The Black Saturday - Wildfire Case Study

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  • The Black Saturday
    • Spatial and Temporal Setting
      • 7th February 2009
      • Australian state of Victoria
    • Causes
      • Temperatures over 40C - vegetation was tinder dry and extremely low humidity (under 10%)
      • Wind speeds of over 125 km/h (80 mph)
      • Human activity - power cables can be brought down, producing the spark that sets off a fire
    • Impacts
      • 450000 ha burned, 3500 structures burned
      • Power supplies for 60000 people were cut off
      • 11800 head of livestock killed
      • 173 deaths, 7000 displaced, looting, cost $4.4 billion
      • Large areas of national parks ruined, over 1 million animals perished
    • Responses
      • Australian gov contributed more than $465 million towards reconstruction and recovery
      • Recovery assistance package to address psycho-social, economic, infrastructure and environmental. Assistance provided to individuals, families, communities businesses, primary producers and local gov.
      • New fire hazard system would replace the one existing - more accurate predicting, residents advised to lleave on high risk days

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