Victoria Wildfire

Question 1

Example

Answer 1

Victoria, Australia

Question 2

Year it occured

Answer 2

2009

Question 3

Primary impacts

Answer 3

3500 properties destroyed
Roads inaccessible
450,000 hectares of forest lost
12,000 livestock lost
National park loss
$4.4 billion damage

Question 4

Secondary impacts

Answer 4

173 deaths
7000 displaced
Looting

Question 5

Short term responses

Answer 5

Evacuation
Local emergency declared
Local community action

Question 6

Long term responses

Answer 6

$1.2 billion insurance claim
Fire hazard warning system
Fire Danger Index put in place (FDI)
Building regulations
High risk building ban