

An English gal in bushfire country...
WA is my home state. Since I moved here 8 years ago I have witnessed quite a few large bushfires - Margaret River, Perth Hills,...


What the hell is Emergency Management?
I completed a Combined Honours Degree in History and Politics over 20 years ago at the University of Northampton. A few months back I ...


False Alarm
During my time at DFES, I was able to view the incident log as part of my role. A large proportion of the calls were classed as False DBA...


The Stuff of Thousands of Crime Novels
"The story of forensic science, of that road from crime scene to courtroom, is the stuff of thousands of crime novels." Only a few...


Fire victims helped to navigate planning ‘maze’
Original article ran in In Daily: Adelaide Independent News on 9 June 2015 by Bension Siebert. Blog entry can be found here...


Top end resilience
Taken from original article which can be found here http://www.bnhcrc.com.au/news/2015/top-end-resilience-discussed The Northern...


Road Safety in WA: Gone from Australia’s best performing state to the worst. How can we save over 74
The RAC Horizons magazine recently arrived. One article highlighted the fact that Victoria’s fatality rate has consistently improved...


Bushfires: What do your children know?
I follow Dr Briony Towers on Twitter. She produced an article which was recently published entitled: ‘Children’s knowledge of bushfire...


How to save a beast…
I recently came across an article in the Australian Emergency Management Knowledge Hub. It caught my eye. Whilst working for DFES, one of...


Your body is needed....
Four months ago it was announced that Australia would get its first body farm to be located on a site owned by the University of...