Georgia’s inmate fire crews respond to hundreds of calls in surrounding counties every year. Without them, there might not be a responder, but they aren’t universally loved – and they don’t get paid.
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Survey respondents overwhelmingly prioritised saving a human life – even if that person had been repeatedly told to evacuate and even if, as a consequence, a snail or shrub species became extinct.
Normally, many bushfires ease overnight, as temperatures fall and moisture in the air rises. But these are not normal times, as Queensland’s early-season fires are showing
Working a day on the firelines as a wildland firefighter can require the endurance of riding the Tour de France. That takes a toll, as a physiologist explains.
Adapting to our fiery future means preparing for the risks and not putting out every low-risk wildfire, writes the author of a new book on learning to live with fire.
Twenty-five years of research show what it takes to fuel wildland firefighters through an average day, and the toll the long seasonal work takes on their bodies.
Firefighters are ringing the alarm about underfunding that’s potentially putting lives at risk. But can industrial law resolve those deeper issues?
With extreme weather events becoming more common, the fire and rescue service will need to change its approach.
In a new randomised clinical trial, we found regularly donating blood or plasma can reduce blood PFAS levels.
To stay healthy, it’s important to understand how wildfire smoke can harm your body and how to protect yourself.
Firefighters are hailed as heroes and pillars of strength, bravery and courage. But the daily stressors and traumas of their jobs take a heavy emotional toll that largely goes unnoticed by the public.
My research focuses on how to support children with a parent who must travel afar for work. Strategies that boost understanding and maintain connection with the absent parent build resilience.
I entered firefighter school at 23 and thought I was hard enough to withstand anything thrown at me. Fourteen years later, I can say firefighters are not indestructible.
Emergency service workers already have poorer mental health than the rest of us. In the wake of this bushfire crisis, we need to make the well-being of our first responders a top priority.
Relatively little has changed since the Black Saturday tragedy. It is as though Australia suffers amnesia when it comes to bushfire preparedness.
In commemorating firefighters as heroes, we can fall into the danger of overstating their ability to control fires, absolving ourselves of responsibility.
Farmers seeking relief from the drought and firefighters stretched to their limits have turned to crowdfunding for help. But public appeal shouldn’t replace good governance.
Emergency Leaders for Climate Action have a simple message: we’re in “a new age of unprecedented bushfire danger” due to climate change. But Morrison refuses to acknowledge it as a central issue.
Emergency responders and military personnel need to think creatively – even imaginatively – to save lives under pressure. Analyzing the Grenfell Tower Fire in London reveals useful lessons.
A sociologist spent time as a volunteer firefighter – and learned more about how institutional culture can shape a person’s behavior.
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Professor of exercise and work physiology, University of Montana
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Professor of Employment Relations, School of Business and Law, CQUniversity Australia
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Lecturer in Social Inquiry, La Trobe University
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Project Manager, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Utah
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Director of the Centre for Critical and Major Incident Psychology, University of Liverpool
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Professor, Geography Department, University of Utah
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Professor, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney
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Chair, Department of Social Sciences and Associate Professor of Sociology, College of Coastal Georgia
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Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
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Professor of Leadership and Management, Edge Hill University
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Postdoctoral fellow, University of Leeds
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Senior Research Fellow and NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow, Macquarie University
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Emeritus Professor of Public Policy, RMIT University
