Peter’s work has mostly involved the application of fire within the landscape and its interaction with the community. Working in emergency management for Surf Coast Shire Council Peter helped to imbed fire knowledge and build community adaptation.
A civil and structural engineer and lead author of the Bushfire Resilience Star Rating methodology, Ian was inducted to the Hall of Fame of Engineers Australia’s Society of Fire Safety in 2014.
A geomatic engineer, Jeff's expertise is creating digital mapping solutions on current technology. His engineering, technical and IT skills are contributing to the development of a model for users to assess their bushfire attack risk.
A Clinical Psychologist and a Psychological Consultant to the Government and Australian Red Cross for disaster recovery Rob has been involved in the recovery programs of more than 30 disasters in Australia and New Zealand. He consults on community responses and stresses of recovery.
Nick’s role focuses on preparing the community for the impact of fire and other natural disasters and building resilience so the community may better recover from emergency events.
A retired school principal now a farmer, whose property was destroyed on Black Saturday learned on the job about community and personal recovery after bushfire. He is BRI Chair and a Disaster Recovery Mentor.
With a career of over 30 years teaching in Victorian primary schools, Jane is passionate about education and the small school setting. Her focus on disaster preparedness and wellbeing underpins all she does.
Chris has extensive and broad experience across most species but primarily horses, including after the devastating 2009 Black Saturday bushfires. He is a divisional committee member of the Australian Veterinarian Association.
Justin Leonard has dedicated his 27-year research career to the understanding of how bushfire risk to life and infrastructure can be managed. This research combines learnings from bushfire exposure experiments with post bushfire survey investigations and computer modelling of bushfire interactions with buildings.
A prolific author of books and journal papers on the science and ethics of horse training, Andrew has represented Australia in various equestrian sports and is a board member of several horse organizations.
Jim’s background is organisational and industrial psychology, focussing on safe decision making. He was a member of the Bushfire CRC research taskforce following the 2009 Victorian Black Saturday bushfires and subsequently conducted post-bushfire household interview surveys in other states investigating householder bushfire safety.
For the past 40 years Michelle, a psychologist, has worked across jurisdictions and sectors with children, young people, their families and professionals in all types of disasters, trauma and adversity.
Kirrilly is a One Health Research Fellow at the University of Newcastle and the Hunter New England Local Health District. She is a cultural anthropologist specializing in risk perception and human-animal relations
In 1984 Kevin embarked on a career in bushfire science covering fire ecology, fire weather and fire behaviour. Kevin has applied his knowledge and interest to teaching, research, land management and community engagement. He has provided expert advice to various inquiries and fire and land management agencies.
A socio-cultural psychologist who specialises in children's learning and action for disaster risk reduction and resilience Briony has conducted research on children's roles in household bushfire planning and preparedness for over 15 years.
