Agricultural Scientist Chris Russell speaks to Australia’s most eminent fire fighters, soils experts, fire behaviouralists and agricultural advisers to assess what damage the 2020 bushfires have caused to our land and animals. He asks whether we could or should have pre-empted the ferocity of the fires and ask these experts how we can best move forward with Australia’s post fire recovery.

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Should we have predicted the severity 2020 bushfires? Former NSW Fire and Rescue Fire Commissioner Greg Mullins says that they had predicted it. Greg explains to host Chris Russell why the 2020 fires different from the bushfires of previous years, the cause and effect of these types bushfires and what can we learn from that to help us plan for future bushfire events. 

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Fire looks random but there is a scientific dedication to understanding how it behaves. Host Chris Russell speaks with leading Fire Scientist and former forest fire-fighter, Dr Thomas Duff, about his studies into how bushfires behave in hot, dry climates. Dr Duff explains how we can use this information to predict where and when areas might be affected and what the best way is to limit loss of life and property.

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