Marysville (Black Saturday) fires

Question 1

When

Answer 1

February 2009

Question 2

Location

Answer 2

Victoria state to SE of Australia, just outside Melbourne state capital, inland

Question 3

Causes

Answer 3

Above 40C for days, over 100km/h northerly (from land) winds, eucalyptus, electric fault, lightning

Question 4

How many humans dead

Answer 4

39 in Marysville, 173 everywhere

Question 5

How many animals dead

Answer 5

1m

Question 6

What were destroyed by the Kingslake fire complex

Answer 6

National parks

Question 7

How much CO2 released into the atmosphere

Answer 7

4m tonnes

Question 8

How many buildings destroyed

Answer 8

All but 14 of 400

Question 9

Population change

Answer 9

519 2006, 226 2011, 394 2016

Question 10

What was the cost

Answer 10

$3.14b everywhere

Question 11

What payout was received

Answer 11

$300m payout to Marysville survivors after SP Ausnet sued for wires

Question 12

Short term government response

Answer 12

Alexandra secondary school shelter, fire shelter tents, $10m, Marysville declared a crime scene so roads closed, 19,000 County Fire Assembly members

Question 13

Short term NGO response

Answer 13

$315m Australian Red Cross, 6000 blood donor offers in a day

Question 14

Short term abroad response

Answer 14

74 US firefighters

Question 15

Long term response

Answer 15

Fire resistant houses, altered CFA’s bushfire education policies, more alcohol, drugs and suicides

Question 16

2019 fires impact

Answer 16

Larger but 25 deaths, 1.5m animals killed, Cobargo village relief centre helped around 2000