Wildfires case study
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- Wildfire Case Study: Australia 2009 Black Saturday
- 7th February 2009
- Victoria Australia
- Causes
- Heat, oxygen and fuel
- Primary Effects
- 2000 properties destroyed
- 173 people killed
- Injured over 400
- 450,000ha destroyed
- Secondary Effects
- Power supplies cut off for 60,000 people
- 11800 head of livestock killed
- Vast amount of cereal, fruit and timber destroyed
- Human Responses - Short term
- Action of local emergency services/ community volunteers
- Firefighters trying to create fire breaks
- Local people evacuating homes
- Some stayed to defend homes
- During the fire risks warnings were released
- Media
- Short term fire bans
- Human Responses - Long term
- Government spent $465 million towards reconstruction and recovery
- Government also provided recovery packages
- Rebuilding together plan
- A state-wide plan for reconstruction and recovery
- Was granted $193 million to replace major community facilities
- A state-wide plan for reconstruction and recovery
- 7th February 2009
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