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Off the back of recent bushfires in the Gippsland region, RACV has provided bushfire safety advice to prepare Victorians for the summer ahead. The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) has declared that the El Niño weather pattern is active over the Pacific Ocean for the first time in eight years. An El Niño will mean reduced … Continued
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Professor Lauren Rickards, Professor of Climate Change Adaptation, Sociology Expertise: Climate change impacts and adaptation, disaster risk. Scholars Profile Professor Jason Dutton, Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science Expertise: The chemistry of fire and the chemistry that causes climate change. Comment: “CO2 doesn’t care what you believe, it … Continued
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Within days, eastern Australia has been attacked at both ends by bushfires and flooding. Is Australia ready? Dr Erica Kuligowski, Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow Topics: evacuation issues and planning, emergency communications, impacts to communities Dr Erica Kuligowski is studying evacuation and emergency communications during bushfire, building fires, and other hazards. She has led interdisciplinary research studies … Continued
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Within days, eastern Australia has been attacked at both ends by bushfires and flooding. Is Australia ready? Dr Erica Kuligowski, Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow Topics: evacuation issues and planning, emergency communications, impacts to communities Dr Erica Kuligowski is studying evacuation and emergency communications during bushfire, building fires, and other hazards. She has led interdisciplinary research studies … Continued
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Australian Red Cross has opened Register.Find.Reunite. and is urging people affected by the Cooma/Monaro, Cessnock, and Bega Valley area bushfires to get in touch with their families and friends. Australian Red Cross State Director Kate Miranda said being separated from family and friends is one of the most stressful things a person can experience during an … Continued
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Australian Red Cross has opened Register.Find.Reunite. and is urging people affected by the Cooma/Monaro fire event to get in touch with their families and friends. Australian Red Cross State Director Kate Miranda said being separated from family and friends is one of the most stressful things a person can experience during an emergency. “Not knowing … Continued
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Decades worth of fire knowledge, data and experience were put to the test this month with the North Australia & Rangelands Fire Information (NAFI) service receiving an unprecedented number of map requests during the Barkly region bushfires. NAFI, a fire information web portal supported through Charles Darwin University’s Darwin Centre for Bushfire Research (DCBR), received … Continued
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Helsinki, Finland and – 2023 – 19/09/2023 AUSTRALIAN emergency responders tackling bushfires over coming months will have access to real-time data intelligence for the first time, as part of a ground-breaking deal with a Finnish satellite company. The data partnership, between Finnish satellite company ICEYE and Geoscape Australia, will provide real-time situational intelligence … Continued
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58% of Australians expect to be impacted by heatwaves in the coming 12 months, this number is more than double 5 years ago (25%). 34% of Australians are worried about being impacted by bushfires compared to 26% five years ago. 43% of Australians are concerned about the impact of floods and heavy rain … Continued
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A Monash expert is available to comment on the immense task Indonesian emergency services are currently facing while battling multiple bushfires and how measuring the anxiety levels of those impacted can improve future disaster response. Professor Juliana Sutanto, Professor in Information Systems, Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University Contact details: +61 450 501 248 … Continued
