed-wing manned aircrafts and satellite data for reliable information. UAS are a promising alternative to traditional methods of collecting bushfire data. There are several varieties of UAS and each category has certain lim

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Vaughan, Adam. "Bushfires rage on." New Scientist 244, no. 3259 (December 2019): 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0262-4079(19)32282-1.

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Ebbs, Phillip. "Bushfires and burns." Journal of Paramedic Practice 12, no. 2 (February 2, 2020): 51. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/jpar.2020.12.2.51.

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PACKHAM, DAVID. "BUSHFIRES IN AUSTRALIA." Australian Planner 30, no. 1 (March 1992): 8–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07293682.1992.9657542.

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Towers, Briony. "Children’s knowledge of bushfire emergency response." International Journal of Wildland Fire 24, no. 2 (2015): 179. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wf13153.

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In the aftermath of the Black Saturday bushfire disaster, the Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission recommended that bushfire education be made a formal part of the Australian national curriculum. Crucially, the success of any hazards education program depends on the degree to which the learner’s existing knowledge and experience is accommodated in the education process. Yet accommodating children’s knowledge in bushfire education is hampered by a lack of research on how children conceptualise bushfire hazards. To address this gap, this paper presents a detailed qualitative analysis of children

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Hayes, Peter A. J., and Mary M. Omodei. "Managing Emergencies: Key Competencies for Incident Management Teams." Australian and New Zealand Journal of Organisational Psychology 4 (April 1, 2011): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1375/ajop.4.1.1.

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AbstractEach year Australian fire and land management agencies deploy Incident Management Teams (IMTs) to manage bushfires. An important question is: what are the key competencies required for IMT personnel? Recent research in high reliability organisations suggests that teamwork-related competencies are likely to be most important because incident management depends critically upon interdependent team members, often operating in dynamic, uncertain, time pressured, and high stakes environments. This study used semi-structured interviews with experienced IMT personnel (N = 15) to identify 12 ke

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De Sisto, Marco, and John Handmer. "Communication: the key for an effective interagency collaboration within the bushfire investigation network." International Journal of Emergency Services 9, no. 3 (June 4, 2020): 299–312. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijes-04-2019-0020.

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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to identify strengths and weaknesses in knowledge sharing between related post-bushfire investigative agencies. Based on this study, such a sharing of knowledge is essential to enhance collaboration amongst practitioners in the reduction and management of the risk of bushfires.Design/methodology/approachThe authors use a case study methodology; the research design is based on comparative analysis of six post-bushfire investigative departments in Italy and Australia (Victoria). A total of 44 bushfire investigators were interviewed between 2012 and 2013, acros

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Pike, Caitlin E., Amy D. Lykins, Warren Bartik, Phillip J. Tully, and Suzanne M. Cosh. "Climate Change in Rural Australia: Natural Hazard Preparedness and Recovery Needs of a Rural Community." Climate 12, no. 5 (April 23, 2024): 57. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cli12050057.

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Climate change has resulted in a worldwide increase in intensity and frequency of extreme weather events including bushfires. Previous research has shown that communities often do not engage in disaster preparedness, even when sufficient education and resources are provided. With the projected increase in natural disasters, preparedness is paramount, and more research is needed to gain an understanding into what impacts community preparedness in the face of climate change. This study investigated one rural Australian community’s preparedness for the 2019–2020 bushfires. Thirteen Australian adu

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Cowie, Christine T., Amanda J. Wheeler, Joy S. Tripovich, Ana Porta-Cubas, Martine Dennekamp, Sotiris Vardoulakis, Michele Goldman, Melissa Sweet, Penny Howard, and Fay Johnston. "Policy Implications for Protecting Health from the Hazards of Fire Smoke. A Panel Discussion Report from the Workshop Landscape Fire Smoke: Protecting Health in an Era of Escalating Fire Risk." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 11 (May 26, 2021): 5702. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18115702.

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Globally, and nationally in Australia, bushfires are expected to increase in frequency and intensity due to climate change. To date, protection of human health from fire smoke has largely relied on individual-level actions. Recent bushfires experienced during the Australian summer of 2019–2020 occurred over a prolonged period and encompassed far larger geographical areas than previously experienced, resulting in extreme levels of smoke for extended periods of time. This particular bushfire season resulted in highly challenging conditions, where many people were unable to protect themselves fro

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