AQA A-Level Geography - Black Saturday (Wildfire) Case Study
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At what speed can bush fires travel? (km/h)
7th February 2009
When were the Australian wildfires?
2000
How many properties were destroyed?
78
How many communities were destroyed
173
How many people died?
Melbourne and Victoria
What 2 areas were within an 80km radius of the fires?
10 year drought and poor forest management
What created the risk of wildfires?
power lines, arson, lightening and machinery
What started the fires?
1 million
How many animals did the RSPCA report dead?
severe burns
What was wrong with animals that survived?
Businesses destroyed
Name one primary, economic impact...
7562
How many people were displaced? (estimated)
414
How many people were injured?
Marysville, Kinglake, Strathewen and Flowerdale
What 4 areas were completely destroyed?
8th
Where on the list of deadliest fires in history is this fire?
dams contaminated with ash
One secondary, environmental impact...
Antarctica
Where was ash found in the atmosphere after the fires? (in March 2009)
$4.4 billion
How much did the bushfires cost overall?
1500 hiroshima atomic bombs
What comparison was made on amount of energy released?
emotional scars
One secondary, social impact?
26%
What percentage of people in high impact communities reported symptoms of PTSD and depression?
donations and international aid efforts
Immediate community responses...
$10 million
How much emergency assistance was provided by the Federal Government?
over $315 million
Appeal by the Australian Red Cross raised...
74
How many firefighters travelled from the US to help?
$6 million
How much in additional funding into immediate assistance by the Australian Government?
7 months
How long was the clean-up programme?
over 4000
How many firefighters were sent to battle the blaze?
fire refuge
Structure built to mitigate and protect people from future fires...
strategic fires
Strategy to reduce the chance of unwanted / disastrous fires by setting fire to land purposefully
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What media do emergency warnings come through?