Natural Hazards Research Australia’s Post

On this day 15 years ago, 173 people lost their lives in Victoria’s 2009 Black Saturday fires. It is a day that will forever be remembered for its widespread devastation and lifelong impacts. From these tragic fires, much has been learned. A taskforce from the Centre’s predecessor, the Bushfire CRC, assembled researchers from fire agencies and research organisations around Australia to examine the key issues in the bushfires, assessing more than 1,300 homes, interviewing more than 600 residents, and taking more than 21,000 photos. The learnings from the Black Saturday fires are collated here (https://lnkd.in/gQm4pdeb) and form the basis for many of the fire- and resilience-related research carried out by the Centre, our Participants, and researchers today. https://shorturl.at/flzJ8

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Matthew Ellis

Emergency Management Pracademic | Former Emergency Services & Emergency Manager | Geographer | Researcher | Advocate for Modern EM, Social Justice, and Human Rights | Industry and Life Iconoclast

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… and in that same year more than 400 Victorians died due to heat. That number is not a one off- it occurs every year so why are we not discussing this? Let’s face it our system is more interested in flash rather than outcome. A fire is much more interesting and an easier sell for politicians and alleged EM agencies like EMV than actually following the science and evidence. Its easy for heat to go under the radar and this is why we need EM agencies to do their jobs properly. EMV is not a firefighting agency and should not be overly fixated on this. I would be interested to know cattle how many of its employees are qualified EMgrs, as opposed to ex-emergency services personnel. Noting that ES is NoT EM.

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