Arrested Policy Development of Private Fire Shelters (Fire Bunkers) Is a Barrier to Adaptation to the Australian Bushfire Crisis

The Victorian Government Inquiry into wildfires that killed 173 people in 2009 has driven an Australian policy shift from self-evacuation or staying and defending a well-prepared property (‘go or stay’) to self-evacuation under catastrophic fire weather (‘leave early’). The Inquiry also led to the e...

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Main Authors: David M. J. S. Bowman, Phillipa C. McCormack
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-08-01
Series:Fire
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/6/8/298