@mastersthesis {bnh-5777, title = {Methods for background temperature estimation in the context of active fire detection}, volume = {Philosophy}, year = {2019}, month = {08/2019}, school = {RMIT University and the University of Twente}, type = {Doctorate}, address = {Melbourne}, abstract = {

Fire is one of the most important ecological drivers on the planet. Whilst its initial impacts upon the environment are seemingly destructive, fire also plays an important role in the functioning and regeneration of ecosystems, along with providing a catalyst for changes to ecosystem successional processes. With this in mind,\ finding methods to efficiently measure and monitor\ wildfire is of vital importance. Information about fire in the environment can assist\ in mitigation planning and asset management for fire authorities, assists in the minimisation\ of fire impacts on human lives and communities, and of course can help\ to address problems such as carbon accounting and ecosystem impacts of fire. This thesis addresses four research questions, the current accepted method of background temperature estimation imagery and presents a new method of temperature estimation.\ 

}, keywords = {estimation, temperature, Wildfire; Community safety; Risk perception; Mitigation; Decision making}, author = {Bryan Hally} } @article {bnh-1744, title = {At-risk householders{\textquoteright} responses to potential and actual bushfire threat: An analysis of findings from seven Australian post-bushfire interview studies 2009{\textendash}2014}, journal = {International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction}, volume = {12}, year = {2015}, month = {19/02/2015}, pages = {319-327}, chapter = {319}, abstract = {

Many populated areas of Australia are at high risk of bushfire. All state and territory rural fire services have community bushfire safety education programs providing information and advice to residents about bushfire danger, household risk assessment, and planning and preparing to leave safely or to defend a property assessed as being defensible. Following disastrous bushfires in Victoria in February 2009 resulting in the deaths of 172 civilians and destruction of more than 2000 homes, a programme of interviews with affected residents was conducted. This first study revealed generally low levels of both pre-bushfire perceptions of risk, and planning and preparation by householders. Between 2011 and 2014, six further post-bushfire householder interview studies were conducted. Despite fire agencies{\textquoteright} community education endeavours subsequent to the 2009 fires: (a) appreciable percentages of residents interviewed in these six post-2010 studies did not believe that they were at-risk prior to the fire and had no plan for what to do if threatened; (b) of those with a plan, a minority were well-prepared to implement their plan {\textendash} especially if that plan was to leave; (c) very few householders self-evacuated before the fire on the basis of fire danger weather warnings. The findings and implications are discussed.

}, keywords = {Wildfire; Community safety; Risk perception; Mitigation; Decision making}, doi = {doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2015.02.007}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420915000205}, author = {Jim McLennan and Paton, Douglas and Wright, Lyndsey} }