Forum and conference programs and proceedings
Bushfire 2006 - 10th Biennial Australasian Bushfire Conference
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Queensland, Australia
6 - 9 June 2006
The 10th Biennial Australasian Bushfire Conference: Bushfire 2006 was held on 6 - 9 June 2006. It explored the theme Life in a Fire-Prone Environment: Translating Science into Practice and provided a forum to share new ideas on the complex issues of bushfire management.
The Conference encouraged communication between agencies and groups involved in bushfire management, built upon the lessons learnt from previous bushfire campaigns, and facilitated a new understanding of the role of fire in the landscape.
Bushfire 2006 was hosted by Griffith University and the Queensland Fire and Biodiversity Consortium.
This website provides the Bushfire 2006 Conference papers including abstracts where full papers are not available.
Wednesday
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| Changing worlds and fire regimes? Possible consequences of global change for bushfire risk management in the Sydney region | Ross A. Bradstock (Department of Environment and Conservation, NSW) Janet S. Cohn (Department of Environment and Conservation, NSW) Malcolm Gill (Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, CSIRO Plant Industry) Geoff J. Cary (School of Resources, Environment and Society, Australian National University) |
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| Fire management and biodiversity (Concurrent Session 1A) | ||||
| Recognition of environmental consequences by emergency services personnel | Raymond F. Robinson (Rural Fire Service, Queensland Fire and Emergency Services, Department of Environment and Science, QLD) | |
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| Adaptive fire management interim guidelines for forest populations of Quokka (Setonix brachyurus) | N. D. Burrows, G. Liddelow and Rick Sneeuwjagt (Department Conservation and Land Management, WA) | |
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| Rainforest recruitment and mortality in eucalypt forests of the wet tropics - Refining the model for better management | Paul Williams (School of Tropical Biology, James Cook University & Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service) Mark Parsons (Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service) Tim Devlin (Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service) |
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| Using fire simulation techniques to achieve conservation and restoration objectives | M. J. Page (School of Natural and Rural Systems Management, University of Queensland) | |
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| Translating science into management in NSW: the Hotspots Fire Project | Nicole Conroy (Hotspots Fire Project & Nature Conservation Council of NSW) Waminda Parker Gillian Basnett Penny Watson (Hotspots Fire Project) Julie Woodroffe Paul Donatiu (Healthy Land and Water) |
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| Bushfires and Community Awareness (Concurrent Session 1B) | ||||
| Discourses about fire in New Jersey and New South Wales | Stentor Danielson | |
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| Pragmatic wildfire protection planning at the urban interface from three major studies in NSW, Australia |
R. L. Rose (Bushfire & Environmental Services P/L, St Georges Basin, NSW) |
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| Householder preparedness and response in the Eyre Peninsula Bushfire | Alan Rhodes (CFA, Victoria & Collaborative Institute for Research, Consulting and Learning in Evaluation, RMIT University, Australia) | |
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| A virtual reality bushfire mitigation tool for community consultation |
A. R. Walker, S. Gard, B. J. Williamson and J.M. Bell (Queensland University of Technology) |
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| Will it take a wildfire to get people involved in your local fire brigade? |
Simon J. Proust (Korora Rural Fire Brigade, NSW) |
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| Sustainable Fire Regimes (Concurrent Session 2A) | ||||
| Concepts, characteristics, competition: Tools in the search for sustainable fire regimes |
Penny Watson (Hotspots Fire Project & Nature Conservation Council of NSW) |
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| Determining the effect of repeated burning over 50 years in subtropical forests of south-east Queensland | Valerie J. Debuse (Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, QLD) Tom Lewis (Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, QLD) David W. Taylor (Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, QLD) |
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| Prescribed burning in Catalonia: Fire management and research | E. Pastor (Centre for Technological Risk Studies, Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain) Y. Pérez (Centre for Technological Risk Studies, Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain) M. Miralles (Forest Actions Support Group, Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan Government), Spain) E. Nebot (Forest Actions Support Group, Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan Government), Spain) E. Planas (Centre for Technological Risk Studies, Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain) |
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| Prescribed burning in the southern Mt Lofty Ranges: How and why is the decision to burn made? | N. W. Richards (School of Geography, Population and Environmental Management, Flinders University of South Australia) | |
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| The 'brown' line and the response of bark to fire | P. Lacy (Bushfire CRC and Forests NSW) W. Anderson (UNSW@ADFA, ACT) R. G. B. Smith (Forests NSW) R. O. Weber (UNSW@ADFA, ACT) J. Gould (ensis (the joint forces of CSIRO and SCION), ACT) |
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| Fire Management Systems (Concurrent Session 2B) | ||||
| Providing satellite-based early warnings of fires to reduce fire flashovers on South Africa's transmission lines |
P. Frost (Meraka Institute, South Africa) |
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| Modelling burn severity for the 2003 NSW/ACT wildfires using Landsat imagery |
T. W. Barrett (Eco Logical Australia Pty Ltd) |
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| Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service Fire Management System – balancing ecological requirements and hazard reduction in burning practices | P. A Leeson (Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service & Environmental Protection Agency) | |
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| Vegetation dynamics in the northern extremities of the Australian Alps after the 2003 fires: The story so far |
M. D. Doherty (CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Canberra, ACT) |
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| Management strategies in the wildland-urban interface of southern California and their effect on fire behaviour and environmental impacts |
Christopher A. Dicus |
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| Innovations in Fire Management and Modelling (Concurrent Session 3A) | ||||
| Including suppression effectiveness in fireline growth models |
R.O. Weber (School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences, UNSW@ADFA, ACT & Bushfire CRC, VIC) |
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| Bushfire Risk Register - A tool for bushfire risk management planning |
Zhenxiang Tan (Risk Management Performance, NSW Rural Fire Service) |
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| A methodology for determining minimum separation distance between a structure and bushfire hazard | Stuart Midgley and Zhenxiang Tan (Risk Management Performance, NSW Rural Fire Service) | |
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| A spatial decision support system for mapping potential bushfire hazard using remotely sensed data | Christopher.J. Power (Spatial Information Services, Office of the CIO, Organisational Services, Gold Coast City Council & School of Geography, Planning and Architecture, University of Queensland) | |
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| Streamlined environmental assessment for bushfire hazard reduction work in NSW | Bernie Brompton, Belinda Kenny and Simon Heemstra (NSW Rural Fire Service) | |
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| Bushfires and People (Concurrent Session 3B) | ||||
| Bushfires in the burbs - The communication conundrum | B. McAlister, M. DeGlas, K. Messer, C. Rogers, J. McKenzie, C. Wood and C. Hardie (Local Asset Services, Brisbane City Council, QLD) | |
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| Managing a nature refuge on a fiery crossroad | Ian Herbert and Cathy Herbert (Property owners “Belgamba”) | |
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| The self defence alternative in the fight against severe bushfires: Part 1 - Policies and outcomes | Denis O’Bryan (Red Eagle Bushfire Protection Services, VIC) | |
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| Implications of longitudinal studies of bushfire preparedness for planning Community Safety Programs in Northern NSW | Simon Borgert (NSW Rural Fire Service) | |
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| Bushfire management: Why, where and how economics matter? | Gaminda Ganewatta (Centre for Risk and Community Safety, School of Mathematical and Geospatial Science, RMIT University) John Handmer (Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre, Australia) |
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Thursday
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| The Ecology of Fire - Developments since 1995 and outstanding questions | R.J. Whelan (Institute for Conservation Biology and Law, University of Wollongong, NSW) | |
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| Innovations in Fire Ecology (Concurrent Session 4A) |
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| Fuel dynamics and fire behaviour in Spinifex grasslands of the Western Desert | N.D. Burrows (Department of Conservation and Land Management, Kensington, WA) B. Ward (Department of Conservation and Land Management, Manjimup, WA) A.D. Robinson (Department of Conservation and Land Management, Manjimup, WA) G. Behn (Department of Conservation and Land Management, Kensington, WA) |
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| Towards a more detailed understanding of habitat: The responses of bush rats to manipulation of food and predation after fire | M.S. Kennedy and G.S. Baxter (School of Natural and Rural Systems Management, University of Queensland) R-J. Spencer (Pestat Ltd. Invasive Animals CRC, University of Canberra) |
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| Forest, fire and ecological processes - More than just good in theory | A. K. York, T. L. Bell, F. J. Christie and K. E. C. Brennan (School of Forest and Ecosystem Science, University of Melbourne, VIC) | |
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| Emergent patterns in the mosaic of patch burning vary with the fire environment and landscape context in South-Western Australia | Grant Wardell-Johnson (Natural and Rural Systems Management, The University of Queensland) Neil Burrows and Shu Li (Department of Conservation and Land Management, Kensington, WA) |
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| Predicting impacts of fuel reduction for asset protection on threatened species | R.J. Whelan, L. Collins and R. Loemker (Institute for Conservation Biology and Law, University of Wollongong, NSW) | |
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| Fire and Community Education (Concurrent Session 4B) | ||||
| Human caused: Reducing the impact of deliberately lit bushfires | C.J. Bryant (Australian Institute of Criminology) M. Willis (previously with the AIC, now with the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs) |
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| Impact of prescribed fire smoke on downward communities | F. Reisen and S.K. Brown (CSIRO-Manufacturing & Infrastructure Technology, Highett, VIC) | |
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| Bushfire Smart Program | Andrew McLoughlin Craig Welden (Healthy Land and Water) |
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| Message in a bottle: Culture, bushfire and community understanding | John Schauble (Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Melbourne) | |
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| Community engagement about fire on public land | N.T. Hunter (Department of Sustainability and Environment, Geelong, VIC) M.J Hartley (Department of Sustainability and Environment, Bendigo, VIC) |
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| Fire Management Systems (Concurrent Session 5A) | ||||
| Fire interval classifications to aid in site selection for biodiversity studies: Mapping the fire regime | Roy S. Wittkuhn (Science Division, Department of Conservation and Land Management, Manjimup, WA/Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre) Tom Hamilton (Science Division, Department of Conservation and Land Management, Manjimup, WA) Lachie McCaw (Science Division, Department of Conservation and Land Management, Manjimup, WA/Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre) |
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| Practical ways of incorporating variation in fire intensity into fire management of African savannas | N. Govender (Scientific Services, Kruger National Park, Skukuza, South Africa) W.S.W. Trollope (Department Livestock & Pasture Science, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa) B.W. van Wilgen (Centre for Invasion Biology, CSIR Natural Resources & the Environment, Stellenbosch, South Africa) H.C. Biggs (Scientific Services, Kruger National Park, Skukuza, South Africa) |
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| ParkInfo: A geographic information system for land managers | W.J. Kington (Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, Environmental Protection Agency) | |
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| Fire management for minimising risk - what relationships apply? | Karen King (School of Resources, Environment and Society, Australian National University/Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre) Joanne Chapman (School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences, University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, ACT) Geoff Cary (School of Resources, Environment and Society, Australian National University/Bushfire Corporate Research Centre) Ross Bradstock (Department of Environment & Conservation, NSW/Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre) Jon Marsden-Smedley (School of Resources, Environment and Society, Australian National University/Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre) |
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| NSW advance in approaching performance based assessments of residential developments in bushfire prone areas | Grahame Douglas, Lew Short and Zhenxiang Tan (NSW Rural Fire Service, Sydney) | |
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| Fire Management Planning (Concurrent Session 5B) | ||||
| Future options for fire behaviour modelling and fire danger rating in New Zealand | Stuart A.J. Anderson (Ensis Forest Biosecurity and Protection, New Zealand) | |
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| Spatial patterns of fire type in relation to weather, terrain and vegetation | K.A.Hammill and R.A. Bradstock (Biodiversity Conservation Science Section, Department of Environment and Conservation, NSW) | |
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| Planning to plan, planning to practise - A tool kit for fire management planning | K. E. Smith (Fire Management Branch, Department for Environment and Heritage, SA) | |
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| Wilsons Promontory Fire April 2005: Origin, fire behaviour and extended suppression | Greg McCarthy (Bushfire Corporate Research Centre) | |
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| Bushfire patchiness | Simon Heemstra (School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong, NSW) | |
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| Bushfires and Fuel Management (Concurrent Session 6A) | ||||
| Fuels of the future: The challenge of new fuel types | D. Simmons and R. Adams (School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, VIC) J. Stoner (School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, VIC/ Fire and Environment Program Officer, Parks Victoria) |
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| A new fuel load model for eucalyptus forests in southeast Queensland | Jan Gilroy (QFBC, then SEQFBC) Cuong Tran (QFBC, then SEQFBC/Centre for Innovative Conservation Strategies, School of Environmental & Applied Sciences, Griffith University QLD) |
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| Fire risk management in exotic pine plantation in South East Queensland | David W Taylor (Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Horticulture & Forestry Science, QLD) Valerie Debuse (Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Horticulture & Forestry Science, QLD) Russell Jack (Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Forestry, QLD) Barry Stark (Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Forestry, QLD) |
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| Fuel dynamics in shrub-dominated landscapes | M.P. Plucinski (School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences, University of New South Wales/Ensis, Forest Biosecurity and Protection, CSIRO) | |
Friday
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| Fire, science and society at the urban-rural interface | A. Malcolm Gill (CSIRO Plant Industry, ACT/School of Resources, Environment and Society, Australian National University/Bushfire CRC) | |
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| Fire Management and Biodiversity (Concurrent Session 7A) | ||||
| Applying recent advances in vital attributes analysis to management of fire for biodiversity conservation | E.M. Tasker (Institute for Conservation Biology, University of Wollongong, NSW/Biodiversity Conservation Science Section, Department of Environment & Conservation, NSW) J. Baker (Biodiversity Conservation Science Section, Department of Environment & Conservation, NSW) R.J. Whelan (Institute for Conservation Biology, University of Wollongong, NSW) |
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| Supporting bushland management decisions by simulating fire outcomes | M.R. Ngugi, S. Karabut and J. Dickens (Environmental Protection Agency, QLD) | |
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| Comparing the effects of fire and grazing in native grasslands on the Moree Plains, north-west NSW | Tom Lewis (Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries) | |
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| Fire Management in the alpine region | Vic Jurskis and Paul de Mar (Forests NSW) Barry Aitchinson (NSW Rural Fire Service) |
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| Public views of fuels management in the United States: Research findings on social understanding, beliefs, and pratices | Sarah McCaffrey (USDA Forest Service, North Central Research Station, United States) | |
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| Fire Management and The Urban Interface (Concurrent Session 7B) | ||||
| Lessons from the January 2003 fires - advancing bushfire risk management in the High Country | Rick McRae (ACT ESB) Rodney O. Weber (UNSW at ADFA) |
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| Bushfire risk at the rural-urban interface | Raphaele M. Blanchi, Justin E. Leonard and Robert H. Leicester (CSIRO - MIT, Australia) | |
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| A new risk management process for bushfire risk management planning in NSW | Simon P. Heemstra (NSW Rural Fire Service) | |
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| Future urban form and bushfire risk in South East Queensland | ||||
| Bushfire hazard planning in Caboolture Shire | Rob Friend (Rob Friend & Associates Pty Ltd, Australia) Siobhan Bland and Brad Dines (Caboolture Shire Council, QLD) |
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| Poster Sessions | ||||
| The effects of fire frequency on the understorey of a Subalpine Snow Gum forest | Geoffrey J. Cary (Australian National University) Christine M. Kelly Ross Bradstock (Department of Environment & Conservation, NSW) Malcolm Gill (CSIRO Plant Industry) |
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| The role of fire regimes and dispersal patterns on the composition of Rock Ringtail Possum groups | Jessica Berryman (Department of Zoology, University of Hawaii at Manoa) | |
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| Electricity and bushfire mitigation in WA | Anthony N. Baird (Western Power Corporation, Australia) | |
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| Effects of fire frequency on vegetation in Western Sydney's grassy Cumberland plain woodland and implications for management | Penny Watson and E. Charles Morris (Ecology and Environment Research Group, University of Western Sydney, NSW) | |
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| Bushfire building damage survey - A NSW perspective | Grahame Douglas, Stuart Midgley, Zhenxiang Tan and Lew Short (NSW Rural Fire Service) | |
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| The Forest Drive Bushfire Management Plan: A Community Group Initiative | Dennis Dunn (Forest Drive Bushfire Action Group/DV-Tech Pty Ltd) | |
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| Assessing fuel load by remote sensing | Duncan Sutherland (NSW Rural Fire Service) Belinda Kenny (NSW Rural Fire Service) Peter Moore (GHD) Peter Ellis (CSIRO Ensis) |
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| NSW Fire Brigades Community Fire Unit Program | Terry P. Munsey (NSW Fire Brigades, Australia) | |
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| The self defence alternative in the fight against severe bushfires: Part 2 - Science and logic | Denis O’Bryan (Red Eagle Bushfire Protection Services, VIC) | |
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| Ember Attack: Its role in the destruction of houses during ACT bushfire in 2003 | H. Wang (Fire Science and Technology Laboratory, CSIRO Manufacturing and Infrastructure Technology) | |
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| Increasing Comprehension of Fire Management Plans | Penny Colyer and Robert Mezzatesta (Eco Logical Australia Pty Ltd) | |
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Drought Factor (fine fuel composition) prediction from field measurement of Fine Fuel Moisture Content |
Greg McCarthy (Forest Science Centre) | |
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| Impact of a prescribed burn on a threatened macrozamia in southeast Queensland | Adrian C. Borsboom (Queensland Environmental Protection Agency, Australia) | |
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| Resident's experiences of the 2003 Canberra bushfires | Amalie Tibbits (RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC/Bushfire CRC) Raphaele Blanchi (CSIRO CMIT, Highett, VIC/Bushfire CRC) A. Malcolm Gill (CSIRO PI (Honorary)/ANU SRES (Honorary), Canberra, ACT/Bushfire CRC) |
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| Overall fuel hazard guide for South Australia | M. A. Wouters (Fire Management Branch, Department for Environment & Heritage, SA) | |
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| Can weather indices predict the probability of large areas burnt in the Sydney region? | Janet S. Cohn (Department of Environment and Conservation, NSW) Ross A. Bradstock (Department of Environment and Conservation, NSW) A. Malcolm Gill (Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, CSIRO Plant Industry) Michael Bedward (Department of Environment and Conservation, NSW) |
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| Developing ecological fire management guidelines for SA | M. A. Wouters (Fire Management Branch, Department for Environment & Heritage, SA) | |
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| Fire management for community safety and ecological requirements - A local government perspective | Michael Reif (Caloundra City Council) | |
