This area of research is for improving the understanding of the links between risk and households, as well as providing insight into how households react, how prepared they are and what behaviours they display when confronted with an emergency in their homes. Read more about the Prepare, Leave Early or Stay and Defend position.

The key to reducing the risk of fire and to surviving fire is being prepared. Everyone should understand what risks there are in your home and community and what to do to minimise them.

From research, evaluation of various interventions by fire and emergency services can be explored and ultimately developed to contribute to the safety and wellbeing of the community.

The objective of this research is to provide essential tools to predict and manage risk posed by natural hazards to the community and infrastructure. The primary focus is to provide solutions that minimise cost and impact on environmental and lifestyle value systems.