@article {bnh-1742,
	title = {Community Understanding and Awareness of Bushfire Safety: October 2013 Bushfires - Part 1},
	year = {2014},
	abstract = {<p>The calendar year 2013 was one of the worst on record for destructive bushfires in NSW. In January,\&nbsp;fires swept across numerous areas, destroying more than 50 homes. Then in October, bushfires\&nbsp;again threatened many communities, with more than 200 homes lost. Following both of these\&nbsp;bushfire events, NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) asked the Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre\&nbsp;(CRC) to: (a) coordinate a program of interviews with residents in three seriously affected areas; and\&nbsp;(b) commission an online survey of residents in the same affected areas. The purpose was to assist\&nbsp;the organisation to learn as much as possible about residents{\textquoteright} prior understandings of bushfire risk\&nbsp;and their experiences during the fires, thus contributing to improved community safety for the\&nbsp;future.</p><p>For this study NSW RFS identified three areas that had been impacted by significant bushfire events\&nbsp;during October 2013: (i) greater Blue Mountains (including locations at Bell, Clarence, Dargan,\&nbsp;Lithgow, Mount Irvine; Mount Victoria; Faulconbridge, Springwood, Winmalee, Yellow Rock){\textemdash}\&nbsp;significant fire activity 16 October{\textendash}13 November; (ii) Port Stephens (including locations at Medowie,\&nbsp;Raymond Terrace, Tomago, Williamtown; Salt Ash){\textemdash}significant fire activity 13{\textendash}23 October; and\&nbsp;(iii) Wingecarribee Shire (including locations at Balmoral Village, Colo Vale, Yanderra, Yerrinbool){\textemdash}\&nbsp;significant fire activity 17{\textendash}24 October.</p>},
	isbn = {978-0-9925027-3-7},
	author = {Jim McLennan and Wright, Lyndsey and Birch, Adrian}
}
