Responses

Question 1

Short term (3)

Answer 1

Emergency response teams
Warning shared via social media platforms, TV and radio
Spraying water onto the roofs of houses to prevent embers igniting them

Question 2

Long term responses sections what (4)

Answer 2

Preparedness
Mitigation
Prevention
Adaptions

Question 3

Preparedness (3)

Answer 3

Warnings released using social media
Authorities make emergency shelters
Household make emergency plan + buy supplies

Question 4

Mitigation (3)

Answer 4

Satellites with infrared sensors can detect thermal variation
Back burning = controlled fires are lit to burn fuel (veg) ahead of wildfire
Fire insurance

Question 5

Prevention (3)

Answer 5

Fire bans in high risk times
Fire beaters available near recreational sites = people can put out small fires before spread
Public education = highlighted risks of campfires + BBQs in vulnerable areas

Question 6

Adaption (2)

Answer 6

Planning regulation = use of non flammable building materials in vulnerable areas
Theory = natural regenerative process within forest ecosystem = run course on its own