A proposal by the Bush Fire Front Inc., March 2016 Introduction The 2016 Waroona/Yarloop fire is the latest in a growing number of serious bushfires in the South west of …
Bushfire Management Must Be Fixed
Keelty
The Keelty Inquiry into Bushfires in WA. A submission from The Bushfire Front Inc April 2011 Summary Bushfire management can be looked at in two ways: (i) the efficiency with …
Yarloop/Ferguson
The Ferguson Report into the Waroona/Yarloop bushfire Submission to the Inquiry in response to the report, from the Bushfire Front The government is to be commended for the appointment of …
The particular need for prescribed burning in forested catchment areas
We do not hear much these days about the water levels in our Hills dams, which are all in forested areas. Now that we have two large (and very …
What is prescribed burning
What Happens in a Fuel Reduction Burn It is important to understand that when an area has had its understorey fuel reduced by a low intensity burn, it does not …
The need for a landscape approach
TBA
Fuel management is the critical factor
The Importance of Reducing Fuel Loadings Much of the vegetated areas between Cape Naturaliste and Cape Leeuwin are carrying long unburnt and very heavy fuels which in the event of …
Fighting fire with fire
The role of water bombers
Water bombing and magic bullets by Roger Underwood Back in the summer of 1960/61, when I was training to become a forestry officer, I was unlucky enough to be caught …
The alternative approaches
Bushfire management in Australian forests – confronting a changing environment by Roger Underwood There is an old saying that one of the greatest of human failings is the inability to …