1、Actions to improve forest fire managementEuan Ferguson2024 Fire Summit(Guided byForestry Australias Forest Fire Management Committee)Bill Gammage-“The Biggest Estate On Earth”Prologue“We have a continent to learn.If we are to survive,let alone feel at home,we must begin to understand our country.If
2、we succeed,one day we might become Australian.”Forest fire policyMany actors,many perspectives,many voicesGovernmentsInterest groupsResearchersFire management agenciesMediaPoliticiansCommunity expectationsDiscussed by Forestry Australias Forest Fire Management CommitteeMany voices-dialogue shaped by
3、 reactive headlinesLeading to short termismDiversity is good,but what we cannot see we cannot understandAction required to promote knowledge and understandingThe need for foresight and understandingObjectives and KPIs“National bushfire management policy statement”and“Turning goals into objectives an
4、d key performance indicators”(Dr Kevin Tolhurst AMForest Fire Management Group&Forest Fire Management Committee of Forestry AustraliaForest Fire Management Committee proposalA need to promote the basics of forest fire(the“Pillars”)We found seven actions to promote good forest fire managementFill the
5、 knowledge gapsActions would focus on improving long term communication,knowledge and understandingDo foresters have a key role?Forest Fire Management Committee proposal to ANZIF Conference 2023Lets continue the conversation 1.A prepared and resilient community2.More“good fire”,less“bad fire”3.Keep
6、unwanted fires small4.Fire people are competent and resourced5.Fire management based on good science and“the art”6.Community forest fire leadership7.Fire talk is respectful,effective and stimulates actions.Judge Leonard Stretton(1939 Bushfires Royal Commission):“though they felt the imminence of dan