Opinion
Introduction
This part of the Bush Fire Front website provides further material on issues affecting bush fire management in Western Australia. It differs from the other pages on the website in that it contains comments on a wide range of matters that are often contentious in the public arena. The views expressed here may not agree with those held by some sections of the community, but are the opinions of the experienced fire managers who constitute the Bush Fire Front. They are based on very wide practical fire management in all parts of Australia, and ongoing close contact with fire research bodies.
The first subpage is entitled BFF Comment, which contains a variety of shorter articles on topical matters. Currently they are:
1. The Eastern States Fires
2. Land Use and Bush Fires
3. Who Are the Beneficiaries?
4. Bush Fire Smoke
5. Review of the WA Fire and Emergency Services Legislation
6. Fire and Your Wine
7. Forest Fire and the Wilderness Society
The other subpages present authoritative comments on important matters of current public concern. The current papers in this series are :
Occasional Paper No 1: Bushfires, Prescribed Burning and Global Warming
Occasional Paper No 2: Fire and Water
Occasional Paper No 3: Bidi Burning
Occasional Paper No 4: Bush Fire Management in South-Western Western Australia
Occasional Paper No 5: Avoiding Megafires in Australia
To see any of these subpages, click on the appropriate button at top right of this page.