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22.01.2022 On Thursday 14 Mar The Tasmanian branch of the Public Health Association of Australia and AirRater will be hosting a public symposium on protecting your health during smoke pollution. Fire Centre Resarcher Assoc. Prof. Fay Johnston will be on the panel. If your were concerned about your health during recent smoke events you should attend. https://www.facebook.com/events/312867199414407/

20.01.2022 A silver lining of the 2019 Tasmanian fires is that they have presented some excellent research opportunities for the Fire Centre and the Terrestrial Ecology Research Network (TERN), there is some potential for truly revolutionary research on carbon release during fires. Have a read!

17.01.2022 Public lecture about Bushfire and Hobart's insurance risk with Dr Alexandra Syphard, Chief Scientist at innovative US insurer Sage Underwriters.

13.01.2022 Our next public lecture is about law! More information here: https://www.utas.edu.au//bushfire-whats-law-got-to-do-with

13.01.2022 A great seminar about climate change tomorrow!

11.01.2022 For those of you who are interested in wildfire research and in Tasmania's iconic Gondwonan vegetation, the Fire Centre and the UTAS School of Biological Sciences are excited to announce a PhD opportunity to study Tasmanian fire refugia. https://firecentre.org.au/phd-opportunity-in-tasmanian-fir/

10.01.2022 Interested in southern Tasmania's giant eucalypts? Wonder how they held up after the fires this summer? The Fire Centre is sponsoring a PhD position to investigate the effects of the 2019 fires on Tasmania's iconic trees. See our website for details. https://firecentre.org.au/mapping-fire-impacts-in-tasmania/

09.01.2022 Science in the Pub! Fire Centre scientists will talk about fire.

08.01.2022 For those of you who are interested in wildfire science and want to get involved, but don't want to commit to a PhD, the Fire Centre is offering a volunteer placement program. Help out with awesome science and learn something new! https://firecentre.org.au/fire-centre-research-hub-volunte/

07.01.2022 For those of you interested in the interaction of forest management and wildfire, The Australian Institute in Tasmania is hosting an event on UTAS's Launceston campus. The event will be Sat 17 August. More details below.

03.01.2022 The Fire Centre is offering yet another PhD position at the University of Tasmania looking at the social and biophysical dimensions of bushfire risk around Hobart. Spread the word. https://firecentre.org.au/phd-opportunity-hobart-city-bush/

02.01.2022 Prof David Bowman and Dr. Cathelijne Stoof from Wageningen University have written a communication for the journal Nature. They discuss the importance of diversity in managing and preventing bushfires. https://firecentre.org.au/nature-diversity-helps-fight-wil/

01.01.2022 Join us tomorrow evening for a public lecture and panel about Bushfire and Hobart's insurance risk!

01.01.2022 As we continue to face the potential for more-regular devastating fire seasons, we need to start a conversation about fuel management and risk reduction in Hobart. We need to decide as a community on the approach we will take to manage Hobart's incredible fire risk. Come join a panel of international experts for a discussion of green fire breaks as a potential solution to the extreme fire risk faced by Hobart's outer suburbs.