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Design Bushfire Selection for Bushfire Protection in Adaptation to Global Warming [PDF]

Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, 2019
In this article, a risk based approach to design for bushfire protection in view of adaptation to global warming is discussed. The concept of design bushfire is explained in an analogy to design flood or design earthquake in terms of event of prescribed ...
Grahame B. Douglas, Yaping He
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Acute health effects of bushfire smoke on mortality in Sydney, Australia

Environment International, 2023
Background: Bushfire smoke is a major ongoing environmental hazard in Australia. In the summer of 2019–2020 smoke from an extreme bushfire event exposed large populations to high concentrations of particulate matter (PM) pollution. In this study we aimed
Ivan C Hanigan, Geoffrey G Morgan, Bin Jalaludin   +2 more
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Counting the costs of injury and disease to first responders as a result of extreme bushfires [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Extreme bushfires are devastating and costly and are predicted to increase in frequency. This project investigated emergency responders’ (ER) compensable injury/disease costs associated with extreme bushfire periods compared with the general workforce ...
Janneke Berecki-Gisolf, Win Wah, Alex Collie, Deborah C. Glass, Ryan F. Hoy, Malcolm R. Sim, Tim Driscoll, Karen Walker-Bone   +7 more
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Physical and Mental Health Effects of Bushfire and Smoke in the Australian Capital Territory 2019–20

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
The 2019–20 bushfire season in south-eastern Australia was one of the most severe in recorded history. Bushfire smoke-related air pollution reached hazardous levels in major metropolitan areas, including the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), for ...
Rachael M Rodney Harris, Ashwin Swaminathan, Alison L Calear   +2 more
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Prognostic factors in bushfire-affected koalas-Kangaroo Island bushfire response 2020. [PDF]

Aust Vet J
This study presents a retrospective analysis of clinical records data from koalas presenting for treatment following the large‐scale bushfire event on Kangaroo Island 2019–2020. The aim of the study was to identify prognostic factors for koalas affected by bushfire. Koalas (n = 199) were grouped based on their burn status in combination with their burn
Funnell O, McLelland J, Kokosinska A, Stephenson T, Dunstan E, Turner B, Speight N.   +6 more
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First responders’ occupational injury and disease associated with periods of extreme bushfires [PDF]

Scientific Reports
There has been limited research on the health impacts of extreme bushfire exposure among emergency responders (ER) involved in suppressing extreme bushfires.
Janneke Berecki-Gisolf, Win Wah, Malcolm R Sim, Deborah C Glass, Ryan F Hoy, Tim Driscoll, Alex Collie, Karen Walker-Bone   +7 more
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Analysis of the Impact of the 2019–20 Australian Bushfire Season on the Atmospheric Environment

Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021
The 2019–20 Australian bushfire produced strong plumes that carried massive quantities of gases and aerosols through the tropopause into the stratosphere. The 2019 El Niño and a rare sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) in the Southern Hemisphere (SH) that
Jie Zhang, Jie Zhang, Zheng Sheng, Zheng Sheng, Yang He, Yang He, Xinjie Zuo, Xinjie Zuo, Bo Jin, Mingyuan He, Mingyuan He   +10 more
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Bushfire Management Strategies: Current Practice, Technological Advancement and Challenges

Fire, 2023
Bushfires are classified as catastrophic disasters capable of inflicting significant destruction. The key detrimental consequences of bushfires include the loss of human lives, trauma within communities, economic losses and environmental damage.
Sahan Bandara, Satheeskumar Navaratnam, Pathmanathan Rajeev   +2 more
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Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Bushfire Management: Challenges and Opportunities

Drones, 2023
The intensity and frequency of bushfires have increased significantly, destroying property and living species in recent years. Presently, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology advancements are becoming increasingly popular in bushfire management ...
Shouthiri Partheepan, Farzad Sanati, Jahan Hassan   +2 more
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Characterizing Topographic Influences of Bushfire Severity Using Machine Learning Models: A Case Study in a Hilly Terrain of Victoria, Australia

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2023
Topography plays a significant role in determining bushfire severity over a hilly landscape. However, complex interrelationships between topographic variables and bushfire severity are difficult to quantify using traditional statistical methods.
Saroj Kumar Sharma, Jagannath Aryal, Quanxi Shao, Abbas Rajabifard   +3 more
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