2009 wildfires in Australia (case study)
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- 2009 wildfires in Australia (Case study)
- location
- south-eastern Australia
- victorica
- near Melbourne
- victorica
- why was this location so vulnerable?
- large areas of eucaliptus forests
- full of oil - fuel
- often reaches 40^c
- the humidity is often 7-15% which is perfect for wildfires
- high winds- 60mph
- iron power cables can be brought down by strong winds
- lightning strikes common in the summer
- rural areas facing depopulation - degrading emergency services, derelict buildings
- large areas of eucaliptus forests
- south-eastern Australia
- background and causes
- 400 different fires on the 7th of feb
- nicknamed "black saturday bushfires"
- there were high winds that were dry
- winds at 60mph
- believed to have started in multiple places
- the starts of the fire was:
- arson
- lightning
- falling power cables
- sparks from machinary
- the starts of the fire was:
- 400 different fires on the 7th of feb
- primary impacts
- fatalities: 173 dead including one firefighter
- property: 3500
- 2000 homes
- 1500 farm properties
- large areas of national parks were damaged along with the animals they contained
- the RSPCA estimate 1 million animals died during the wildfire
- agricultural losses
- it is estimated that 12,000 livestock died during the fire
- thousands of kilometers of perimeter fences destroyed
- grain, hay, fodder, crops and plantation timber were all burned
- Secondary impacts
- 7000 people displaced
- 60,000 residence in melbourne without power
- A number of cases of looting
- A$4.4 billion costs including infrastructure
- Responses to future wildfires
- Oct 2009 new hazards system was introduced
- Bureau of meteorology would forcast the fire danger index (FDI)
- as well as temperature, humidity, wind speed and dryness
- new building regulations
- location
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