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Addressing Firefighter Concerns: Unraveling The Complexities Of Bushfire Smoke Composition And Toxicity, Maximilien Desservettaz, Kiam Padamsey, Arielle Milkman, Brendan Mott, Frances Ehrlich, Jefferey Burgess, Clare Paton-Walsh
Addressing Firefighter Concerns: Unraveling The Complexities Of Bushfire Smoke Composition And Toxicity, Maximilien Desservettaz, Kiam Padamsey, Arielle Milkman, Brendan Mott, Frances Ehrlich, Jefferey Burgess, Clare Paton-Walsh
Research outputs 2022 to 2026
Background: Bushfire smoke is a complex mixture of hazardous substances. Inhalation poses acute and chronic health risks to firefighters, including respiratory and cardiovascular effects and potential risk for certain cancers. Aims: This paper addresses specific questions from Australian firefighters (via a Fulbright report based on extensive interviews) regarding bushfire smoke. It provides an overview of current understanding and evidence-based recommendations for minimizing exposure and mitigating health risks. Methods: A review of scientific literature and relevant organizational reports and standards was undertaken to search for evidence to answer the questions raised by Australian bushfire firefighters regarding bushfire smoke exposure and related …
A Handbook Of Wildfire Engineering: Guidance For Wildfire Suppression And Resilient Urban Design, Greg Penney, Daryoush Habibi, Marcus Cattani, Steven Richardson
A Handbook Of Wildfire Engineering: Guidance For Wildfire Suppression And Resilient Urban Design, Greg Penney, Daryoush Habibi, Marcus Cattani, Steven Richardson
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
A Handbook of Wildfire Engineering (the Handbook) provides firefighters, engineers and town planners with detailed technical approaches and analysis to enhance the resilience of communities in areas prone to wildfire impacts, and enhance the safety and effectiveness of wildfire suppression at the urban interface during catastrophic wildfire conditions
Wildfire Suppression – An International Analysis Of Operations, Strategy And Firefighter Safety, Greg Peter Penney
Wildfire Suppression – An International Analysis Of Operations, Strategy And Firefighter Safety, Greg Peter Penney
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
Wildfire suppression remains an inherently dangerous yet increasingly frequent task for fire services throughout Australia and the world. Each year firefighters from career and volunteer agencies respond to wildfires that impact the urban interface. When such an event occurs during a period of intense fire behaviour the conditions are often incompatible with life for persons either caught in the open or those seeking refuge in a vehicle. In order to improve firefighter safety and operational effectiveness at the rural urban interface (RUI) during landscape scale wildfires, this dissertation serves to examine critical components of wildfire response, most notably wildfire suppression …
Zero To Eight: Young Children And Their Internet Use, Donell Holloway, Lelia Green, Sonia Livingstone
Zero To Eight: Young Children And Their Internet Use, Donell Holloway, Lelia Green, Sonia Livingstone
Research outputs 2013
EU Kids Online has spent seven years investigating 9-16 year olds’ engagement with the internet, focusing on the benefits and risks of children’s internet use. While this meant examining the experiences of much younger children than had been researched before EU Kids Online began its work in 2006, there is now a critical need for information about the internet-related behaviours of 0-8 year olds. EU Kids Online’s research shows that children are now going online at a younger and younger age, and that young children’s “lack of technical, critical and social skills may pose [a greater] risk” (Livingstone et al, …
Firewatch: Creative Responses To Bushfire Catastrophes, Donell J. Holloway, Lelia Green, Danielle Brady
Firewatch: Creative Responses To Bushfire Catastrophes, Donell J. Holloway, Lelia Green, Danielle Brady
Research outputs 2013
No abstract provided.