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Crisisready's Novel Framework For Transdisciplinary Translation: Case-Studies In Wildfire And Hurricane Response, Andrew Schroeder, Caleb Dresser, Akash Yadav, Jennifer Chan, Shenyue Jia, Caroline Buckee, Satchit Balsari
Crisisready's Novel Framework For Transdisciplinary Translation: Case-Studies In Wildfire And Hurricane Response, Andrew Schroeder, Caleb Dresser, Akash Yadav, Jennifer Chan, Shenyue Jia, Caroline Buckee, Satchit Balsari
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Extreme weather events including wildfires and hurricanes are becoming increasingly hazardous due to climate change, and often result in transient or permanent population displacements. Disaster-related disruptions in infrastructure, workforce, wages, and social networks can combine with population displacements to result in interruptions in health care access and prolonged impacts on morbidity and mortality. The data needed to make health systems and emergency management approaches more resilient to these hazards, and more responsive to the needs of affected populations, are sequestered in silos across private corporations and public agencies. In two case studies, we describe how our research team at CrisisReady …
Wildfire Survival Plans In Theory And Practice, Christine Eriksen, Trent D. Penman, Bronwyn L. Horsey, Ross A. Bradstock
Wildfire Survival Plans In Theory And Practice, Christine Eriksen, Trent D. Penman, Bronwyn L. Horsey, Ross A. Bradstock
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
Bushfire survival plans are a valuable tool for residents living in fire-prone landscapes. Plans include assigning trigger points for action, roles for all household members, and alternate approaches should the original plan fail. Fire agencies advocate that residents write, practise and discuss these plans before the fire season. In this study we use a multiple-methods approach to examine the theoretical and actual application of bushfire survival plans in south-east Australia. First, we review agency advice regarding survival plans to determine the consistency, clarity and specificity of the advice. Second, an online survey of residents examines the relationships between types of …
Countervailing Effects Of Urbanization And Vegetation Extent On Fire Frequency On The Wildland Urban Interface: Disentangling Fuel And Ignition Effects, Owen Price, Ross A. Bradstock
Countervailing Effects Of Urbanization And Vegetation Extent On Fire Frequency On The Wildland Urban Interface: Disentangling Fuel And Ignition Effects, Owen Price, Ross A. Bradstock
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
Fire activity has been found to follow a humped relationship with population density, but the countervailing drivers and scale effects in this relationship have not previously been teased apart. This is important because it helps us to understand which aspects of fire risk are amenable to management. The likelihood of a fire occurring at the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) can be broken into two components: that of ignitions occurring and that of the fire spreading from the ignition to the interface. We hypothesize that urbanization is a double-edged sword because it both increases the likelihood of ignition but also protects …
Defining The Importance Of Mental Preparedness For Risk Communication And Residents Well-Prepared For Wildfire, Christine Eriksen, Timothy Prior
Defining The Importance Of Mental Preparedness For Risk Communication And Residents Well-Prepared For Wildfire, Christine Eriksen, Timothy Prior
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
Building on a recognised information-to-action gap in wildfire risk communication, this paper examines what being physically and mentally 'well prepared' actually means to wildfire agency staff and volunteers in charge of disseminating risk information. Using the results of an open-ended survey conducted in southeast Australia, we examine how a set of preparedness messages is interpreted. The paper demonstrates that the concept of wildfire preparedness is ambiguous, and that being 'well prepared' is a complex mix of practical and mental preparedness measures. Many of the individual interpretations of preparedness messages are found to not align with the official outlined intent. In …
The Spatial Domain Of Wildfire Risk And Response In The Wildland Urban Interface In Sydney, Australia, O F. Price, R A. Bradstock
The Spatial Domain Of Wildfire Risk And Response In The Wildland Urban Interface In Sydney, Australia, O F. Price, R A. Bradstock
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
In order to quantify the risks from fire at the wildland urban interface (WUI), it is important to understand where fires occur and their likelihood of spreading to the WUI. For each of the 999 fires in the Sydney region we calculated the distance between the ignition and the WUI, the fire's weather and wind direction and whether it spread to the WUI. The likelihood of burning the WUI was analysed using binomial regression. Weather and distance interacted such that under mild weather conditions, the model predicted only a 5% chance that a fire starting >2.5 km from the interface …