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Building in a fire-prone environment: research on building survival in two major bushfires
| Author: |
Ramsay, G.C.; McArthur, N.A.; Dowling, V.P. |
| Date: |
1996 |
| Periodical: |
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales |
| Abstract: |
This paper describes some eleven years of research by the authors into the reasons why houses are ignited and subsequently destroyed in bushfires in Australia. Particular reference is made to fires which occurred in February 1983 and January 1994. The effect on various aspects of building design and construction are discussed on the basis of statistical data obtained by surveying the fate of houses in the 1983 fire and comparisons made with survey data obtained up to the date of writing, from the 1994 fires. |
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