Contents

Foreword: a view from Australia

Foreword: a view from North America

Statement: Bushfire Co-operative Research Centre

Acknowledgments

Author biographies

Interface bushfire community safety

Chapter 1: Interface (urban–rural fringe) bushfire community safety

Understanding communities

Chapter 2: Community perceptions of bushfire risk

Chapter 3: Resilience at the urban interface: the Community Fire Unit approach

Chapter 4: The concept of local knowledge in rural Australian fire management

Chapter 5: Social contexts of responses to bushfire threat: a case study of the Wangary fire

Assisting the householder and small business operator

Chapter 6: Prepare, stay and defend or leave early: evidence for the Australian approach

Chapter 7: Property safety: judging structural safety

Chapter 8: Don’t get burnt by the law: the legal implications of the ‘prepare, stay and defend or leave early’ policy

Risk prevention and communication

Chapter 9: Understanding and preventing bushfire arson

Chapter 10: The media and fire services: dealing with conflicting agendas

Chapter 11: Preparing for bushfires: the public education challenges facing fire agencies

Policy and institutional issues

Chapter 12: Using program theory in evaluating bushfire community safety programs

Chapter 13: What should community safety initiatives for bushfire achieve?

Chapter 14: The economics of bushfire management

Chapter 15: Save that brigade! Recruiting and retaining fire service volunteers to protect your community

The future with a warmer climate

Chapter 16: Climate change and community bushfire resilience

References

Index