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Flame retardants were developed to prevent house fires and help save lives. But they come with some serious health risks.
Last year, 3,500 Americans were killed by house fires. A former fire and explosion investigator has 10 tips to keep you and your children safe this holiday season.
Weak regulation and a lack of mandatory inspections have increased fire risks for the one in four homes with rooftop PV panels. Here’s what we need to do to be safer.
With wildfires continuing to rage across southern California, a fire researcher says lowering fire risk means reconsidering where and how we build our communities.
The fire season has arrived in southern Australia, but with a big El Niño driving hotter temperatures, will this be worse than other summers?
Dozens of homes and outbuildings have been destroyed in bushfires that have ravaged parts of South Australia reminding us again how poorly adapted we are to bushfire prone landscapes. With 15 years experience…
After the early onset of the 2013-14 bushfire season, it is worth reviewing which homes are more likely to be left standing when the fires inevitably return. One of the most important factors to note is…
More than 400 people in Australia’s eastern states have died due to house fires in the last five years. Research lead by…
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Forest and fire scientist, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Forest and Ecosystem Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Bushfire Science, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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Wildfire Specialist, University of California Cooperative Extension; Adjunct Professor at the Bren School, University of California at Santa Barbara, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Professor of Environmental Science, Australian National University
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Research Architect, Landscape Architecture Discipline, Queensland University of Technology
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Assistant Clinical Professor and Director of West Virginia University-Fire Service Extension, West Virginia University
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Senior Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Galway
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Lecturer, Adelaide University
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Lecturer in Construction and Property, The University of Melbourne
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Researcher in Fire Safety, Luleå University of Technology