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Victoria’s
Bushfires
February
2009
Lessons
Learned
Disaster
Preparedness
Rapid
Response
Sustainable
Recovery
Robyn
Riddett
Managing
Director
Anthemion
Consultancies
rgrd@bigpond.com
Secretary
‐
General
ICOMOS
ISC
on
Risk
PreparednessSecretary
‐
General
ICOMOS
Scientific
Council
Victoria’s
Bushfires
•
WARNING!
•
This
presentation
contains
material
which
may
shock
some
viewers.
•
Activate
your
personal
response
plan
now.
•
Stay
and
listen
or
leave
early
!
Black
Saturday
– 7
th
February
2009
•
The
south
‐
east
corner
of
Australia
is
one
of
the
most
fire
‐
prone
regions
in
the
world
•
“One
of
the
darkest
days
in
Australia’s
peacetime
history”
•
“The
fiercest
fires
the
emergency
services
personnel
have
ever
seen”
•
“Unimaginable
horror”
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