Natural hazards Research Australia's Fire Research Program - The Western Australia Bushfire Conference

Natural hazards Research Australia’s Fire Research Program

Natural Hazards Research Australia (NHRA) is a not-for-profit organisation that was formed after the conclusion of the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC (BNHCRC). It continues to enable utilisation of the IP from the BNHCRC and funds new research of value to participant agencies from the Emergency Management (EM) sector and is funded by the Australian Government and the Centre’s consortium of participants. The Centre’s role is to support research in the natural hazards space which is useful, usable, and used by the EM sector across Australia. NHRA works to articulate the knowledge gaps and challenges of its participant organisations and join these up with the research capability to solve them. In this session we will talk about NHRA’s fire research program, examples of projects the Centre supports, opportunities for researchers and students to work with NHRA, and how to get involved in the use of research outputs from projects.

Brendon McAtee

Node Research Manager WA & SA, Natural Hazards Research Australia

Brendon McAtee did his PhD in Applied Remote Sensing looking at “Surface—Atmosphere Interactions in the Thermal Infrared 8-13 micron” so he studied the physics of how electromagnetic radiation interacts with the atmosphere, in order to derive new algorithms for Earth observation (EO) with a focus on Land Surface Temperature. He worked at the WA Land Information Authority (Landgate) for a number of years as part of their operational Satellite Remote Sensing Services remote sensing team with emphasis on the use of EO for managing natural disasters like bushfires (FireWatch), flooding (FloodMap) and carbon accounting (CarbonWatch) before having the chance to lead Landgate’s Innovation and Research Program. This led to wider work in the Australian innovation ecosystem, then back to the space and geospatial sector and to his current role with Natural Hazards Research Australia as the Node Research Manager for Western Australia and South Australia.

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