Public safety messages for floods and storms will be broadcast on ABC Radio this severe weather season, backed by Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC research. Comprising 26 different public messages, the new Community Service Announcements (CSAs) are the first-ever nationally…
Providing a clear picture of landscape dryness
The Australian Flammability Monitoring System provides a clear picture of vegetation and soil dryness across the Australian landscape, assisting fire and land managers with their operational decisions. Fire and land managers are now benefiting from the world’s first near-real-time web…
You wouldn’t drive into a bushfire, so why drive into floodwater?
New research is delving into why people enter floodwater and what can be done to change this risky behaviour. It is widely agreed that entering floodwater, whether on foot or in a vehicle, is highly risky. There is usually little…