Annual Report 2017-18
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HIGHLIGHTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS + a year in review 2017-2018 @bnhcrc All material in this document, except as identified All rights are reserved in content not licenced under below, is licensed under the Creative Commons the Creative Commons licence. Permission must be Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International sought from the copyright owner to use this material. Licence. Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC Report 2018:429 Material not licensed under the Creative Commons December 2018 licence: • Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC logo • Department of Industry, Innovation and Science logo All photographs are credited to the Bushfire and • Cooperative Research Centres Programme logo Natural Hazards CRC unless otherwise noted. • All photographs • All figures 2 2013-2018 CONTENTS CONTENTS BUSHFIRE AND NATURAL HAZARDS CRC: 2013-2018 ....................................................................................4 A RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR BUSHFIRE AND NATURAL HAZARDS .....................................................................4 ABOUT US ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 5 A COLLECTIVE APPROACH .........................................................................................................................................................6 A REVIEW OF THE FIRST FIVE YEARS ................................................................................................................................... 7 COLLECTIVE STRENGTH............................................................................................................................................................... 8 A FORUM FOR KNOWLEDGE.................................................................................................................................................... 10 RESEARCH LOOP ............................................................................................................................................................................13 CAPACITY OF PEOPLE ................................................................................................................................................................. 14 RESEARCH IN USE ..........................................................................................................................................................................15 2017-2018 - THE YEAR THAT WAS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2017-2018 ...................................................................................................................... 16 ACHIEVEMENTS ...............................................................................................................................................................................17 REVIEWS .............................................................................................................................................................................................18 APPOINTMENTS .............................................................................................................................................................................. 19 COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITIES ..................................................................................................................................... 19 AWARDS ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 20 RESEARCH 2017-2018 ...........................................................................................................................................22 ACHIEVEMENTS ..............................................................................................................................................................................23 INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH LINKS ......................................................................................................................................24 END-USER INVOLVEMENT .........................................................................................................................................................25 UTILISATION AND COMMERCIALISATION 2017-2018 ................................................................................... 26 RESEARCH TO CAPABILITY ......................................................................................................................................................26 EDUCATION AND TRAINING 2017-2018 ............................................................................................................28 PHD GRADUATES ...........................................................................................................................................................................29 COMMUNICATIONS 2017-2018 ............................................................................................................................32 EVENTS ...............................................................................................................................................................................................32 WEBSITE ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 36 Prof Vivienne Tippett, Queensland University of Technology, speaking at Science at the Shine Dome 2018. Photo: Australian HAZARD NEWS AND HAZARD NOTES ............................................................................................................................... 36 Academy of Science 2013-2018 1 CONTENTSHEADER MEDIA ..................................................................................................................................................................................................37 SOCIAL MEDIA .................................................................................................................................................................................37 GOVERNANCE 2017-2018 ....................................................................................................................................38 GOVERNING BOARD MEMBERS ..............................................................................................................................................38 COMMITTEE MEMBERS ................................................................................................................................................................39 BOARD MEETINGS .........................................................................................................................................................................39 UTILISATION AND OUR PEOPLE UTILISATION CASE STUDIES ..............................................................................................................................40 BETTER WARNINGS TO ENSURE ACTION ........................................................................................................................40 STRENGTH IN THE FACE OF HIGH WINDS .........................................................................................................................42 BETTER FIRE DANGER RATINGS ........................................................................................................................................... 43 EMERGENCY PLANNING FOR ANIMALS ............................................................................................................................44 SHARING THE RISK ....................................................................................................................................................................... 45 SCHOOL-BASED EDUCATION FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION .......................................................................... 46 INTANGIBLE VALUE ..................................................................................................................................................................... 48 LOOKING BACK CAN PREVENT FUTURE FLOOD DEATHS ....................................................................................... 49 “WHAT IF” QUESTIONS DRIVE FUTURE POLICY............................................................................................................ 50 A MODEL FOR RELIEF AND RECOVERY..............................................................................................................................52 CARBON ABATEMENT THROUGH BETTER FIRE MAPPING .......................................................................................53 COMPLEX DECISION MAKING AND TEAMWORK WHEN THE HEAT IS ON ........................................................ 54 FINDING FIRES FASTER ............................................................................................................................................................. 56 SATELLITES TO HELP SHOW WHEN THE BUSH IS READY TO BURN ....................................................................57 A NEW MODEL FOR HELPING ..................................................................................................................................................58 CRC PEOPLE .........................................................................................................................................................